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A long vowel sound is indicated by a bar across the top, called a macron.(because of varying definitions of the long U, normally the OO and YOO are used instead)
The vowel sound in boy is spelled either u or oi.
In English, a long vowel sound is typically indicated by a silent "e" at the end of the word, as in "fate." The presence of this silent "e" usually lengthens the preceding vowel sound.
The word strengths has only 1 short vowel. (9 letters) The word strengthlessness has 3 short vowels (17 letters)
A long vowel sound, which uses the English name of the letters (A, E, I, O, and U ) is indicated by a flat bar over the vowel, while a short sound is indicated by a curved line, like a shallow U. There are many other, more complex markings, and another set entirely for international (IPA) pronunciation.Examples :ō = robeŏ = rob
No, "gloomy" and "look" do not have the same vowel sound. In "gloomy," the vowel sound is /uː/, as in the word "blue." In "look," the vowel sound is /ʊ/, which is a shorter and more closed sound. The two words have different vowel sounds due to the pronunciation of the letters "oo" in each word.
Yes, the letters EIGH are pronounced as a long A sound (ay). The words include neigh, sleigh, weigh, eight, weight, and neighbor.
words that have the vowel sound you hear in dried
The combination of a root and a vowel is known as a vowel diacritic. Vowel diacritics are symbols that are added to consonant letters to indicate the vowel sound associated with that consonant.
The verb am has a short A vowel sound. (The long A is heard in the word aim.)*The initialism AM is pronounced like the two letters, A M.
It is called a "schwa" sound and is the ah/uh/eh/ih sound of an unstressed vowel. It is indicated as the pronunciation symbol ə .
No. It has the OW sound, which is not considered a long vowel and is indicated by /ou/. This is the sound in fowl (ow) and foul (ou).