Word that have a short U (uh) sound:
done, dove, donkey, dozen
front
glove
love
monk, monkey
some, son
(Similarly the OO sounds like a short U in blood and flood.)
When words starts with a,e,i,o,u then we put an in front of these words. and those words which are sounds like wovels for example hour we pronounced it as our.
The o in to and do is neither a long o nor a short o. It's a long u. A long o sounds like the letter O, i.e in the word "glow". A short o is the sound in "hot".
The letters C and G will usually take a hard sound when A, O, or U come after them.The hard c makes a K sound. The hard g will make a guh sound.Example:Hard C Sounds Like K:CaptureDecorationPeculiarHard G Sounds Like Guh:AlligatorBingoGumboHard C and G Sounds together:CongoCongressCougar
Rain and cape have long A sounds; ran and cap have short A's. Bead and neat have long E sounds; bed and net have short E's. Pile and ride have long I sounds; pill and rid have short I's. Hope and wrote have long O sounds; hop and rot have short O's. Mute and pure have long U sounds; mutt and purr have short U's.
Some sample words for the short vowel sounds are listed below: a - cap e - bet i - kit o - not u - cut If you want to make those words into words with long vowel sounds see this list: a - cape e - beet i - kite o - note u - cute You might notice that in each example an e was added to the word to make it a long vowel sound. Did you notice that the extra e in beet is not at the end of the word like the others? It works that way sometimes.
No. These words have no A sounds. Want and wanted have three possible sounds: short O, caret O, or short U. (wont, wawnt, wunt) Was has either a short O or short U sound (woz, wuz). Hear has the EA pronounced as an R-shaped long E (caret I) to rhyme with beer.
No. The word "your" has a silent U, because the OU sounds like a short O (yor).
Because it's pronounced as yewnit. The use of 'a' and 'an' depends on prinunciation, not spelling. Compare words like 'a uniform', 'an hour', ...because the U in unit sounds like "yoo." "An" is put if the beginning of the word sounds like a vowel. that's why it's "an hour" instead of "a hour." the H sounds like an O.
A, i, and u can be doubled for emphasis. ... A, i, and u are called prime vowels in Alutiiq. ... ai - sounds like the ay in “bay” au - sounds like the ou in “out” or the ow in “grow” ia - sounds like ya in “yacht” ua - sounds like wa, in “walk” iu - sounds like “you” ui - sounds like “we”
Spanish words ending in -r take the accent on the final syllable. Also, European vowels are not diphthongs, as in English, so the the o sounds a bit more like awe than like owe, the u sounds like oo. Say awkool-TAR
The letter C will usually take a hard sound when A, O, or U comes after the C and when the C sounds like K.Example:CameraCucumberCulpritDecorationTacoVocal
The words bag, hat, and has all have short A sounds. The word was has either a short O or short U sound (woz, wuz). The word want can have three different sounds, none of them a short A: - short O as in font - caret O as in haunt (British English) - short U (colloquial English, to rhyme with hunt)