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sarahgriffin
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Pronunciation help
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Hi all
Hope you �re all having a good day.
I have a question regarding pronunciation and the letter Y
It has a few forms.
We have Y as a vowel:
Long e (i) - eg: anyone
Long i (ai) - eg: flying
and schwa sounds - eg: syringe
We also have y as a consonant:
y - as in sofy j sound, eg: yellow
silent y - as in maybe
Can anyone tell me the rules regarding how someone would know which of these to use if he were reading alone?
thanks
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7 Sep 2010
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Sonn
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Maybe some information here will help you. http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/topic.asp?id=15736
And here are some worksheets: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=357507#thetop and http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=356998#thetop.
Have a nice day!
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7 Sep 2010
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67Englishteacher
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Here is my guess:
yellow: because "y" is the first letter of the word and it �s followed by a vowel
maybe: rather than saying y is silent, I �d say "ay" is pronounced "a"
syringe: schwa is the most common vowel in unstressed syllables, so y in this word is more likely to be a schwa but it could be an [i] sound as in "anyone"
flying: end of stressed syllable
I �d recommend you try to find more words with "y" and put these "rules" to the test. Rules are all about probability. There are always exceptions. I feel the best way to improve your knowledge of pronunciation is to listen to English. Your brain will unwittingly come up with reading rules.
I hope this helps!
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7 Sep 2010
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