2006-07-14 18:03:48 · 15 answers · asked by DeAd DiScO 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
"Y" is only a vowel when it stands in place of a vowel sound. For instance...in "mystical", the "y" takes the place of what most people would agree sound like an "i". Or in the word "dysfunctional"...same situation. In a word like "yellow", the "y" serves as a consonant because it is not taking the place of another vowel. Comprende?
2006-07-14 18:10:42 · answer #1 · answered by monkersmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's used a vowel in some words.
The vowels are a,e,i,o,u, and sometimes y, is what I learned in school.
Edit: hey, some people paid attention to teacher, LOL!! :D
2006-07-14 18:09:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Y is sometimes a vowel, its been that way in the English language since the origin of the language.
2006-07-14 18:07:13 · answer #3 · answered by neona807 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is sometimes 'considered' to be a vowel, because of the way it it is used in some words, the same case with w. but "y" and "w" are still consonants, and they were never really a vowel.
2006-07-14 18:13:24 · answer #4 · answered by ←deadstar→ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A,E,I,O,U and sometimes Y. Like the word "by". All words have to have at least one vowel, so Y counts as the vowel. Another one of those crazy grammar rules.
2006-07-14 18:06:57 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Heinrich the Great 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always been in the French language. That is what you learn when you are a child. The alphabet is composed of 6 vowels: a, e, i, o, u, y.
2006-07-14 18:08:22 · answer #6 · answered by Mana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in schools of India, we learnt that there are only five vowels viz. a, e, i, o, u
But I agree with "monkersmom" that if a y has a vowel sound (e.g. system, tryst) it is to be treated as a vowel and if it has a consonant sound (e.g. yesterday, young) it is not to be treated as a vowel.
2006-07-14 18:35:48 · answer #7 · answered by young_friend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was taught in school that the vowels were A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y
2006-07-14 18:07:26 · answer #8 · answered by ranger_girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was always kind of a vowel. Don't you remember those Alphabets Cereal commercials?
"A E I O U Y too." Or was it "and Y too"? Oh well.
2006-07-14 18:06:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I started school in the late 1960s..and it was a vowel then.
2006-07-14 18:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋