lol, not to appear silly in front of the kids, please refresh my memory on exactly what a consonant is,...thank you very much in advance!!!
2006-09-10 15:10:06 · 12 answers · asked by Barbara S 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH,!!! BLONDIE, lol, I do remember the vowels, thank goodness!!! Thanks again everyone!!!
2006-09-10 15:27:32 · update #1
cute question, so glad you only had one grumpy person with a bad attitude and a huge agenda show up.
2006-09-11 03:16:22 · answer #1 · answered by Terri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a silly question, but one that children might well ask you......I asked Jeeves and this is what I found. Note that the desription is continued with a link, so if you want more on it go to Wikipedia
Encyclopedia: Consonant Source:Wikipedia
A consonant is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by a closure or stricture of the vocal tract sufficient to cause audible turbulence. The word consonant comes from Latin and means "sounding with" or "sounding together", the idea being that consonants don't sound ... More »
2006-09-10 15:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by safari02 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A consonant is a letter of the alphabet that represents a harder sound made by momentarily stopping or diverting the breath rising up from the vibrating vocal chords, as by touching the tongue against the palate (d, t) or by closing the lips (b, p), by sending breath around the tongue (L), by sending the breath through a restricted opening (y, v, w, s, z, f, h, j, r), by combining two or more of these (x), or by blocking the path of air during speech and sending the breath through the nose (m, n).
Vowels represent the rest of our spoken sounds, which are made up simply of a certain shaping of our open mouths around the expelled air coming up through the vocal chords..
2006-09-10 15:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by brightpool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A consonant is any letter that is not a vowel. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y). Therefore the consonants are: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z.
2006-09-10 15:12:51 · answer #4 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, it is every letter that is not a vowel. Now, don't even ask what a vowel is.lol
2006-09-10 15:16:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A letter that is not a vowel.
2006-09-10 15:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a letter that is not a vowel. Vowels are a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y.
2006-09-10 15:11:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
letters of the alphabet which aren't vowels so all letteres except
a e i o u.
2006-09-10 15:12:33 · answer #8 · answered by kara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything that's not a vowel (A, E, I, O and U)
2006-09-10 15:15:09 · answer #9 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the letters EXCEPT a, e , i , o , u and sometimes y...these are vowels
2006-09-10 15:11:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋