I'm just in the 3 grade can you help me and please no smart remarks!
2006-10-17 14:01:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It's the opposite of a vowel.
Vowels are A, E, I, O and U.
Consonants are all of the other letters.
(The only exception is the letter "Y," which can act as either. If there are no vowels in a word, but the letter "Y," is present, "Y" becomes a vowel in that word.)
2006-10-17 14:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by xxandra 5 · 13⤊ 1⤋
What Is A Consonant
2016-09-29 03:13:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A consonant is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by a constriction or closure at one or more points along the vocal tract. The word consonant comes from Latin meaning "sounding with" or "sounding together", the idea being that consonants don't sound on their own, but only occur with a nearby vowel; this conception of consonants, however, does not reflect a modern linguistic understanding, which defines them in terms of vocal tract constrictions. There are a group of consonants called sonorants that sometimes act as vowels, occupying the peak of a syllable, and sometimes act as consonants. For example, in English, the sound [m] in "mud" is a consonant, but in "prism", it occupies an entire syllable, as a vowel would. The word consonant is also used to refer to letters of an alphabet that denote a consonant sound. Consonant letters in the English alphabet are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z, and sometimes Y - the letter Y stands for a consonant in "yoke" but for a vowel in "myth", for example.
2006-10-17 14:04:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
1. a consonant is a letter
2. a consonant is not a vowel
3. a vowel is a,e,i,o,u, sometimes y
vowel y as in troy but not yesterday
2006-10-17 14:02:45 · answer #4 · answered by Poncho Rio 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A E I O U are vowels.
All the rest are consonants.
Consonants are letters that give speech sounds.
2006-10-17 14:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the alphabet you have vowels and consonants. The consonants are all the letters that are not vowels.
2006-10-17 14:02:46 · answer #6 · answered by Meg...Out of Hybernation 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A "consonant" is a word that consistently consults a conowan.
2006-10-17 14:03:43 · answer #7 · answered by b4freedom 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Every letter that is not A E I O or U or in other words:
B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y and Z
2006-10-17 14:06:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
THIS WILL MAKE IT EASY- CONSTANTS ARE LIKE THE "GUYS" IN THE ALPHABET MR.B, MR.C, MR.D, MR.F, MR.G, MR.H, MR.J AND SO ON. AND THE 'GIRLS' OF THE ALPHABET WOULD BE MS.A, MS,E, MS.I, MS.O, MS.U,
2006-10-17 16:48:35 · answer #9 · answered by HADITDUN 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a letter thats not a vowel
vowels = a, e, i, o, u
anything besides those
2006-10-17 14:08:16 · answer #10 · answered by xxcowsgomoo724xx 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋