Why there are silent letters in the English language. What are the rules of the silent letters and how you can know which letter is silent or not in any words?
2007-09-12 15:08:01 · 7 answers · asked by Italian Man Man Man 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
With Christmas, the combination of three consonants are hard to pronounce, so the t tends to disappear.
But there aren't many hard and fast rules.
2007-09-12 15:40:47 · answer #1 · answered by Beardo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The English language is filled with many rules and also many words that break those rules. The only thing I can say is continue to listen to native speakers and as you learn to speak English you learn those rules. I don't recommend trying to memorize rules for learning to speak English.
2007-09-12 15:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by llselva4 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
english is hard, theres not spefic reason for a letter to be slient, english has lots of "exceptions" to rules, you just learn the language by ear
2007-09-12 15:15:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The k is silent in knee The s is silent in isle The p is silent in Pterodactyl
2016-05-18 02:07:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Ch" in english sometimes makes a "Ka" sound
The english word "Christmas" comes from the root word "Christ" in other words "Jesus Christ"
Christmas is the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth!
2007-09-12 17:20:15 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Bryan | Tío Bryan: Sevant Of Jesus Christ 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
gnomes will rule our country
2007-09-12 16:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's just how it is... even i dont know.
2007-09-12 15:15:25 · answer #7 · answered by Luna Winter 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋