Why is the letter 'Y' only sometimes a vowel? When is it considered a vowel?
2007-11-12 14:02:17 · 12 answers · asked by Angel 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
When pronouncing a 'Y', there is no throat or mouth closure needed. So it is technically always a vowel, in that sense.
2007-11-12 14:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
nicely it somewhat is a vowel while there is not any different vowels interior the notice (which incorporate why) and there must be a vowel in each notice so it somewhat is a vowel while it somewhat is utilized in those cases yet i think of it truly is no longer continually a vowel through fact actual each vowel is a clean syllable and y does no longer continually make a clean syllable
2016-10-02 05:57:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Y is only a vowel when it is the only vowel in a syllable. Such as words like "happily, smily, buy, cry", etc.
2007-11-12 15:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every word is supposed to have a vowel. But words like Why Fry Shy dont have vowels, so they concider the Y as a vowel. But if you use it like Happy, well, the A is a vowel, not the Y.
2007-11-12 14:07:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
It's considered a vowel in words like cry or buy.
2007-11-12 14:06:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's a vowel in the word "twyndyllyngs." Go Wikipedia!
2007-11-12 14:43:07 · answer #6 · answered by JoplinJosh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's a vowel in baby. the ee sound.
it's a consonant (not a vowel) in yellow. the yuh sound.
2007-11-12 14:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are trying to learn to read, write, or speak English, I'm sorry, you're screwed. Y sometimes "sounds like" i, and other times it's used to end a word, like "story." It just looks better than "storey." Which here in America is usually "Storey" someone's last name.(notice all proper names have a capital letter)(just look in a phone book)(it's a common last name) The English spelling rule is a,e,i,o,u, and sometimes Y, because, Y sometimes sounds like i. Simple as that, you just need to know the lingo! And, I don't speaka da spanish either!
2007-11-12 14:35:41 · answer #8 · answered by dotell 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"W" is only sometimes a vowel, also. Or weren't you taught "a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y and w"?
Read this:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_246.html
Why don't you learn something before giving thumbs down?
2007-11-12 14:08:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
When it would make just as much sense to replace it with the letter I.
Examples:
Dysfunction = Disfunction
Hysteria = Histeria
2007-11-12 14:07:37 · answer #10 · answered by curtisports2 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋