What are Volwels & Consonants?

[nq:1]Does anyone have any simple explanation as to what makes vowels different from consonants?[/nq]
Jesse,
I was always taught that a Vowel can be "sounded" on its own but a Consonant needs a Vowel to go with it before you can hear it. (This only applies to English, of course!)
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[nq:2]Does anyone have any simple explanation as to what makes vowels different from consonants?[/nq]
[nq:1]Jesse, I was always taught that a Vowel can be "sounded" on its own but a Consonant needs a Vowel to go with it before you can hear it. (This only applies to English, of course!)[/nq]
And of course different languages can have different vowels. For instance, in Welsh Y and W are vowe

[nq:2]Does anyone have any simple explanation as to what makes vowels different from consonants?[/nq]
[nq:1]Jesse, I was always taught that a Vowel can be "sounded" on its own but a Consonant needs a Vowel to go with it before you can hear it. (This only applies to English, of course!)[/nq]
Except for the sounded consonants, like "m" and "n".

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[nq:2]... a Consonant needs a Vowel to go with it before you can hear it. (This only applies to English, of course!)[/nq]
[nq:1]Except for the sounded consonants, like "m" and "n".[/nq]
MM. Good point.

[nq:2]Jesse, I was always taught that a Vowel can be ... can hear it. (This only applies to English, of course!)[/nq]
[nq:1]Except for the sounded consonants, like "m" and "n".[/nq]
I seem to remember something about a consonant needing an obstruction in the air stream to some degree while it is being pronounced. It is that need that makes it necessary to define 'semivowel,' which is a sou

[nq:1]Hi My little brother asked a question =93what makes vowels different from consonants?=94 =A0Does anyone have any simple explanation as to what make=s vowels different from consonants? He is six years old, come to think of it my English level is not cut above his..[/nq]
A vowel lets the air pass freely through the throat and mouth. A consonant happens when teeth, lips, or tongue working w

[nq:2]Except for the sounded consonants, like "m" and "n".[/nq]
[nq:1]I seem to remember something about a consonant needing an obstruction in the air stream to some degree while it ... except there is no obstruction of the air stream. The 'y' in 'yes' and the 'w' in 'west' are semivowels.[/nq]
Well, the French don't call "y" "i-grec" for nothing.

"W" is... well... a "double -u".

[nq:2]Except for the sounded consonants, like "m" and "n".[/nq]
[nq:1]I seem to remember something about a consonant needing an obstruction in the air stream to some degree while it ... except there is no obstruction of the air stream. The 'y' in 'yes' and the 'w' in 'west' are semivowels.[/nq]
But why is "r" not considered a semi-vowel? The tongue obstructs the air stream in a slightly di

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[nq:2]Jesse, I was always taught that a Vowel can be ... can hear it. (This only applies to English, of course!)[/nq]
[nq:1]And of course different languages can have different vowels. For instance, in Welsh Y and W are vowels.[/nq]
Vowels are sounds. Letters represent sounds. In Welsh, the letter W can be used to represent a vowel sound. In Czech, the letters R and L can be used to repres