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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Y

For consideration:

Y is not, nor has ever been, a consonant. It is a vowel that has a complex effect on diphthongs and singular vowels.
  

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Hi I would say.. When you pronounce a word like "you" then your tongue starts by bunching up against the bottom of your teeth, to pronounce the "y-", and the air from your mouth is partly blocked by this And then you let go and pronounce the "-ou" as a vowel The combination of blocked air, followed by by free air, is a typical consonant-vowel combination So, yes, the "y" is a consonant Dave

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  • Hi I would say..
  • When you pronounce a word like "you" then your tongue starts by bunching up against the bottom of your teeth, to pronounce the "y-", and the air from your mouth is partly blocked by this And then you let go and pronounce the "-ou" as a vowel The combination of blocked air, followed by by free air, is a typical consonant-vowel combination So, yes, the "y" is a consonant Dave
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Hi

I would say..

When you pronounce a word like "you" then your tongue starts by bunching up against the bottom of your teeth, to pronounce the "y-", and the air from your mouth is partly blocked by this

And then you let go and pronounce the "-ou" as a vowel

The combination of blocked air, followed by by free air, is a typical consonant-vowel combination
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PS

Alternatively, if you say "Aieeoo!" then that is a complex vowel or dipthong. But there is no blockage of air then. The tongue does not have to move in order to make way for the vowel

Dave
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