extendedforecast Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 So I'm going over the rules for changing singular nouns to plural nouns. When I explained that you change the y to I and add -es when the y follows a consonant and just add s when the y follows a vowel, DD had a lightbulb go off and said, "Oh, so when the y acts as a vowel, you change the y to I, and when it acts as a consonant you just need to add s." Is this correct? It sort of makes sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylk in tx Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) At the end of a word, y will always make a vowel sound. Or at least I can't think of any words that end with a consonant y sound. English doesn't like to have more than two vowels together. Example, monkey. If you change the y to I, you would end up with monkeies. Also, when a vowel plus y are at the end, it's really a vowel team, two vowels acting together to make one sound. You can't change just one members of a vowel team. Edited February 8, 2012 by kaylk in tx Typos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extendedforecast Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 At the end of a word, y will always make a vowel sound. Or at least I can't think of any words that end with a consonant y sound. English doesn't like to have more than two vowels together. Example, monkey. If you change the y to I, you would end up with monkeies. Also, when a vowel plus y are at the end, it's really a vowel team, two vowels acting together to make one sound. You can't change just one members of a vowel team. Good to know. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhjmom Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 At the end of a word, y will always make a vowel sound. Or at least I can't think of any words that end with a consonant y sound. English doesn't like to have more than two vowels together. Example, monkey. If you change the y to I, you would end up with monkeies. Also, when a vowel plus y are at the end, it's really a vowel team, two vowels acting together to make one sound. You can't change just one members of a vowel team. :iagree:In words like "key" and "day", y is the second, silent vowel in a digraph indicating the first vowel is long. If a y is acting as a consonant, it will have the "yuh" sound, like "yell", "yes" and "yawn". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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