English vowels |
English vowels :-
1.
In English there are five vowel letters in the
alphabet. These letters are vowels in English: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y and W. It is said that Y is "sometimes" a vowel, because
the letter Y represents both vowel and consonant sounds.
where does the
word vowel come from?
2. The word vowel ultimately comes from the
Latin vox, meaning (voice.) It’s
the source of voice and such words
as vocal and vociferate.
Consonant literally
means “with sound,” from the Latin con- (“with”) and sonar’e (“to
sound”). This verb yields, that’s right, the word sound and
many others, like sonic and resonant.
2.
( Now, try to sing just a B sound, K sound, or th sound? You can’t, really. Properly holding out a B sounds like you’re imitating a trumpet.
3.
Grinding out a K sounds like nails on a chalkboard. Th, prolonged, has more a pleasant, wind-in-the grass feel.
4.
But, if you’re
singing Baah! or Kee! or Thy!, you’re starting off with a consonant but sustaining it with
a vowel—because you need airflow, you need breath, to do so, and consonants are
all about obstructing it in some way.)