hello and welcome to speak American English with Lyman Holton my name is
Lyman Holton in this lesson we will learn about the letter Y let's answer
two questions when is why oh wow when is why a consonant when is why allow if Y
is at the end or in the middle of a word and there isn't another vowel before it
it's a vowel as a vowel why sounds like an a e or I Wow why can sound like a
long a as in grey a gruff gray day a day
why can sound like a long e as in ugli odd leave on the e ugly baby baby baby
baby why can sound like a long I as in sky
sky I I sky cycle sy Cole I Cole cycle
why can sound like a short I as in gym Jeff gym him hmm him when is why a
consonant if Y is at the beginning of a syllable that has more than one letter
in it it's a consonant as a consonant why sounds like yeah yeah as in yes yes
yes and yellow yeah el lo yellow
keep practicing keep improving in our next lesson we learned about long vowels
thank you for watching this video and I look forward to seeing you at our next
lesson goodbye for now