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| an |
another word for a. It is used before words that start with a, e, i, o, or u, or before words that begin with vowel sounds. |
| breve |
a mark ( ˇ ). A breve is placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is short. |
| consonant |
When you speak, you make different kinds of sounds. Some of these sounds are called consonants and some are called vowels. These two kinds of sounds are made in different ways in your mouth. The letters D, K, B, S and M stand for some of the consonant sounds that we make in English. The letters A, E, and O stand for some of the vowel sounds. [1/2 definitions] |
| drawl |
to speak slowly with vowel sounds drawn out. [1/2 definitions] |
| macron |
a mark ( - ). It is placed over a vowel to show that the vowel is long. |
| schwa |
a vowel sound that is spoken without any stress, such as the first "a" in "away." [2 definitions] |
| syllable |
a unit of speech formed with a single pulse of air pressure. Syllables are made of a single vowel sound with or without surrounding consonants. [1/2 definitions] |
| vowel |
In the English alphabet, a vowel is any of the letters "a," "e," "i," "o," "u," and sometimes "y." [2 definitions] |
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