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I was told I'm school that if there's a vowel after "a" the you change the a to an because two vowels can't be together
That would be true if uniform were pronounced as "ooniform". I'm not sure what dialect of English you have, but most of them pronounce it as "yooniform". Y, notably, being a consonant here.
It's why why someone would say "Could you spare a Euro? and not "Could you spare an Euro?"
Or someone would say "I visited a university yesterday" rather than "I visited an university yesterday."
That would include "an herb" --even if you are inclined to pronounce the "h". :)
In UK English we pronounce it Herb with the "h" (not 'erb without) and say "a herb".
And here we come full circle:
American English "An (h)erb" (Parenthesis indicating the silent /h/.) British English "A herb" (/h/ pronounced/)
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Cheers, everyone. :)
Could u give me an example using 'an' and a word beginig with a vowel? Thanks!
The u in umbrella is transcribed /^/ the u in uniform is transcribed /ju:/ the first one is a vowel sound the second one the "j" is not, that is why the correct form is AN UMBRELLA and A UNIFORM
Thank you so much! Undina, you killed two birds with a stone. :)
You teach us the correct way to write and spell it and plus gave us a great example. Take care of my Lingot. :)
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It's not the WRITTEN word but the SOUND. You need to be careful with the words starting with U because it can be pronounced either /a/ or /ju/, and H because it may be silent sometimes.
Examples:
A universe, uniform, etc...
AN umbrella, umpire, etc...
A hospital, house, etc...
AN hour, heir, etc...
The rule of placing an before a vowel is actually to place an before a vowel sound. Therefore, because uniform is pronounced with a "y" sound (/ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/), which is not a vowel sound, it takes an a before it.
Anyone else find it funny that a word that sounds like 'division' is used for a word denoting unity? :D
different problem: why wouldn't currency be marked as correct? Same chapter appears to have the wallet as a new word right after "una divisa" ?!
I hate to pick on your female robot but she just cannot pronounce "divisa" properly
I must agree that for much of the Italian it is difficult to understand the pronunciations.
a, e, i, o, u, and SOMETIMES y. Y is only a vowel if it sounds like i. Dynamo- the y is a vowel. Mystery-the y is a vowel. Young- the y is a consonant. Make sense?
Well, it does a little, but if you segregate the phonemes, it will still sound like a vowel (will sound like "e" in this case: \i-\dn-\g or: \e-\un-\g)
Spricht man den vokal als Konsonanten aus, so wird A anstatt AN verwendet
(C) native speaker am telefon
Here is the place to speak English or Italian not German.
Sie sprichen Englisch oder Italisch, keine Deutsch.
Wthell! U sounds like yoo, then it is considered as a consonant!!! Really? I thought Y was vowel
Maybe someone that actually studies languages for a living can correct me, but as far as i know, vowels are considered vowels if you don't use your tongue or your lips does not touch each other to pronounce the lettter. As in "e" and "i" pronounced in english, you use only your "throat air" and the opening size of your mouth. Same is in portuguese and i believe it should be in every other language. (Test this yourselves) That said, why "y" is not considered a vowel? With that questioning, "yoo" would still sound like a vowel, in "yoo-ni-form", and it should have the "an" preposition, by rule.
Not a linguist but I think it's cuz you still constrict your mouth a bit to say 'y' compared to 'ee' where you don't. It's not lips or tongue but more like the back of the mouth. Similarly to a 'hh' sound - no lips or tongue used but definitely a consonant. Also if you tried to say 'an yooniform' vs 'a yooniform' you'll probably find the latter easier to say :)
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Sounds yet again like "un" and not "una". To learn correctly, I /we need a clear speaker . There are many instances of bad pronunciation in the course. Ok for the native speaker but an unnecessary add-on for the learner.
there are some answers to the question about the use a and an before the begining words with vowel! but it is not clear for me, could some friend help me with this. i will apreciate your answer and i I want to take this opportunity to wish you a happy ending of the year and a successful new year 2017
When asked to "type what you hear", I wrote una divisa. DuoLingo said "oops, that's not correct, but "una divisa" was written as the correct phrase.
Yes, the app says that the correct answer is "A uniform", like mine. I have even ensured that there isn't any extra space
Why the hell noone told me that (a yuniform) in 12y of formal english lessons?
This crap keeps saying that my answer is wrong, even though is correct: Audio: Una divisa - My answer: A uniform - Duolingo's answer: A uniform The f...k!!!!
