The EA has a long A (ay) vowel sound. This is also seen in A words - base, cake, late AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
The phrase (likely from the Spanish ay, "oh") is often spelled "Ay-yi-yi!"The nautical phrase is "aye aye", and the small lemur species is the same (aye-aye).
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Words that have similar vowel sounds can be grouped together, as the same sound can be made by different spellings. For example, all of these words would have the same long I sound: I words (isle, mild, find, sign) IGH and IGHT sounds (high, sigh, light, might) I words with silent E (bite, wine) IE words (die, lie, pie) EI words (stein, fraulein) AI words (aisle) Y words (my, try, type, rhyme) AY Words from French (bayou, cayenne)
Most AI words sound like long A as in AY - maid, waif, maim, nail, main, fair, baitOnly some sound like E or I : said, aisle
Most AI words sound like long A as in AY - maid, waif, maim, nail, main, fair, baitOnly some sound like E or I : said, aisle
ai, am, an, at, as, ax, ad, ah, Al, ay
ay ai ey --- The long A sound is mainly made by A-consonant-E (the silent E), by AY, and by AI. These are the ways in which some words spell a long sound: A words - able, anal, apiary, aviation (2) A words (silent E) - base, cake, late, name AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great, steak EI words - veil, vein, beige EY words - obey, trey, they EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor From French: ET/ IT - buffet, cachet, chalet, crochet, filet, sachet, sorbet, parfait QUE/ QUET (kay) - risque, bouquet, croquet E / EE / ER - cliche, passe, soiree, toupee, dossier
Almost all AI paired words (and AY words) are pronounced with a long A (ay). But those with an R after the AI are classified as R-shaped vowel sounds: a caret A or "air." There are a few exceptions, such as aisle (long I), said (short E) and plaid (short A). A few long A words spelled with AI are: aid, laid, maid, paid, raid waif bail, fail, and other -ail words aim, maim attain, gain, main, pain, rain malaise, raise gait, wait waive
The EA has a long A (ay) vowel sound. This is also seen in A words - base, cake, late AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
The phrase (likely from the Spanish ay, "oh") is often spelled "Ay-yi-yi!"The nautical phrase is "aye aye", and the small lemur species is the same (aye-aye).
Yes, the word "rail" does have a long 'a' sound, pronounced as /reɪl/.
wuh-ay-nee
The EA pair has a long A (ay) sound, as in the homophone stake, and the rhyming words break, bake, make, take, and wake. Other words with a long A include: AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
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Some words with a long "a" sound spelled with "ia" include: Liars Dial Liar Crier