These are words where the letter Y is a vowel or in a vowel pair.
Words ending in consonant-Y
by, cry, dry, fry, my, pry, shy, spry, try, why
Words having or ending in UY
buy, guy,
Words containing consonant-Y
Examples: byline, cyberspace, cytology, dye, gyrate, hygiene, lye, lyre, nylon, pyrite, rye, type, zygote
The -ing form of -ie words (avoids 2 I's)
dying, lying, tying, vying
Yes, "yourself" does have a long "i" sound and it is spelled with the letter "y."
The Y is often a long I at the end of words, such as cry, try, fly, deny, and rely. It is also long in silent E words such as bye, dye, rye, rhyme, and byte, and in longer words such as gyrate and zygote.
This was a function of the change from Old English (a written language). The vowel Y became widely used to represent the long I sound in Middle English. The Y lost its distinct sound, and words spelled with Y became spelled with I (e.g. gyldan - gild) and vice versa. In some cases, the Y remains in British English but not US English (tyre-tire).
Words with the long E sound are spelled with E, AE, EA, EE, EI, IE, or an ending Y:agreebeatcarry (y often has the long e sound)deep , departeelfeelingsgeesehealivy (y = long e)jeep, jeanskeep, keyleave, lethal, litermeat , mediateneedleonlypeacequeen, queasyreason, retreatsea, see, seasonteen, teeth, teamunique ( i = long e)veal , venialwe, wheat, wheel,yeast, yieldzeal, zebrastoryhistory
The "y" in "ugly" is pronounced as a short vowel sound.
Yes, "yourself" does have a long "i" sound and it is spelled with the letter "y."
The Y is often a long I at the end of words, such as cry, try, fly, deny, and rely. It is also long in silent E words such as bye, dye, rye, rhyme, and byte, and in longer words such as gyrate and zygote.
The long "y" sound is the same as the long "i" sound. The words "my" and "rhyme" have this sound.
long "E" sound its spelled as "y"
This was a function of the change from Old English (a written language). The vowel Y became widely used to represent the long I sound in Middle English. The Y lost its distinct sound, and words spelled with Y became spelled with I (e.g. gyldan - gild) and vice versa. In some cases, the Y remains in British English but not US English (tyre-tire).
Words that end in y and use the long u sound are:buoychop sueyeuryfuryThere are more, but you get the idea.
Words with the long E sound are spelled with E, AE, EA, EE, EI, IE, or an ending Y:agreebeatcarry (y often has the long e sound)deep , departeelfeelingsgeesehealivy (y = long e)jeep, jeanskeep, keyleave, lethal, litermeat , mediateneedleonlypeacequeen, queasyreason, retreatsea, see, seasonteen, teeth, teamunique ( i = long e)veal , venialwe, wheat, wheel,yeast, yieldzeal, zebrastoryhistory
The "y" in "ugly" is pronounced as a short vowel sound.
Some words that end in "y" and make the long i sound are rely, deny, and terrify.
The long "i" sound in "why" and "sky" comes from the letter "y" following a consonant. In these words, the letter "y" serves as a vowel representing the sound "i."
If we consider AY and OY as vowel pairs, many words have Y as a vowel. Unless it is making a consonant Y sound as in yet or yellow, it is a vowel. It can have a long I, short I, or long E sound.Words where Y is the only vowel include by, try, why, myth, hymn, and rhythm.
The word "lollipop" has a short e sound. It is pronounced as /ˈlɒl.iˌpɒp/.