Short vowel: [? ], [e], and? 、 [? ]、 [? ]?
When do vowels sound long:
1, this syllable is stressed in "vowel letter+consonant letter+silent e".
Such as: I am combining; Nominal a; And: games, safety, manufacturing, gates, whales, Pete, integrity, athletes, nine, sides, miles, kites, nice, attention, roses, earth, those, bones, cubes, rules, June, silence, sand dunes?
2. The combination of two vowels, the first vowel is long and the second vowel is silent.
For example: ai, ay? Pronounce long A sounds, such as sail, fail, day, say, ea, ee, Crocodile, such as sea, see, meal, tea, need,? Pronounce long I sounds, such as tie, lie and pie.
Oa, oe sound length o, such as load, coat, toe, boat, etc. , ue, ui sound long u, such as glue, suit, blue,? Fruit and so on.
3. Two vowel combinations, the first vowel is silent and the second vowel is long.
For example: eu long u sound:? Euro, feud, eulogy, detective, Europe, that is, E Long-voice: submission, chief, relief, trust, puppy, ui dragon I- voice: guide.
Extended data:
When do vowels pronounce short vowels?
1. When there is only one vowel in a word or syllable, the vowel sounds very short.
For example:
Ants, and cats, come on, map.
Eggs, nets, letters, beds, tents
Me: inch, drill, stick, needle, pig.
O: cow, hot, top, no, get it
On the bus, in summer, cups, mud
2. Exceptions to short sounds made by vowel combinations.
ea？ Short e:? Head, bread, heavy, dead, ready
Oo short u sound: (similar to Chinese pinyin u) books, look, wood, feet, cookies, and blood and floods.
My voice is very short: monkeys, money, honey, hockey, volleyball.
3, y and I: special pronunciation rules
When y is at the end of the word and the word has only one syllable, y reads the long sound of vowel I,
Cry, try,? Shit, my spy, fly
Y+ stress in the middle of the word; Or the end+weak reading, short I sound.
Pyramid, bobcat, typical, bicycle, symbol
Puppy, baby, candy, city, sorry.