Is the letter Y a vowel or consonant? The Secrets of the Letter Y Sounds | English Pronunciation

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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

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Hello, students. My name is Alexandra. 
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋, āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ. āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āφāϞ⧇āĻ•āϜāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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In this lesson, I am going to teach you  if the letter ‘y’ is a consonant or vowel. 
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āĻāχ āĻĒāĻžāϠ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ 'y' āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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I know many of you already  know the five main vowels: 
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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ:
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a e i o and u
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aeio āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ u
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So how can ‘y’ be a vowel?
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āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ 'y' āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇?
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Well that's what I’m going to talk about today.
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āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϜ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ.
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Also, I will give some homework and a short quiz at the end of the video.
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āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āϕ⧁āχāϜ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤
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So keep watching.
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύāĨ¤
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First, let's just do a review of what  a consonant is, and what a vowel is. 
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡, āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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The English alphabet has 26 letters. 21 are consonants and 5 are vowels. 
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The letter ‘y’ is definitely  considered a consonant. 
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'y' āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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Let's look at these words: 
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āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ:
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year
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āĻŦāĻ›āϰ
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Yes, it has that clear ‘y’ /y/ consonant sound.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ 'y' /y/ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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yellow
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āĻšāϞ⧁āĻĻ
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yesterday
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āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ
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you
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ
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young
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āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ
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your
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āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ
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It has that unique /y/ consonant sound.
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āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻ¨ā§āϝ /y/ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āφāϛ⧇.
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But it doesn't always have that consonant sound.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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Let's move on.
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āϚāϞ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āχ.
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‘y’ can make many vowel sounds.
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'y' āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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Let's look at the board.
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āĻāϰ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ.
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‘y’ can make the long e sound.
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'y' āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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Like ‘candy’ or ‘monkey’.
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āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ 'āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āϰāĻŋ' āĻŦāĻž 'āĻŦāĻžāύāϰ'āĨ¤
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‘y’ can make the short i sound.
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'y' āϛ⧋āϟ i āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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Like ‘gym’ or ‘bicycle’ or ‘system’.
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āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ 'āϜāĻŋāĻŽ' āĻŦāĻž 'āĻŦāĻžāχāϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ' āĻŦāĻž 'āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ'āĨ¤
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‘y’ can make the long i sound. Like ‘my’ or ‘sky’.
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'y' āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ i āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ 'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ' āĻŦāĻž 'āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ'āĨ¤
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‘y’ is considered to be a vowel if:
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'y' āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ:
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Number one.
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āĻāĻ• āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰāĨ¤
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The word has no other vowel like ‘gym’.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ 'āϜāĻŋāĻŽ'-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤
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All English words need at least one vowel.
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āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
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So ‘gym’ has ‘y’ as the vowel.
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āϤāĻžāχ 'āϜāĻŋāĻŽ'-āĻāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ 'y' āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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Or ‘my’ or ‘sky’.
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āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž 'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ' āĻŦāĻž 'āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ'āĨ¤
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Number two.
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āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āχ.
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The letter is at the end of a  word or syllable like ‘candy’. 
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āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋ 'āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ' āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āĨ¤
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It's at the end. Or ‘bicycle’. 
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āĻāϟāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻž 'āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ'āĨ¤
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‘bicycle’ has three syllables ‘bi-cy-cle’.
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'bicycle'-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āφāϛ⧇ 'bi-cycle-cle'āĨ¤
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The ‘y’ is at the end of the second syllable.
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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ 'y' āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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‘bicycle’
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'āĻŦāĻžāχāϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ'
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Or three, the letter is in the middle of a syllable like ‘system’.
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āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋ 'āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ'-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āĨ¤
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‘system’ has two syllables.
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'system'-āĻāϰ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧇āĻŦāϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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‘sys-tem’
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'sys-tem'
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It needs a vowel.
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āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
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So ‘system’ The ‘y’ is the vowel.
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āϤāĻžāχ 'āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ' 'y' āĻšāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
02:54
All right. Let's move on.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇. āϚāϞ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āχ.
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Is ‘y’ a vowel?
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'y' āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ?
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Well ‘y’ is more commonly pronounced as a  vowel, but officially, it is a consonant. 
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ 'y' āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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But it is very common for English  teachers, when teaching the vowels,  
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ
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to teach ‘a e i o u and sometimes y’.
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āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ 'aeiou āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ y' āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
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Please check out the homework and quiz in the description below the video.
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāϪ⧇ āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧁āχāϜ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
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Also, if you have enjoyed the video, and want to see more of my videos,
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āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇
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remember to ‘like’ the video.
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ 'āϞāĻžāχāĻ•' āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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Also, I’m very happy to read the comments so be sure  to let me know what you thought of this video.
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āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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See you in the next video. Bye-bye.
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