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

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Hello, students. My name is Alexandra. 
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哈喽,同学们。我叫亚历山德拉。
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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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在本课中,我将教您字母“y”是辅音还是元音。
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I know many of you already  know the five main vowels: 
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我知道你们很多人已经知道五个主要元音:
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a e i o and u
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aeio 和 u
00:20
So how can ‘y’ be a vowel?
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那么“y”怎么可能是元音呢?
00:23
Well that's what I’m going to talk about today.
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嗯,这就是我今天要讲的内容。
00:27
Also, I will give some homework and a short quiz at the end of the video.
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另外,我会在视频结尾处布置一些作业和一个小测验。
00:33
So keep watching.
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所以继续观察吧。
00:38
First, let's just do a review of what  a consonant is, and what a vowel is. 
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首先,让我们回顾一下什么是辅音,什么是元音。
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The English alphabet has 26 letters. 21 are consonants and 5 are vowels. 
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英文字母表有26个字母。 21个是辅音,5个是元音。
00:54
The letter ‘y’ is definitely  considered a consonant. 
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字母“y”绝对被视为辅音。
00:58
Let's look at these words: 
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让我们看看这些单词:
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year
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year
01:03
Yes, it has that clear ‘y’ /y/ consonant sound.
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是的,它有清晰的“y”/y/ 辅音。
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yellow
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黄色
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yesterday
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昨天
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you
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young
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还年轻
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your
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01:19
It has that unique /y/ consonant sound.
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它有独特的/y/辅音。
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But it doesn't always have that consonant sound.
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但它并不总是有辅音。
01:27
Let's move on.
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让我们继续。
01:29
‘y’ can make many vowel sounds.
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'y' 可以发出许多元音。
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Let's look at the board.
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我们来看看主板。
01:33
‘y’ can make the long e sound.
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'y' 可以发出长 e 音。
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Like ‘candy’ or ‘monkey’.
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就像“糖果”或“猴子”。
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‘y’ can make the short i sound.
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'y' 可以使 i 发短音。
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Like ‘gym’ or ‘bicycle’ or ‘system’.
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例如“健身房”、“自行车”或“系统”。
01:50
‘y’ can make the long i sound. Like ‘my’ or ‘sky’.
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'y' 可以使 i 发长音。就像“我的”或“天空”。
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‘y’ is considered to be a vowel if:
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如果满足以下条件,“y”被视为元音:
02:00
Number one.
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第一。
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The word has no other vowel like ‘gym’.
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这个词没有像“gym”这样的其他元音。
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All English words need at least one vowel.
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所有英语单词都至少需要一个元音。
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So ‘gym’ has ‘y’ as the vowel.
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所以“gym”的元音是“y”。
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Or ‘my’ or ‘sky’.
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或者“我的”或“天空”。
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Number two.
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第二。
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The letter is at the end of a  word or syllable like ‘candy’. 
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该字母位于单词或音节的末尾,例如“candy”。
02:23
It's at the end. Or ‘bicycle’. 
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已经到最后了。或“自行车”。
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‘bicycle’ has three syllables ‘bi-cy-cle’.
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“自行车”有三个音节“bi-cycle”。
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The ‘y’ is at the end of the second syllable.
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“y”位于第二个音节的末尾。
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‘bicycle’
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“自行车”
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Or three, the letter is in the middle of a syllable like ‘system’.
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或三个,该字母位于“系统”等音节的中间。
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‘system’ has two syllables.
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“系统”有两个音节。
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‘sys-tem’
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'system'
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It needs a vowel.
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它需要一个元音。
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So ‘system’ The ‘y’ is the vowel.
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所以“system”中的“y”是元音。
02:54
All right. Let's move on.
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好的。让我们继续。
02:57
Is ‘y’ a vowel?
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y是元音吗
02:58
Well ‘y’ is more commonly pronounced as a  vowel, but officially, it is a consonant. 
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好吧,“y”更常见地发音为元音,但正式而言,它是辅音。
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But it is very common for English  teachers, when teaching the vowels,  
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但对于英语老师来说,在教授元音时,
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to teach ‘a e i o u and sometimes y’.
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教“aeiou,有时是y”是很常见的。
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Please check out the homework and quiz in the description below the video.
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请查看视频下方描述中的作业和测验。
03:22
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03:29
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03:36
See you in the next video. Bye-bye.
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下一个视频见。再见。
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