pronunciation of the article A

When I have the article "a", for example A one-time thing, or A waffle, etc..., when do I pronounce A (as in pArt) and when EI (as in gay)? I hope that the question is clear.

thank you very very much.

[yeng23]

i think EI is used when there is a word starts with vowel like A Umbrella
and a is used when there is a word starts with a consonant after it like A Thing. . .

is my explanation clear??. . hope it helps. ..

[Buddhaheart]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

When I have the article "a", for example A one-time thing, or A waffle, etc..., when do I pronounce A (as in pArt) and when EI (as in gay)? I hope that the question is clear.

thank you very very much.

Please see my reply post #228. As to Yeng23’ reply, use ‘an’ /Fn/ not ‘a’ as an article for Umbrella.

[riverkid]

Originally Posted by Buddhaheart

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Please see my reply post #228.

Could you tell me how you get to a post number, Buddhaheart?

[Buddhaheart]

Gosh, honestly I won’t know. I only know some respondents refer questioners to their ans. w/ post #. Perhaps the Moderator could tell us?