How do you know when a vowel sounded like a consonant?

[hugsandkisses]

The form a is used before a word beginning with a consonant, or a vowel sounded like a consonant
a university <<< ju: ni ver ci ti the u still sounds like a vowel to me?
Can somebody please give me more examples of this?

[IvanV]

Think of it this way: is it u or j that comes first?

[hugsandkisses]

Think of it this way: is it u or j that comes first?

J comes first, so what?

[IvanV]

J comes first, so what?

The pronunciation begins with yu, which is a consonant sound.

[hugsandkisses]

The pronunciation begins with yu, which is a consonant sound.

y is not a vowel, therefore it makes a consonant sound?

[IvanV]

'yu', or better 'yoo' is a consonant sound. You need to to consider whether it is a vowel or consonant sound that follows an article, not whether it is an actual vowel or consonant.