Hehe :lol: Funny pun :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by blacknomi
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Hehe :lol: Funny pun :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by blacknomi
Great thread! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tanja
By the way, there's a syllable contraint in English wherein the sound u, as in you, is pronounced as a glide (i.e. [j], as in yellow) if it forms its own syllable:
Example
united, u'ni'ted (u forms its own syllable, so it's pronounced as [j].
Compare, united above with under:
under, un'der (u does not form its own syllable, so it's not pronounced as [j].
Don't let the spelling fool you:
European, u'ro'pe'an (u forms its own syllable, so its pronounced as [j].
Can you find the exceptions? :wink:
And 'one'- a one-day training course.;-)
English 'one' is similar in pronunciation with Japanese 'wan', the sound a dog makes. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by tdol
Spot: Wan-Wan!
it's a...cuz i cheated :D (i looked at the dictionary:DDD)
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Originally Posted by tdol
Hi Tdol
The correct answer is : She is a European [ though I would have chosen no article if I had been given the opportunity : She is European / She is from Europe]
European is pronounced " ju..." like in university, union, uniform , UFO [ unlike "an Unidentified Flying Object} and many others.
Regards,
It would be spoken as "She's a European" by 99.9% of Americans. Thatis because we use the article a before a consonant sound no matter what the spelling is. Examples:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tdol
She's a young person.:-)
She's a yeller.
It's a yellow dog.
She's a European.
HI,
"a" is the correct answer for the above example as it is followed by consonant sound.
another example is (a university).
regards
Explain me why we have to put "a" in front of Europian. I think the correct form is She is Europian or much better she comes from Europe.
HAVE A NICE DAY!
Well, we don't have to. But the choice that was given was between a and an. Your choices are perfectly fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad-ox
:-)