European

[Tanja]

Originally Posted by blacknomi

You are right on that!

And all sonorants are sonants! But not all sonants are sonorants. :D

Hehe Funny pun

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Tanja

Hehe Funny pun

Great thread! :D

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:

[Tdol]

And 'one'- a one-day training course.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by tdol

And 'one'- a one-day training course.

English 'one' is similar in pronunciation with Japanese 'wan', the sound a dog makes.

Spot: Wan-Wan!

[silver_queen]

it's a...cuz i cheated :D (i looked at the dictionary:DDD)

[Teia]

Originally Posted by tdol

Why?

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,

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Why?

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:

She's a young person.
She's a yeller.
It's a yellow dog.
She's a European.

[Mutawakil Aldhubaibi]

HI,

"a" is the correct answer for the above example as it is followed by consonant sound.
another example is (a university).
regards

[Mad-ox]

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!

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Mad-ox

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.