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Hi all teachers.
Please I want know why y in yet if consonant.
In IPA yet is jet and j in consonant.
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light87 said:
Please I want know [STRIKE]why[/STRIKE]whether 'y' in 'yet' [STRIKE]if[/STRIKE] is a consonant.
In IPA 'yet' is /jet/ and 'j' [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] is a consonant.
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The letter 'y' represents a glide, or semi-vowel, in 'yet.
 
IPA /j/ is different from the grapheme <j> in English. IPA /j/ = English <y>

< > = grapheme
/ / = phoneme
[ ] = phone
 
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