European

[Tdol]

Why? :lol:

 

[blacknomi]

There's something wrong with European.

 

[Tdol]

:lol:

 

[Tanja]

Does j in transcription count for a consonant sound? :? Or it is somewhere in between consonants and vowels

 

[blacknomi]

Does j in transcription count for a consonant sound? :? Or it is somewhere in between consonants and vowels

Good question.

To be more specific, it's a palatal glide.
j is like consonant in that it can't stand along; it must precede(or follow) a vowel in order to form a syllable. /j/ and /w/ are sometimes called semivowels, and it may be said that they are the consonantal forms of the vowels /i/ and /u/.

 

[Tanja]

Good question.

To be more specific, it's a palatal glide.
j is like consonant in that it can't stand along; it must precede(or follow) a vowel in order to form a syllable. /j/ and /w/ are sometimes called semivowels, and it may be said that they are the consonantal forms of the vowels /i/ and /u/.

Great explanation, Blacknomi! Thank you!

I do remember something like palatal glide from my phonetics class...but not much...
My Introduction to Phonetics says: "[j] - constrictive, mediolingual, palatal sonant". Hmmm... this word "sonant"... it makes me confused... What is that?

 

[blacknomi]

Good question.

To be more specific, it's a palatal glide.
j is like consonant in that it can't stand along; it must precede(or follow) a vowel in order to form a syllable. /j/ and /w/ are sometimes called semivowels, and it may be said that they are the consonantal forms of the vowels /i/ and /u/.

Great explanation, Blacknomi! Thank you!

I do remember something like palatal glide from my phonetics class...but not much...
My Introduction to Phonetics says: "[j] - constrictive, mediolingual, palatal sonant". Hmmm... this word "sonant"... it makes me confused... What is that?

Thanks. You are most welcome.


You mean "sonorant".


Sonorants are sounds produced with a relatively FREE passage of air through the mouth or the nose. Notice: the opposite of sonorants are called 'obstruents'; the airstream cannot travel through the nose, it is obstructed(blocked) in the passage through the vocal tract.

It is marked as [+son] or [-son].

Sonorants:
Nasal stops: m, n, ing
Liquids: l, r
Glides: j, w
Vowels: you know that

 

[Tanja]

Thanks.


You mean "sonorant".


Sonorants are sounds produced with a relatively FREE passage of air through the mouth or the nose. Notice: the opposite of sonorants are called 'obstruents'; the airstream cannot travel through the nose, it is obstructed(blocked) in the passage through the vocal tract.

It is marked as [+son] or [-son].

Sonorants:
Nasal stops: m, n, ing
Liquids: l, r
Glides: j, w
Vowels: you know that

Sonorant instead of sonant? Funny! Is there really a misprint in the book?! :?

 

[Tanja]

Sonant=voiced consonant.
That's what dictionary says.

 

[blacknomi]

You are right on that!

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

 

[Tanja]

You are right on that!

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

Hehe :lol: Funny pun :lol:

 

[Casiopea]

You are right on that!

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

Hehe :lol: Funny pun :lol:

Great thread!

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]

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

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

Spot: Wan-Wan!

 

[silver_queen]

it's a...cuz i cheated (i looked at the dictionaryDD)

 

[Teia]

Why? :lol:

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]

Why? :lol:

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.
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[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]

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.