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USDict Pronunciation & Vocabulary

#33. Y Rules

Saturday

1. C+Y change to I: try-tries/lie/tried/trial/trying, study-studies, cookies, rely-relies-reliable, deny-denies-denied, story-stories

13 words

cookies /ku'.kiz/ denied /dɪˈnaɪd/ denies /denɪz/ lies /laɪz/ reliable /rɪˈlaɪəbəl/ relies /rɪ.laɪz/ stories /stɑːr.iz/ studies /stʌ.diz/ trial /traɪ.əl/ tried /traɪd/ tries /traɪz/ trying /ˈtraɪɪŋ/ tryst /trɪst/

2. V+Y keep -Y: Play-plays-played-playing-playful, payless, day-daily

3 words

day-daily /deɪ - ˈdeɪli/ payless /ˈpeɪləs/ Play-plays-played-playing-playful /pleɪ - pleɪz - pleɪd - ˈpleɪɪŋ - ˈpleɪfəl/

3. Change -IE to -Y before -ING: lie-lying/die-dying

2 words

dying /daɪ.ɪn,/ lying /laɪ.ɪn,/

4. Ordinal numbers with Y to IE+TH: Twentieth/fortieth/fiftieth/eightieth/first-tenth/twelfth

11 words

eighth /eɪtθ/ eightieth /ti.əθ/ fifth /fɪfθ/ fiftieth /fɪf.ti.əθ/ fortieth /fɑːr.ti.əθ/ fourth /fɔːrθ/ ninth /naɪθ/ second /ˈsekənd/ tenth /tenθ/ third /θɝːd/ Twentieth /twen.ti.əθ/