Depending on which word “y” is being used in, it can represent different sounds. The difference explains why “y” is only “sometimes” a vowel. That means that at some point, the sound is stopped by your teeth, tongue, lips, or constriction of the vocal cords. In contrast, a consonant is a sound that is made with the air stopping once or more during the vocalization.
But did you ever ask yourself why the letters were divided into two separate groups?īasically, a vowel is a sound that is made with the mouth and throat not closing at any point. You already know that vowels in the English alphabet are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y, while the rest of the letters are called consonants.
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