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Articles and letters h and u

The sound [h]

       
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here	head	hair
hat	home	hide
hen	hot	hungry
happy	behind	ahead

The 'h' is not heard in a few words:
heir	honest	honour	hour
heiress	honestly	honourable	hourglass
heirloom	honesty	honourably	hourly

The sound /j/

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you	yellow	behaviour
pure	yearn	yam
senior	cure	yard
year	yield	yen

A few examples :
ubiquity	unicorn	uniform	unify
union	united	university	use
unanimous	uranium	utensil	usurper

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A   /  AN

Look at the first sound of the next word :

1.                a book,  a house (h is heard), a university ( sound /j/ )

BUT

2.                     an apple, an hour (h is not pronounced), an ugly duckling (u sound: /ʌ/)

an hourglass	an umbrella	an octopus	a rabbit	a horse	a unicycle

THE

The =   [ðə]  before consonant sounds:  The hare runs fast

The = thi  [ði:] before vowels sounds: The (thi) elephant is a big animal

The (thi) Obama family	lives in the White [wait] House

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Dire si dans chaque couple les mots ont la même prononciation			(eel)
hand, and nonoui	heel, eel ouinon	hour, our ouinon

	Dire si dans les mots suivants on entend le son /j/
	cure ouinon	sure nonoui	uppercut nonoui

Dire si l'article défini souligné se prononce 'the' ou 'thi'
What is thethithe use of X-rays?	Are thethithe ultrasounds dangerous for unborn children?	Prince Charles is thethethi heir to the British throne.

Mettre a ou an
aan apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Look at Betty! She is really ana unhappy child.
aan  potato peeler is aan   useful kitchen utensil.
aan ufologist is somebody who studies unidentified flying objects (UFO).
I am ana English secretary. I work in ana hotel in Layton, aan Utah city.