All about y

y is a tricky letter because it can be either a consonant or a vowel.

‘y’ can be a consonant, like in “yes”.

But sometimes the long vowel sounds of /ī/ and /ē/ are spelled as 'y’.

The vowel sound /ī/ is spelled as 'y’ in a 1 syllable word, like ‘my’.

The vowel sound /ē/ is spelled as 'y’ at the end of a 2 syllable word, like ‘bunny’.