Jairo Pérez
Enseignant professionnel
Se escribe "a house" o "an house" Antes de u es a o an como an umbrella o a university ¿cual es la regla?
27 mai 2010 23:47
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Th reason why it is 'an hour' but 'a house' is that the 'h' is preceded by 'an' and treated like the vowels 'a, e, i, o,u ' in case it is not pronounced such as in the word 'hour' .It sounds like 'our' then. In case the 'h' is pronounced as in 'house', the word is preceded by 'a' ,because it starts phonetically as well with a consonant. So the choice between the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' in the case of preceding a word starting with the consonant 'h' depends on the pronunciation of 'h'.
28 mai 2010
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H is confusing in English: we have a Germanic tradition which says it must be pronounced, and a Latin(French) tradition which says it must be silent. Ignore any written rules about this. You use "an" when the next *sound* is a vowel. It's smoother to pronounce that way. So: a horse, a house, a hair - the H is pronounced here. But: an hour, an honour, an heir - the H is silent. Same with words beginning with U. If it's a basic vowel "uh" such as umbrella, unusual, up-side, then "an" applies. If there's a "yuu" sound as in university, utopia, Uruguayan, use "a".
28 mai 2010
Holajjj
8 août 2020
se escribe a house es igual una casa
3 octobre 2010
Si,estoy de acuerdo con Martin ,it's "a house .Me gustaría añadir lo siguiente:when u say "una hora",it's "an hour "in English .
28 mai 2010
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