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Jairo Pérez
전문 강사Se escribe "a house" o "an house"
Antes de u es a o an como an umbrella o a university ¿cual es la regla?
2010년 5월 27일 오후 11:47
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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'.
2010년 5월 28일
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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".
2010년 5월 28일
Holajjj
2020년 8월 8일
se escribe a house es igual una casa
2010년 10월 3일
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 .
2010년 5월 28일
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