Equivalent: i as in junior
Phonetic Symbols: j
Drill: yah, ya, yee, yoo, yoh, yaw
This sound occurs initially and medially:
| yard | yak | yearn |
| yea | yet | youth |
| year | yucca | yowl |
| you | yacht | yeast |
| yoke | yellow | young |
| yawl | yield | year |
- The yarrow and the yellow daisy grow m Yetta's yard
- Miss Youmans yearned to visit her young friends
- Were the yaks in the yard yonder ever yoked before?
- The yokel yelled when the yellow jacket stung him
- Yeates bought a yard of silk and some yarn.
- "Youth yearns to be old while age yearns to be young ' '
|
genius |
junior |
companion |
|
union |
familiar |
dominion |
|
million |
peculiar |
beyond |
|
onion |
champion |
bullion |
|
genial |
William |
opinion |
|
senior |
Daniel |
civilian |
|
pinions |
clothier |
spaniel |
- William's pigeon flew beyond the yew tree
- Cecilia bought a yeast cake and some onions
- The lawyer and his young companions greeted the champion
- ' 'Yes, yes,' shouted the Yankee youth from the yacht
- Delia, Julian, and Amelia voted ' 'yea. ' '
- The Hawaiian bought the spaniel from a clothier in Youngstown.
- The Italian and the Spaniard moved the billiard table.
- Daniel works in the colliery beyond the canyon.
- The rude youth yawned when the young yeoman gave his opinion.
- Julia will use the yellow yolks and the onions when making the salad
- When did the genius and his peculiar companion leave Yonkers for New York?
- Julius visited Yosemite Valley, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon
- '' Meanwhile thy spirit lifts its pinions, In music's most serene dominions'
