Is Y silent in year?
The article “a” is used before words that begin with a consonant sound. The letter “y” can function either as a vowel or a consonant. In the case of the word “year,” it functions as a consonant, so “a year” is correct.
How do you pronounce the year 2019?
How do you say each year?
In English, year dates can be pronounced in the following ways:
- For example, the year 1972: ‘nineteen hundred and seventy-two’ or: ‘nineteen seventy-two’
- Or the year 1854: ‘eighteen hundred and fifty-four’ or: ‘eighteen fifty-four’