Y
Qubee letter Y
Sounds like y as in year.
Y is letter 30 of the 31 Qubee letters of Afaan Oromo. It is one letter with one sound, so a child learns it once and traces it as one shape.
- Soundy as in year
- How to make itTongue high and forward, glide into the vowel.
- Where it sitsLetter 30 of 31, before Z, after X
yayii
A reference word for this letter, taken from the standard Qubee alphabet. The app's own word for Y is on its way.
Teaching Y to a child
Say the sound first, then let the child trace it. Tongue high and forward, glide into the vowel. Ask for one more word that starts with Y — a name in the family counts — and the letter becomes a game rather than a lesson.
In the app the whole stop takes a minute or two: trace Y, hear it, pick it out of four letters, then watch the hut on the road raise its flag.