Thursday, November 25, 2010

Special English word list: Y

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Parts of speech: n. (noun) - a name word; (verb) - an action word; ad. (adjective/adverb) - a describing word; prep. (preposition) - a word used to show a relation; pro. (pronoun) - a word used in place of a noun; conj. (conjunction) - a joining word

Y
  1. year - n. a period of time equal to twelve months
  2. yellow - ad. having the color like that of gold or the sun
  3. yes - ad. used to express agreement or to permit
  4. yesterday - n. the day before today
  5. yet - ad. at some time before now (“Have they arrived yet?”); now; at this time (“I cannot tell you about it yet.”); conj. however (“The sun was shining, yet it was cold.”)
  6. you - pro. the person or persons being spoken to
  7. young - ad. in the early years of life; not old

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