earthgirl:
This is an educational thread and not an opportunity to bash other people's tribe like it's only Yoruba people who make such mistake. The error the teacher made is a general thing. Just answer the question and move.

they are just joking. it's not a mistake, it's mother tongue. and it happens only when speaking, but not while writing.

An happy man

Stargurl20:
The teacher is correct. It doesn't matter if the word starts with consonant, aw u pronounce from d start matters too. So the answer is AN!

how do you mean?
are u saying the same ''an'' can be used for habit,home,hotel,etc?

DextrousDavid:
English sef.




Give her her book (correct)✓
Give him him book (wrong)x

Because the word ''her'', is both a pronoun and a determiner. Just as ''him'' is a pronoun, and ''his'' is a determiner.

Sleekbaby:
Please I need urgent and clear answer on this. An assignment was given to my niece to complete the following sentences with (a) or (an) and one of the questions is
-------------- happy girl.

I told her to fill it with (a) but the teacher marked it bad, I wrote on the book and asked if the "H" is silent in happy and she wrote back that it is a vowel.

I want to go there tomorrow but I want different views on it first.

a happy girl is the right answer

Sleekbaby:
Please I need urgent and clear answer on this. An assignment was given to my niece to complete the following sentences with (a) or (an) and one of the questions is
-------------- happy girl.

I told her to fill it with (a) but the teacher marked it bad, I wrote on the book and asked if the "H" is silent in happy and she wrote back that it is a vowel.

I want to go there tomorrow but I want different views on it first.

The teacher is totally wrong.

Stargurl20:
The teacher is correct. It doesn't matter if the word starts with consonant, aw u pronounce from d start matters too. So the answer is AN!

The teacher is correct? What type of English did you learn in school?

Sleekbaby:
Please I need urgent and clear answer on this. An assignment was given to my niece to complete the following sentences with (a) or (an) and one of the questions is
-------------- happy girl.

I told her to fill it with (a) but the teacher marked it bad, I wrote on the book and asked if the "H" is silent in happy and she wrote back that it is a vowel.

I want to go there tomorrow but I want different views on it first.

We listen to the beginning sound of the word following the indefinite articles a and an. If it sounds like a consonant, we use a. If it sounds like a vowel, we use an. Some letters can sound like a vowel or consonant. When the following word is an abbreviation, listen to how the abbreviation is spoken. We hear a vowel sound at the beginning of MBA (em-be-a) and a consonant sound at the beginning of NASA.
Incorrect a hour, a MBA, a orange, an horse, an university
All of the following examples are correct. Listen to the beginning sound of the word, abbreviation, or number that follows the indefinite article.

Correct a horse, an hour, a HUD loan,
Correct a historic site, an honor, an html code,
Correct an orange, a one-horse town, a $20 bill,
Correct a pencil, a big elephant, an egotistical person,
Correct an MBA, a US ambassador, an iPhone,
Correct an apple, an egg, an inexpensive car,
Correct a unicorn, an umbrella, a used car

Bigbayour:


You are sick

He's not.
That's the mistake yorubas do.
You hear them say an house or an hotel, which is wrong.
I believe their teachers taught them the same mistake and they keep repeating it from generation to generation.

DextrousDavid:
English sef.




Give her her book (correct)✓
Give him him book (wrong)x

The book belongs to her. Give it to her. Or simply say the book is hers.

Stargurl20:
The teacher is correct. It doesn't matter if the word starts with consonant, aw u pronounce from d start matters too. So the answer is AN!

Yorubas n d H factor..lol
This one follow

well for me I think you are correct (That is 'A' is the correct article). Back in undergraduate days, I often heard my colleagues saying "I AM 'AN' HISTORIAN" instead of "I AM 'A' HISTORIAN". we often neglect the pronunciation of the H sound which sometimes is not the case. All I ll say is that you should go to your child's school and challenge the teacher. #Nobody is an island of knowledge

Dzeimzb:
The teacher is wrong. Though there are exceptions like "hour" , "hospital", but the H is happy is pronounced with the article "a" and not "an". Her tribe shouldn't be an excuse for her incompetence though

H is not silent in Hospital, u idi...ot!

IjebuWarrior:


You chest-beating animals are here again running ur stinky mouth...

Yorubas are the most educated in the nation.

Thunder fire you all, I swear!

I see you are up to your old game. Better go and sweep the dump you know as Lagos and leave good folks to talk their minds.

Sleekbaby:
Please I need urgent and clear answer on this. An assignment was given to my niece to complete the following sentences with (a) or (an) and one of the questions is
-------------- happy girl.

I told her to fill it with (a) but the teacher marked it bad, I wrote on the book and asked if the "H" is silent in happy and she wrote back that it is a vowel.

I want to go there tomorrow but I want different views on it first.

I don't gerrit. Teacher said H is a vowel. Lallai Kam!

DextrousDavid:
English sef.



Give her her book (correct)✓ Give him him book (wrong)x

As in

Now i know the kind of ignorant people in this forum. Imagine an adult saying " An Happy". Is correct. Kai....

Sleekbaby:
Please I need urgent and clear answer on this. An assignment was given to my niece to complete the following sentences with (a) or (an) and one of the questions is
-------------- happy girl.

I told her to fill it with (a) but the teacher marked it bad, I wrote on the book and asked if the "H" is silent in happy and she wrote back that it is a vowel.

I want to go there tomorrow but I want different views on it first.

. A is used for Happy and Hunter in English but an for Hour and Honest ....The problem is many teachers of English in Nigeria are not Language specialists. The only use ideas and their first language orientation to teach the subject.........Recently I was in a school where I saw a demonstration paper on the wall with the following: English speech sounds: A B C. D ...Z .The question is are they letters or or speech sounds ? Some English make up teachers don't know there are only Two alphabets in English namely Consonants and vowels while there are 26 letters..... Only those who are language specialists can know the rudiments of the language.

Let me contribute as a graduate of OAU from ENGLISH department but LITERATURE IN ENGLISH to be precise.. English as a language is very complicated.I personally can say English is crazy if you don't study it very well as in real studying.You might not know you're fumbling or have been fumbling

To cut the long story short, English Language isn't like our native language here that every word's pronounced starting from the 1st letter e.g Knife(K is useless when pronouncing) now seeing any word that starts with "H" does not mean you should pronounce "H" with it or "h" sound is pronounced in the word.. Using "hour" as an example it starts with vowel sound which is "a" so that means when you want to use your article it will be "an" as in "an hour" but in "HAPPY" its case is different letter h and /h/ isn't silent makes it to go with an article that goes with consonant which is "a"


GOD BLESS

Instead of you to correct you start picking "Yoruba teacher, Igbo student"

Did she OP state it that the teacher is a Yoruba or Igbo?

How about in the case of House, Hausa etc

People sometimes use "an" for the word "history"

"An historic occasion" but this is now frowned upon

Apart from that all other words where the "h" is pronounced must be introduced with "an"

So your teacher was wrong, don't mind her

IjebuWarrior:


You chest-beating animals are here again running ur stinky mouth...

Yorubas are the most educated in the nation.

Thunder fire you all, I swear!

Yes, like you and your people say 'an house', 'an hotel'. Continue your foolery.

midnighter:
You can use "an"

What?

Bifrost:


What?

I hadn't completed my comment yet lol, read it again

kstyle2:

So what do you say with regards to the word, 'hotel'

A HAPPY NOT AN HAPPY

The rule is pretty constant:

If you pronounce the word with an initial vowel sound, use the article an.
If you pronounce the word with an initial consonant sound, use the article a.
The rule is constant; it is the pronunciation that changes.

Most English speakers would not say "an hospital" or "an hotel." Some English dialects feature the elimination of the "h" sound at the beginning of these words, so those speakers say, "an ospital" or "an otel" and it sounds perfectly natural.
Most English dialects' phrases are not considered grammatically correct.
I've never seen where "an happy" is used in modern English, I don't know about old English.

pansophist:


Because the word ''her'', is both a pronoun and a determiner. Just as ''him'' is a pronoun, and ''his'' is a determiner.

her serves two purposes for that gender "female" both in both in objective and possessive form while objective form for a male is "him" and possessive is "his"

BlackAfrican:
.

Instead of going to confront the teacher, I'll suggest removing your niece from the school to prevent more miseducation

This is how my cousins used to come home from school with textbooks full of rubbish

It's not good that anybody can just wake up and write a textbook

tfash96:
Let me contribute as a graduate of OAU from ENGLISH department but LITERATURE IN ENGLISH to be precise.. English as a language is very complicated.I personally can say English is crazy if you don't study it very well as in real studying.You might not know you're fumbling or have been fumbling

To cut the long story short, English Language isn't like our native language here that every word's pronounced starting from the 1st letter e.g Knife(K is useless when pronouncing) now seeing any word that starts with "H" does not mean you should pronounce "H" with it or "h" sound is pronounced in the word.. Using "hour" as an example it starts with vowel sound which is "a" so that means when you want to use your article it will be "an" as in "an hour" but in "HAPPY" its case is different letter h and /h/ isn't silent makes it to go with an article that goes with consonant which is "a"


GOD BLESS

Tell them.

Although, my initial post may have been unnecessarily stereotyped. But truth is, linguistic interference is the problem with most ESL speakers. Yorubas have problems with letter 'h', especially in words beginning with 'h'. Some native Igbo speakers have problems with pronouncing words with clusters of consonants like 'r' and 'L'. The Hausas also have theirs.

But in this particular post, the lady in question should be more informed. It's a shame.

Tell a Yoruba to say this; ''Can her hair earn her an A'', and you'll get my point.

Sleekbaby:
Please I need urgent and clear answer on this. An assignment was given to my niece to complete the following sentences with (a) or (an) and one of the questions is
-------------- happy girl.

I told her to fill it with (a) but the teacher marked it bad, I wrote on the book and asked if the "H" is silent in happy and she wrote back that it is a vowel.

I want to go there tomorrow but I want different views on it first.

A happy girl

A lonely elephant

A wise man

An old man

An honest person

An idioot

But can I say

An open pot? Its A open pot

Abeg this English thing is very confusing. Make I sha try pass ielts and after that I'll go back to my native dialect pigin

This is English na, the answer is 'A'

A happy man..
'H'