Very very educative, I've always had this problem with words that begin with letter "H" before now, but coming to difficult languages I think French language is more difficult to use than English if you think it's false, try learning French and see how words changes when referring to a particular object, time, etc

LoJ:


Whoever said that has it all wrong.

I fluently speak 4 languages, I can understand 3 others to an elementary level. English is the easiest I ever learnt.

it may be easy to speak, but difficult to write because of it rules.

Nice share!

sanesta:
it may be easy to speak, but difficult to write because of it rules.

LoL. There are more rules and exceptions in German French and Spanish. English is not that difficult I tell you.

Oloriburuku Igbo but funny though lol
It’s not only buredi Na rebudi

Amuocha:
But where is lalasticlala sef?
In hotel? A hotel? An hotel?
Me think all of the above
In hotel - on short time
A hotel ( if Igbotic)
An hotel ( if Yorubatic muslim/ christian) such as buredi for bread etc

thaikun15:
ENGLISH AND ITS PALAVA

Not really as u tink. It's just a matter of idenfying each word, wen n how to use dem most often based on concord rules in English.

For d record, typically wen u hav NOUNs starting wt consonants, u use A as their articles e.g a horse, a car, a fan etc. Wen it coms to NOUNs wt vowels, u use AN as their articles e.g an orange, an umbrella, an egg etc.

Exceptional cases
Wen u hav words starting wt consonants bt d consonant letter nt sound (silent) on pronunciation, of course it means d nxt letter which is automatically goin to b a vowel (as u can't have 2 consonants letters beginning a word), is recognized den. E.g Hour, wen pronounced, d "H" is silent so next letter O is recognized as such u say "an hour" nt a hour cos f general rules above.

So in d case of "Hotel" d H is nt silent as such recognized, so we hav "a hotel"

Tanx u.

Hotel de Hotel

The simple rule is to check how it sounds.

An hotel doesn't sound good.

A hotel does.

It's that easy.

Chipink:
Yorubas are the ones who still make this primary1 mistake.. And this surprises me for people who claim they know it all?

It's "a hotel" simple..

and you sure say craze no dey your head?

You can as well say 'an house'.

OP, you are stup!d.

FlintGuevara:
This is even more confusing than doing a case before an angry Justice Olatoregun.

I suppose you are a lawyer to know the Hon. Justice Olatoregun and I wish to say that it's not good to call names in the name of trying to create a joke, especially on a platform like Nairaland. Please be properly guided.

An hausa man or A hausa man. Which one is correct?

iAudio:
It's "a hotel"

Its is only my Yoruba brothers that say "an hotel" this is because most Yoruba people omit the "H" and start with "O" thereby putting "an" as the article.

Hence, it sounds an "'otel" instead of a "h"otel

What about hour if u say they omitted d H in d case of hotel

Nairalanders are fond of making such mistakes, i have come across some comments where they use AN instead of A. AN hotel, how does that sound to u self.

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That first pic always crack me up

Meliaen:


Shut up!

Is the truth hurting u..
Stop making mistake like primary1 pupil

Chipink:
Yorubas are the ones who still make this primary1 mistake.. And this surprises me for people who claim they know it all?

It's "a hotel" simple..

they make the mistake because of their mother tongue. the "h" sound gives them problems

Chipink:


Is the truth hurting u..
Stop making mistake like primary1 pupil

Correction: stop making mistakes like a primary 1 pupil.

Olodo. Village girl.

hakeem4:
most tribes have their weird factors. ask the Hausa to pronounce people you would hear FEOFLE. ask the igbos to pronounce parallelogram Brazilians even pronounce H as R [s][/s]
most of the words beginning with H where got from the french and the french hardly pronounce H. it is actually a hotel because the H is not silent.

i remember when i could not pronounce the H in any word that begins with H

Lies IGBOS don't pronounce that way..
I'm igbo and I dont

It's a different experience u are giving..
Why ignore the rules of (a e I o u)vowels?

The plural form of "boy" is "boys" and the plural form of "city" is "cities". Why their plaral forms are not the same whereas both words end with "Y" letter?

The H is not silent, so it is a hotel.

Meliaen:


Correction: stop making mistakes like a primary 1 pupil.

Olodo. Village girl.

That comment pain u oh, hanty.
Take heart, I guess u are a Yoruba girl.

Both are correct

micxwell:

Not all.. Guess you don't like us with this your hasty generalization.

Nope I love u

We all circumvent series of grammatical rules, even the Britons does it.

any word starting with H you must use 'An' not 'A', An Hotel

An sms

A hotel is correct.

If the H was silent and pronounced otel then An 'otel' would be correct.

The correct way to pronounce it is 'ho tel'.

hakeem4:
most tribes have their weird factors. ask the Hausa to pronounce people you would hear FEOFLE. ask the igbos to pronounce parallelogram Brazilians even pronounce H as R [s][/s]
most of the words beginning with H where got from the french and the french hardly pronounce H. it is actually a hotel because the H is not silent.

i remember when i could not pronounce the H in any word that begins with H

Of all the choices of words available, na parallelogram you see choose bah? tomorrow naw you go talk sey you wan make heaven

collitexnaira:
A Hotel is correct

The word Hotel starts with a consonant letter H. That is why A Hotel is correct not An Hotel

Starting with H consonant is not the reason for the use of "A hotel" Mr man.