Pregunta sobre "y" e "e"

Question

If you have two independent clause that you use a conjunction to connect, would you change the form of "y" to "e" if there is a noun that begins with a vowel immediately following the conjunction.

Ej: Paula va a la escuela, "e" Irene sigue a ella a la escuela.

Answer 1

Hello Viper,

I'm from Madrid, Spain,

you use "e" just if the vowel inmediately following is "I" as in your example, in the rest of the case you should use "y".

If we change the 2nd name the sentence would be

"Paula va a la escuela y Maria sigue...."

I hope to help you.

Miguel.

Muchas gracias. Me la ayudó. - viper1440, Nov 29, 2010

Answer 2

It's a question of euphony/cacophony (the syntactic context is irrelevant). the word "y" followed by the "i"-sound (ignoring a possible intervening "silent 'h'") changes to "e".

It's always a question of cacophony in Bogotá... - afowen, Mar 2, 2011

Agree. - Dakie, Mar 2, 2011

Answer 3

¡Muchas gracias por las dos respuestas! Me ayudaron mucho.