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Question

Por que escribimos "e" el lugar de "y"?

Answer 1

In Spanish the rule has to do with the ease of pronunciation or clash of sounds. If the second word you are adding stars with an I or Hi, then "y" has to be replaced by "e" or just switch the two words to avoid a phonetic clash. Example. Sé hablar español e inglés, or Sé hablar ingles y español. This also applies when you are using "o" (or). Te va a salir mal de una u otra forma. Note that the "o" was replaced by an "u" to avoid a phonetic clash.

It''s not before any word beginning with i or hi. It is only if you have the phonetic clash. The y does not change to e before words like hiebra. - 0074b507, Dec 14, 2011

This might interest you. http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=90130&langid=24 - 0074b507, Dec 14, 2011

Answer 2

If the word following the conjunction "y" begins with "i" or "hi" and has the ee sound of the "y" then you substitute "e" for "y". It is just a pronunciation workaround like "el" agua.

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Answer 3

In front of the vowels "e" and "i" one uses 'e' instead of 'y', just to separate the similar sounds.

You make that sound like you could do that in the middle of a word. Reyes..the y does not change to "e". - 0074b507, Dec 14, 2011

And where does in front of the "e" come from? - 0074b507, Dec 14, 2011