Rules of the letters LL - Y

The letters LL and Y, have the same sound, so Words that are written with LL or with Y may lead to confusion.

Let's look at some rules that will help us know when we should write with LL or with Y.

Rules of Words that are written with LL

Nº. 1

The verbs ending in llir - llar.

zambullir, atropellar, engullir, estallar.

Exceptions:

apoyar, ensayar, rayar (hacer rayas), desmayar.

Nº. 2

The verb llevar and its compound conllevar, in all its times.

llevaba, llevarán, conllevando.

Nº. 3

The verbs llover and lloviznar, in all its times.

llueve, lloviznando, llovió.

Nº. 4

The verb llenar and its compound rellenar, in all its times.

relleno, llenaba, llenaron, rellenarían.

Nº. 5

The words ended in illo -illa -allo -ello -alle -elle.

carrillo, bombilla, sencilla, fallo, bello, calle, muelle.

Exceptions:

Mayo (month), lacayo, rayo (thunderbolt), tocayo, plebeyo, leguleyo.

Rules of Words that are written with Y

Nº. 1

The gerund of the verb ir, and its forms of the Present Subjunctive.

yendo, vaya, vayas, vayamos, vayáis, vayan.

Nº. 2

The verbs ayunar and desayunar, in all its times.

ayunas, desayunábamos, ayunaron, desayuno.

Nº. 3

The ending yendo (gerund) of the verbs whose infinitive ends in aer - eer - uir.

cayendo, leyendo, huyendo, contrayendo, proveyendo.

Nº. 4

Verbal endings -uyo -uya -uyes -uyamos -uyesen -uyeron, of the verbs whose infinitive ends in uir, buir, cluir.

of huir huyan, of intuir intuyes, of contribuir contribuyesen, of concluir concluyeron.

Nº. 5

The words that begin with yu - yer.

yuca, yerno, yugo, yerro, yugular, yerba, yermo.

Exceptions:

lluvia, lluvioso, llueve.

Nº. 6

Plurals of the words that end in y in singular.

of Rey reyes, of buey bueyes, of ley leyes, of convoy convoyes.

Nº. 7

Words that contain the syllable yec.

proyectar, trayecto, inyección, abyecto.

Nº. 8

The verb forms of verbs that do not have Y in their infinitive.

of caer cayeron, of leer leyendo, of poseer poseyeron.

Nº. 9

After consonant is written y.

subyugar, cónyuge, disyuntiva, desyemar.

Nº. 10

The copulative conjunction y. This conjunction is e if the second word starts with i (The initial h is ignored).

tú y yo; Pedro e Inés; padres e hijos.

Exceptions:

cinc y hierro.

In addition to the exceptions that appear in the rules, derivatives are also exceptions.

lluvia ⇒ llovizna; apoyar ⇒ apoyado; ensayar ⇒ ensayando.


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