Elin tries a young man. Bai, bai, hauxe da. In other dialects stress patterns may differ. Basque has five vowel sounds, represented by a , e , i , o and u . These are pronounced roughly as in English 'pat', 'pet', 'pit', 'pot' and 'put' respectively.
H is silent except in the North, where it sounds approximately as in English.
X represents the English 'sh' sound, as in 'push'. Tx represents the English 'ch' sound, as in 'bunch'. The letter y is not used in native Basque words in standard spelling. However, the letter i between two vowels is pronounced like the 'y' in the English word kayak . The letter is used in few words in standard Basque spelling.