Question

A vowel with a straight line over it is a _______ vowel sound. short long

Answer 1

The answer is Long vowel sound

Answer 2

The answer to the question above would be that a vowel with a straight line over it is a long vowel sound. In Latin, long vowels are indicated with a straight line over the vowel. This line is referred to as macron. On the contrary, short vowels do not have any sort of characteristic indicating the lenght of time they should be held.