public class PigLatin { //worked with Alicia public String piglatinify (String word){ String firstLetter = word.substring(0,1); String firstTwoLetters = word.substring(0,2); String result; if (firstTwoLetters.equalsIgnoreCase("ch") || firstTwoLetters.equalsIgnoreCase("sh")|| firstTwoLetters.equalsIgnoreCase("th") || firstTwoLetters.equalsIgnoreCase("ph")){ result = word.substring(2) + firstTwoLetters + "ay"; } else if (firstLetter.equalsIgnoreCase("a") || firstLetter.equalsIgnoreCase("e") || firstLetter.equalsIgnoreCase("i") || firstLetter.equalsIgnoreCase("o") || firstLetter.equalsIgnoreCase("u")) { result = word + "yay"; } else { result = word.substring(1) + firstLetter + "ay"; } return result; } }