piglatintranslation.rb

require 'pry'
class PigLatinTranslation
  def initialize(phrase)
    @phrase = phrase
  end

  #provide the pig latin translation
  def translate
    new_phrase = []
    words.each do |word|
      if starts_with_vowel?(word) == true
        new_phrase << word + "way"
      else
        word = word+word.chr.downcase + "ay"
        new_phrase <<  word[1,word.size-1]
      end
    end
    new_phrase.join(" ")
  end

  private
  #an array of words in the phrase
  def words
    @phrase.split
  end

  def starts_with_vowel?(word)
    if word[0].downcase == "a"
      return true
    elsif word[0].downcase == "e"
      return true
    elsif word[0].downcase == "i"
      return true
    elsif word[0].downcase == "o"
      return true
    elsif word[0].downcase == "u"
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
end


test = PigLatinTranslation.new"This is a test phrase"
puts test.translate