'''
Created on Sep 16, 2014

Created with CompSci 101 Sec 02

This is not complete

@author: Susan
'''

def isVowel(ch):
    ch = ch.lower()
    if ch == "a":
        return True
    if ch == "e":
        return True
    if ch == "o":
        return True
    if ch == "i":
        return True
    if ch == "u":
        return True
    return False

def repeat(word, number):
    if len(word)== 1:
        return word
#   if isVowel(word[0]) == True:   # this is the same as the next line
    if isVowel(word[0]):
        return word
    if len(word)==2:
        if isVowel(word[1]):
            return word + word.lower()* (number-1)
        else:
            return word
    if len(word)==3:
        if isVowel(word[2]):
            return word + word.lower()* (number-1
     
    if 

print repeat("Mao", 3)