Python - pig latin generator

 
 
 
def makePigLatin(word):
    """ convert one word into pig latin """ 
    m  = len(word)
    vowels = "a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "y" 
    # short words are not converted 
    if m<3 or word=="the":
        return word
    else:
        for i in vowels:
            if word.find(i) < m and word.find(i) != -1:
                m = word.find(i)
        if m==0:
            return word+"way" 
        else:
            return word[m:]+word[:m]+"ay" 
 
 
sentence = "Hooray for pig latin" 
pigLatinSentence = "" 
# iterate through words in sentence 
for w in sentence.split(' '):
    pigLatinSentence += makePigLatin(w) + " " 
 
print pigLatinSentence.strip()
 
# output: 
# oorayHay orfay igpay atinlay