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Learning Spanish -Tip # 3 |
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 This is the third in a series of tips for learning Spanish brought to you by Word for Word providing translations and language classes to this community (6786-0854).
Learning Spanish can seem daunting, even unattainable! These tips are designed to ease your fears and build your understanding of Spanish:
Tip #3:
The letters C and G each have soft and hard sounds depending on the vowel that follows them. The rules for determining hard or soft are the same as in English: the consonants are hard when followed by A, O, or U and soft when followed by E or I.
| Hard C (like K) |
Soft C (like s) |
| camino |
celoso |
| coco |
cielo |
| cucaracha |
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| Hard G (like Go) |
Soft G (like H) |
| gabinete |
general |
| goma |
girafa |
| gustar |
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