How do you pronounce the letter J in French?

Publish date: 2024-08-16

The French letters g and j are pronounced with a soft jhay sound similar to the s in Asia. The vowel sounds in the French letters are switched—g being jhay, and j being jhee.Click to see full answer. Thereof, what is the meaning of J in French?bknckn. J’ and je are the same word–they both mean “I”. Before a consonant, you write the full word “je,” while before a vowel it is elided to “j'” October 26, 2013.Similarly, why is J pronounced as Y? Originally, “j” was another way of writing “i”; it was an “i” with a hook. The letter “y” is also a variant on “i”; it was known as “i Graeca” (“Greek i”) in Latin (and is still “i griega” in Spanish). In this way, how do you pronounce J in Swedish? g is pronounced as y when followed by e, i, y, ä, or ö. So Swedish ‘gäst’ sounds like the first syllable in ‘yesterday’. Before a, o, å, u it is pronounced hard as in English ‘go’. j is always pronounced like y, as in ‘yes’.How do you pronounce g?The pronunciation of ‘g’ generally (but not always) depends on the letter that follows it. The general rule is this: if the letter after ‘g’ is ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’, the pronunciation is a ‘soft g’ as in ‘fringe’. Some examples of words with the soft ‘g’ are: general, giant, gymnastics, large, energy and change.

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