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What's the difference of pronunciations of 'h' and 'g'? Hola! Could anybody explain the difference of pronunciations of 'h' and 'g'? I'm wondering if one could pronounce them as the same... Will I be in trouble if I do so?
13 jan. 2011 11:56
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I was a little surprised when I first saw this question, because based on my limited knowledge, "h" is always silent in Roman languages, such as French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. (Well, someone might argue that, for instance, French has silent and aspirated "h", but "h" is still considered silent/mute in terms of pronunciation.) Therefore, comparing a silent letter with a sounded letter is honestly somehow strange. If you were talking about the pronunciation of the two alphabets in Spanish, i.e., "g [xe]" and "h [atʃe]", I believe that you are able to search for any videos from youtube for references. Otherwise, I guess that you were instead talking about the pronunciation differences between "g" and "j [xota]" in Spanish. In this case, I would say that "j" is always pronounced as [x] regardless the following vowel, while "g" is pronounced as [g] (strong sound) when followed by "a, o, u" and as [x] (weak sound) when followed by "e, i". [This is something similar to English, but English is far worse because it is also influenced by German, where "g" is always a strong sound regardless the following vowel. This is why there are words like "get" vs. "gel", and "gift" vs. "giant", where strong and weak "g" sounds are fully mixed up.] In case that I misunderstood your intention of this question, please kindly further explain it on the supplementary section, and I shall try my best to help. --- Good day. / Que tengas buenos días. / 좋은 하루.
13 januari 2011
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in spanish? H is always mute and simply etimological. G has 2 pronounciations. One as G in "game" (Ga, Gue, Gui, go, gu) (here U mute), and one as english H somehow but stronger. The second is heard in GE and GI. Nothing else!
13 januari 2011
I thank you very much for having chosen my answer as the best one.  This gives me a positive recognition when I answer the questions of other members.  I hope that we together continue the learning of foreign languages.  Good day. Greetings, mitong_hk-tw  //  Te agradezco mucho por haber escogido mi respuesta como la mejora.  Esto me da un reconocimiento positivo cuando contesto las preguntas a los otros miembros.  Espero que a juntos continuamos a aprender los idiomas extranjeros.  Que tengas un buen día. Saludos cordialment, mitong_hk-tw  //  너가 나의 대답을 가장 좋은 대답으로서 선택했는 것을 많이 고맙습니다.  그러면, 나는 다른 회원의 질문을 답하는 것에 좋은 긍정이 있습니다.  저희들과 함께 외국어를 배워 계속할 것을 바랍니다.  좋은 하루를. 조심해요. mitong_hk-tw 에서  
15 januari 2011
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