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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 3 12 December 2005 at 3:29pm | IP Logged |
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I have learned dijo (he said).
But I just read the word for "I say": digo. How do you hear the difference? Or simply a matter of context? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7207 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 2 of 3 12 December 2005 at 3:41pm | IP Logged |
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Dijo sounds different than digo. The letter g in front of the vowels a, o, and u sounds like the g in guitar. It's when g is in front of e or i, that it sounds like the j sound as in the Spanish pronunciation of "general". Edited by luke on 12 December 2005 at 8:58pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 3 12 December 2005 at 4:20pm | IP Logged |
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I think that there's a rule in Spanish grammar which says that the g sounds "hard" (like the g in get) before an a or an o, e.g. digo, gato, etc., but sounds "soft" before the other three vowels.
However, since I know practically no grammar, I'm probably wrong! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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