The Pronunciation of “G-Ge
& Gi”
In English, the letter G usually represents one of two different sounds. One sound is /g/
as in "gone," and the other is /j/ as in "general."
The letter G also makes two different sounds in Spanish, but only one of those sounds
is like an English G sound. The Spanish letter G never makes the /j/ sound, but it does
make a sound like the English /g/ sound, as in gato or gracias. The other sound made
by G in Spanish is /j/, the same sound that the Spanish letter J makes. Listen to it in the
word general. The Spanish letter G makes the /j/ sound whenever the next letter is E,
as in the word gente, or when the next letter is I, as at the start of the word gigante.
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