At this point, we are done with the different sounds of the French language.
Now we're going to talk a lot more about spelling.
Some consonants can be read in different ways, depending on their position in the word
or the letters that surround them.
They are called double-faced sounds.
Let's take a closer look at the case of the letter G.
The letter G can be read j, j or gu gu.
The general rule is that the letter G is read j J in front of the letters.
E. I Y, as in the words gel, vigile, gym.
It is read Gu before the vowels A O U as in gare goal régule, but also when
it is before a consonant, as in glue or at the end of a word, as for example
the word règle.
Note that the E keeps the juju sound before the vowels a, o, u, as
in mangea or pigeon.
If we remove the them, we would end up with manga and Pigon.
Note also that the u keeps the gugu in front of the vowels e,
i, y and is usually not pronounced as in dague guerre gueu.
Let's look together at the writing of these different sounds.
Let's start with the juju sound.
It can be written g plus E I Y.
As in ge vigil, gym, but also g, e plus a o u, as in Mangea
or Pigeon.
The sound gugu can be written g plus a or u as in gare goal
regule. G plus consonant as in glu and g at the end of a word as in règle.
Be careful, the g at the end of a word is not always pronounced.
And yes, it may be silent as in the word long long which is not pronounced long.
But don't worry, we will see this in more detail in the next section.
Now it's up to you.
Try to pronounce the words that will appear on the screen and I will give you the
correction right after you try.
Let's go!
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Bravo! This video on j and gu sound is now over.