g gu gue x gn


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The French [g] is pronounced [g] before consonants and in the [gu] [gue] letter clusters similar to the [g] sound in English words as good, girl, dog, ugly.


The sound's written representations are : g gu gue x

g -
as in BUT is silent
in [gt] clusters and in some word final [ng] clusters
gu - as in

gue - ( keep the [u] silent )
as in


x - ( pronounced [gz] ) as in
Attention : the letter x can also be pronounced
[s] or [ks]

gn - (pronounced [g] and [n] separately) as in
Attention : the [gn] cluster can aslo be pronounced as
the [ni] in onion

 

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