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G followed by e,i or y is a “soft G”, i.e. the sound (a voiced palato-alveolar sibilant). This sound is rarely present in English: words like “jerry” have a /dʒ/ sound. The French soft g, which is also the pronunciation of the letter j, is the pronunciation of s in English words like vision or Asia.
Option 1: problem with the exercise itself. IF by hard "g" you mean the /x/ sound, that is, the one that sounds like english "h" but stronger, the exercise is wrong, as that sound is not present in several pairs of the first section.
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French consonant. The letter G has two pronunciations. 1) Soft (in front of E, I, or Y) – pronounced like the g in "massage," identical to the French J. Phonetic symbol: [ʒ]
If you want it to sound soft before E, I, you put a U in the middle (gui - soft G + I, the U doesn't sound). If you want it to be pronounced as G U I (with the U included) you write the U like Ü. This happens with E as well as with I. G never sounds hard before A, O, U. For that sound, you need a J.
Soft G in Spanish: A sound produced when the letter 'G' is followed by vowels 'e' or 'i', similar to the English 'h' in 'hello' or 'j' in 'jalapeño'. Hard G vs Soft G: The hard G resembles the English 'g' in 'go' and occurs before 'a', 'o', 'u'.
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In Spanish, ge makes a hard G sound when it comes before the vowels A, O, and U. Here are some examples: G+A: gato (cat), gafas (glasses), jugar (to play) G+O: gordo (fat), amigo (friend), gol (goal) G+U: gusano (worm), gustar (to like) The hard G sound is also used when G appears in conjunction with some consonants.