LingoflyG g — ge
«ge» is a consonant of the Valencian script, read as “g as in "go"; j or zh before e and i”. G before a, o, u; before e and i a voiced j as in "jam" (in some dialects the s of "measure") — never a kh. For example, in the word “gent” — people. The Valencian alphabet has 27 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. To keep the g before e and i, a silent u is inserted: guerra comes out "gerra".
In short
| Character | G g |
| Name | ge |
| Sound | g as in "go"; j or zh before e and i |
| What it is | a consonant |
In our course the character comes 8th of 35: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are f and h, appears in 591 words of this site.
How it sounds
G before a, o, u; before e and i a voiced j as in "jam" (in some dialects the s of "measure") — never a kh
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
- gentpeople
The character in the “letters that deceive” group
This is where Valencian parts ways with Spanish. j is a j as in "jam", in some dialects the s of "measure". S between vowels voices to z, and h is silent. Yet hui and huit are not written without it.
- H hsilent, never pronouncedhac
- J jj as in "jam", or zhjota
- V vv, or bve baixa
- B bb as in "best"; p at the end of a wordbe alta
- C ck as in "kite"; s before e and ice
- Q qk, always followed by ucu
- S ss as in "sun"; z between vowelsesse
- Ss sss as in "sun", always voicelessessa doble
- R ra tapped r — and final -r is pronouncederre
- Rr rra long trilled rerra doble
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound (for «ge» it is “g as in "go"; j or zh before e and i”, as in the word “gent”), see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 27 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Valencian character g read?
As “g as in "go"; j or zh before e and i” — it is a consonant of the Valencian script. G before a, o, u; before e and i a voiced j as in "jam" (in some dialects the s of "measure") — never a kh. For example, in the word “gent” — people.
What is the letter g called?
Ge. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Valencian script: it is called “ge” and reads as “g as in "go"; j or zh before e and i”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.