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Consonants in Galician phrasebook
Consonants in Galician phrasebook
b�
like 'b' in "bed": bico ('kiss').
c + e, i�
like 's' in "supper" (western Galicia) or 'th' in "think" (eastern Galicia): cedo ('early').
c + a, o, u�
like 'k' in "key": can ('dog').
d�
like 'd' in "day": data ('date').
f�
like 'ph' in "phone": ferro ('iron').
g�
like 'g' in "gone". In western Galicia, g is sometimes aspirated, like 'h' in "house": xogo ('game'). If followed by e or i, g must be written with a silent u: xoguete ('toy'), preguiza ('laziness'). If followed by a pronounced u and then by e or i, that u bears a diaeresis: bilingüe ('bilingual'), Güiana ('Guyana').
h�
silent: harmonía ('harmony').
j�
like 'su' in "pleasure"
k
used only in foriegn words like "kilo"
l�
like 'l' in "love": lúa ('moon').
m�
like 'm' in "month": amarelo ('yellow').
n�
like 'n' in "nice": nai ('mother'). Like 'ng' in "song" if it's at the end of a word: non ('no').
ñ�
like 'ny' in "canyon"�: xuño ('June'). Transliterated as nh in Portuguese and ny in Catalan.
p�
like 'p' in "party": pai ('father').
q�
like 'q' in "unique". Q is almost always followed by a silent u and then by e or i: queixo ('cheese'/'chin'), arquivo ('archive').
r�
trill with the tip of the tongue, like other Romance languages: terra ('earth', 'land', 'ground').
s�
like 's' in "supper": persoa ('person').
t�
like 't' in "top": ter ('to have').
v�
like 'b' in "bed": novo ('new').
x�
like 'sh' in "shoe": imaxe ('image'), axuda ('help'), xaneiro ('January'), viaxar ('to travel'), lóxico ('logical'), xanela ('window'), cervexa ('beer'), xeral ('general'). Like 'x' in "example" (only in some words): taxi ('taxi'), explorar ('to explore'), texto ('text'), excursión ('trip')
z�
like 's' in "supper" (western Galicia) or 'th' in "think" (eastern Galicia): prezo ('price'). Unlike Spanish, Z is never followed by e or i.
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