Comments on: Using the letter G corrrectly.

By: david carmona

david carmona — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:34 +0000

Fredericka, you are right, the sound is hard. However, the post deals with spelling, not phonology.

By: david carmona

david carmona — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:39:26 +0000

Ricardito, a hiatus occurs when two vowels that are next to each other are pronounced in different syllables. Not all of them are written with a tilde; that depends on the specific combination.

By: Fredericka Litchmore-Tinga

Fredericka Litchmore-Tinga — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:02:30 +0000

I noticed that for 4. The affixes- log- or –log- , meaning “study of, science”: logo – you have biólogo and logopeda. I thought that the ‘g’ sound was hard before an ‘o’

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:39:40 +0000

No hiatus: bugia (wrong)
Hiatus: bujía (correct)

Text says words with hiatus are written with j instead of g. And if you realize they also are written with i tilde (í). If you pronounce the hiatus:

bu-jí-a

With no hiatus it would be bu-gia.

Do you know the difference now?

PS: I’m from Spain.

By: Ricardito

Ricardito — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:28:03 +0000

Yes, Adir, I know that definition, but how does it apply to grammar?

In your article, you said:

“However, words that contain a hiatus are written with a j: bujía – herejía, etc.”

Thanks,

By: Adir Ferreira

Adir Ferreira — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:53:41 +0000

Ricardito, a hiatus is a gap or a short pause (time).

By: Ricardito

Ricardito — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:59:10 +0000

What is a hiatus?

Gracias.

Ricardito