"جورْج إِنْجِليزِيّ."

Translation: George is English.

[sgjest]

In the word for England, the ج was pronounced like a hard g (SamirShaker explained it was because it was a foreign/loan word). Here it sounds to me like it's pronounced like a soft g or j sound. Am I hearing correctly?

[keisukx]

yes here it is pronounced as a j, actually pronouncing it g or j doesn't matter but since the word "english" is a foreign word you'll almost always hear ج pronounced as a hard g

[ConchiCastillo]

Incidentally, there is no hard G in the Arabic alphabet, but rather a similar gargling sound called 'ghayn', غ, pronounced very much like the French R and the Spanish hard G in some words.

[benton.1]

The Egyptians are an exception. They pronounce ج as a hard g.

[DanielWill440084]

What? Just a couple slides ago the word for England had a J character and made a G sound. Now the word for English has a J character that makes the J sound?

[tenienteramires]

In Arabic G and J are the same letter, so you can chose to pronounce it with a G or as a J. The standard pronunciation by the way is J.

[DanielWill440084]

Ahh, thanks for the reply. That actually helps a lot. Until now I had only seen it represent a J sound, so knowing that helps, thanks!

[ZiyanQures]

Can this word be used for the language as well or just the nationality?

[suhil078]

نحن بالعربية لا ننطق كلمة "إنجليزي" بهذه الصورة، بل ننطق الجيم في كلمة "إنجليزي" كما ينطقها الإنجليز.

النطق هنا غير صحيح أبدا.