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How does letter g pronounced before soft vowels and after r in swedish? Is that like j in journey?
Additional question: What about. Letter j? Is that like y in you?
January 1, 2015
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Yes, the Swedish letter "j" is pronounced like "y" in "you". This means that the Swedish letter "g" is pronounced like "our j" (that is like "y" in "you") before soft vowels (e, i, y, ä and ö) and after "r" and "l".
Examples:
ge - give
gissa - guess
gyllene - golden
Gävle (Swedish town)
Göran (male surname)
berg - mountain
älg - elk, moose
There are exceptions :). Right now I can think of some "ge-" words, where "g" is pronounced like "sj" in "sjuk" (ill), for example:
generad - embarrassed
gelé - jelly