As posted earlier, choosing between the letters g and j in Spanish is no easy task, so here are some more tips to help you.<\/p>\n
Use g with:<\/p>\n
1. words that start with:<\/p>\n
\u2013 gest-, gene- o geni-, except jen\u00edzaro (child born from parents of different nationalities) and jeniqu\u00e9n (a kind of plant): gesto – gestar \u2013 g\u00e9nero – gen\u00e9tic<\/p>\n
–\tleg-, except lej\u00eda (bleach): legendario \u2013 legislar \u2013 leg\u00edtima \u2013 legionario<\/p>\n
2. words ending in:<\/p>\n
– gen, -g\u00e9lico, -g\u00e9tico, -genario, -g\u00e9nico, -genio, -g\u00e9simo, -gesimal, -g\u00e9nito and their feminine forms, with the exception of jej\u00e9n and comej\u00e9n: origen \u2013 ang\u00e9lico \u2013 cinegen\u00e9tica \u2013 nonagenario \u2013 transg\u00e9nico \u2013 homog\u00e9neo \u2013 primigenia \u2013 vig\u00e9simo \u2013 sexagesimal \u2013 cong\u00e9nita<\/p>\n
– gente y \u2013 gencia: inteligente \u2013 agente \u2013 diligencia – indigencia<\/p>\n
\u2013gia, -gio, -gi\u00f3n, -gional, -ginal, -gionario, -gioso, -g\u00edrico and their feminine forms: magia \u2013 marginal \u2013 regio \u2013 legionario \u2013 legi\u00f3n \u2013 prodigioso \u2013 regional \u2013 paneg\u00edrico<\/p>\n
However, words that contain a hiatus are written with a j: buj\u00eda \u2013 herej\u00eda, etc.<\/p>\n
– \u00edgena, \u00edgeno, -\u00edgero, -\u00edgera: alien\u00edgena \u2013 flam\u00edgero (flaming, blazing) \u2013 ind\u00edgena \u2013 al\u00edgera \u2013 ant\u00edgeno \u2013 ox\u00edgeno<\/p>\n
4. The affixes:<\/p>\n
– geo- or \u2013geo, meaning \u201cearth, land\u201d: geolog\u00eda \u2013 ge\u00f3metra – apogeo<\/p>\n
– log- or \u2013log- , meaning \u201cstudy of, science\u201d: logo \u2013 filolog\u00eda \u2013 l\u00f3gica \u2013 bi\u00f3logo \u2013 logopeda \u2013 anal\u00f3gico<\/p>\n
– inge- or \u2013inge, except injerto (graft) and injerir (to insert, not ingerir, meaning to ingest): ingenio \u2013 laringe \u2013 esfinge \u2013 ingenuo – meninge<\/p>\n
5. Verbs ending in \u2013igerar, -ger and \u2013gir (except tejer and crujir and their derivatives): aligerar \u2013 rugido \u2013 proteger \u2013 emergencia \u2013 fingir \u2013 refrigerar<\/p>\n
6. Some foreign words ending in g: airbag \u2013 camping \u2013 casting \u2013 doping \u2013 gag \u2013 piercing<\/p>\n
See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As posted earlier, choosing between the letters g and j in Spanish is no easy task, so here are some more tips to help you. Use g with: 1. words that start with: \u2013 gest-, gene- o geni-, except jen\u00edzaro (child born from parents of different nationalities) and jeniqu\u00e9n (a kind of plant): gesto –…<\/p>\n