'k' is always hard, as in kite, kitten and bike.
'c' can be hard, like a k, or soft, like an 's'.
Or with an h (ch) it is often like a 'j', but unvoiced, e.g. compare joke, with choke.
Or with an s (sc) the pronunciation can be 'sh', as in conscious / kon-shus /
Hard: comic / komic /; cat / kat /
Soft: certain / serten /; cigarette / sigaret /; also as an 's' in ice, twice ; mice.
Mixed: convince / konvinss /: ceramic / seramik /: citric / sitrik /; coccyx / kok-siks /
Examples: "Are you convinced that in the word certificate, the first c has an 's' sound and the second c has an 'k' sound?"
When learning English, whilst it is helpful to know how individual letters are usually pronounced, it is better to practice the pronunciation of complete words, because English has come from many different languages, and for some letters there is no fixed rule on how they should be pronounced.
The letter C was the Latin form of K. In ancient times it was always pronounced "hard," as in cat. The name Cicero, for example would have been pronounced Kee-KARE-own. Later, C became palatalized to a CH sound before the front vowels e and i, as it remains in Italian, and later still was further reduced to an S sound before those vowels, as it remains in French and hence in English.
Letter c and k make the same sound " kh" .we can resemble it with a sound of castanet ( a musical instrument).
C and K sound the same in a word unless the C is followed by an E or and I like in "city" or "cedar." In that case the C will sound like an S.
Yes k and c make the same sound
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Some constants represent two sounds, soft and hard, similar to the difference between short and long vowel sounds. A 'C' pronounced as an 'S', as in 'cent', is soft. If pronounced as a 'K', as in 'copper', it is hard.Hard and soft sounds for 'C' and 'G'The pronunciation of 'C' and 'G' generally (but not always, see below) depends upon the letter following either 'C' or 'G'.General rulesIf the following letter is 'E', 'I' or 'Y', the pronunciation is said to be "soft".If the following letter is anything else - including a space - the pronunciation is termed "hard".A soft 'C' is pronounced 'S' as in cell, city, decision, receive, license, distance, recently, pronounce, juicy, cylinder.A hard 'C' is pronounced 'k' as in call, correct, cup, cross, class, rescue, fact, public, panic, ache.A soft 'G' is pronounced 'j' as in general, giant, gymnastic, large, energy, intelligible, changing.A hard 'G' is pronounced 'g' as in golf, pig, running, great, gum, fragrant, grasp, glut, progress.
An instrument tuned to the key of A. For example: If you play Concert C major, you will actually have to play at E major, to make it sound like C major. Vice versa, if you play at C major, it will sound like Concert A major instead.
The c can make 2 sounds. It can make the k sound and the s sound.
There are actually numerous words that make the hard "c" sound and begin with a "k".A couple examples would be the words kite and kabob.When the vowels A, O, or U come after the letter "C", it will produce the "K" sound making it a hard "C".Some examples of words beginning with K and hard C:KaleidoscopeKickKilometricalKilometric
In the word "discontinue," the letter "c" makes the /k/ sound.
C, which has either an S or a K sound when it is used in words. So there is no need for a C when an S or a K could be used instead.
No, the word "pick" does not have a hard c sound. The sound for the letter "c" in "pick" is typically pronounced as a soft /k/ sound, like the one in the word "cat."
No, the "C" in the word crane makes a K sound making it a hard c.Hard C's sound like the letter K. Soft C sounds like S.Some Examples of Soft C Words:CeaseCedarCedeCederCelebrateCelebrationCelebrityCeleryCelestialCelibateCellarCellCementCemeteryCenotaphCentennialCenterCentipedeCentralCentSome Examples of Hard C Words:CabbageCabCakeCalculateCalculatorCalmCalvaryCamperCampCandyCarcassCardCareCarpCarriageCarryCarsCaskCastleCaterpillar
The first letter in "cabaret" is a hard "c", pronounced the same as the letter "k". A soft "c" sound is like the letter "s", and generally occurs only when the "c" is followed by the vowels "e" or "i" (or "y" acting as a vowel). For example, the "c"s in "center" and "citation" are soft. The "c"s in "cast", "corner", and "cupcake" are hard.
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Not that anyone has found, but there are gods and goddesses with "k" which can be mistaken for a "c" sound.
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The KN makes an N sound, so the K is silent. The CK pair always has a K sound, so either the C or the K is a superfluous consonant.
The tail on the letter c in a French word is called a cedilla. It is used under the letter c to give it the "s" sound instead of the hard "k" sound when it appears before the vowels a, o, or u.