The word cinder starts with a soft consonant. When the 'c' sounds like a 'k' it is considered hard. When it sounds like an 's' it is considered soft.
"Cinder" begins with a soft consonant. It's pronounced like the 's' in "sin", not like the 'k' in "kin".
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The word "grudge" starts with a hard g consonant. The soft g sounds like a j, such as the soft g sound at the end of the word "grudge."
The word, circle has both a soft and a hard consonant. The first letter "c" is a soft consonant and the last letter , "c" is a hard consonant. That makes the first letter , "c" sound like the letter, "s", while the second letter, "c" sounds like the letter, "k".
'Germ' has a soft consonant sound at the beginning, because it is pronounced with a 'j' sound instead of a hard 'g.' An example of the latter would 'gone,' or 'great.' Another example of the former is, 'giant.'
In some parts of the English-speaking world, where the r is dropped before a consonant, "hard" sounds a lot like '"hod," which might be mis-heard as "hot."
"Lines of symmetry are a difficult concept for some geometry students." "There was a certain symmetry to his view of good and evil." "The symmetry in the car's design made it very striking in appearance, but it made it hard to tell the front from the rear."
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The C has a hard sound in the word careful.
The word "cycle" has a hard S sound (SY-kull).
The word "grudge" starts with a hard g consonant. The soft g sounds like a j, such as the soft g sound at the end of the word "grudge."
The word, circle has both a soft and a hard consonant. The first letter "c" is a soft consonant and the last letter , "c" is a hard consonant. That makes the first letter , "c" sound like the letter, "s", while the second letter, "c" sounds like the letter, "k".
'Germ' has a soft consonant sound at the beginning, because it is pronounced with a 'j' sound instead of a hard 'g.' An example of the latter would 'gone,' or 'great.' Another example of the former is, 'giant.'
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.
The S is probably the most suitable letter for the first letter in a certain beginning consonant blend. With the "sC" format (The "C" means "consonant"), there are various options to link the first S with a beginning consonant blend. Here are the variable options for the consonant blends: sc sch (Note: CH is a consonant digraph with the unvoiced J sound) sf sk sl sm sn sp sq sr st sw There's something fascinating about the first S beginning consonant. This consonant blend type can be put into a triple blend with the "sCC" format. Here are some examples of triple blends: scl scr sfl sfr skl skr spl spr str stw Trivia with First S Beginning Consonant Blend: Firstly, there's a fun trick with the SC blend. Whenever the C/G is followed by an E, I, or Y, then they'll soften into an S/J sound. However, if the soft C is combined into an SC blend with the "SC+E, I, Y" spelling format, then the C becomes silent and we just pronounce the S like it was an individual consonant rather than a blend. During the SC blend, the only situation when the C is pronounced is during the hard C case, which is when the following letter is anything else. There are some rule-breakers exceptions like "muscle", in which the C is silent despite that the SC blend is in a hard C case with the following letters not a softener. Secondly, the CH is consonant digraph that sounds like an unvoiced J like chair, chain, chart, chop, etc. Sometimes, the CH won't make the unvoiced J sound, but they'll remain the normal C sound, which is the K sound like character, chemical, chorus, cholera, etc. In this case, if there's an SCH blend, but the CH digraph remains the normal C sound, which is the K sound, then we pronounce it as the SC blend, and these examples include school, schedule, scheme, schooner, etc. Thirdly, there's a fun trick, which is there are several consonant blends which can both the beginning and ending blend, which includes, SC, SCH, SK, SP, ST, etc. consonant blends. Technically speaking, the S is probably the most suitable first letter in a certain beginning consonant blend as there are quite many various options to link with another consonant to form a blend. The C also have quite various options but some bonds like the CF, CM, CN, CP, CT, etc. can't be a beginning consonant blend, therefore the C doesn't work very suitably as S. The S also have some fun tricks with their beginning consonant blends, which is that their blends can be tripled and there are several consonant blends which can be both a beginning and an ending blend. That means that the S should be the most suitable first letter in the beginning consonant blend.
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A hard consonant is a consonant sound that is produced with a relatively high degree of tension in the speech organs, such as /t/, /k/, and /p/. These sounds are characterized by a distinct, sharp articulation.