"Germ" has a soft consonant for the beginning letter.
The word "cinder" has a hard consonant sound at the beginning, specifically the hard "c" sound.
A soft consonant is a consonant sound produced with a relatively weak friction of air flow through the vocal tract. In many languages, soft consonants are often associated with palatalization, where the front part of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate in the mouth. Soft consonants typically have a lighter or more palatal quality compared to their hard counterparts.
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.
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.
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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".
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.
The word "cinder" has a hard consonant sound at the beginning, specifically the hard "c" sound.
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."
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A soft consonant is a consonant sound produced with a relatively weak friction of air flow through the vocal tract. In many languages, soft consonants are often associated with palatalization, where the front part of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate in the mouth. Soft consonants typically have a lighter or more palatal quality compared to their hard counterparts.
The C has a hard sound in the word careful.
The word "cycle" has a hard S sound (SY-kull).
'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 hard G makes almost like a K sound, but in a voiced sound or a voiced K, which is the general pronunciation and soft G makes a J sound. For the hard and soft consonants, we use C and G and these consonants sound similar but the C is the voiceless consonant while the G is the voiced consonant. If the G is followed by an E, I or Y, then it'll soften and make a J sound. If the G is followed by any other letters or at the word ending, then it'll remain hard.
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.