Age is a soft consonant as it is pronounced with a soft "j" sound in English. It is not a hard consonant.
"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.
Some examples of words that contain a soft consonant are "gentle," "cereal," "measure," and "leisure." These words have consonant sounds that are pronounced softly or with a gentle touch.
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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"Germ" has a soft consonant for the beginning letter.
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" has a hard consonant sound at the beginning, specifically the hard "c" sound.
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 "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.'
Some examples of words that contain a soft consonant are "gentle," "cereal," "measure," and "leisure." These words have consonant sounds that are pronounced softly or with a gentle touch.