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Voice setup

Browser voices come from your system — install the voice in your OS settings:

  • Windows: Settings → Time & language → Speech → Manage voices → Add voices → select Spanish (Spain)
  • macOS: System Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → System voice → Manage voices → download Spanish (Spain)
  • iPhone / iPad setup: Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices → Tap Spanish (Spain), download a voice
  • Android setup: Settings → Language & Input → Text-to-speech output → Tap gear icon next to Google TTS → Install voice data → Download Spanish (Spain) voice
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5.6

Pronunciation

j and g: the sound [x]

The letter j — and g before e or i — is a strong sound from the back of the throat, like clearing your throat gently or the ch in Scottish loch: , , , .

Before a, o, u and consonants, g is a normal g: , , . To get the g sound before e or i, Spanish writes gu: — the u is silent.

Minimal pairs

  • gota/jota
  • mago/majo
  • pagar/pajar

Repeat after the voice

  • jueves, junio, jamón
  • Mi hijo trabaja en Gijón.
  • el domingo a las ocho
  • La gente come a las dos.
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g or j?

Listen and choose the word you hear.

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What time?

Listen and write the time in digits (for example 9:30).