I'm not sure but I think there's conjugation and hallelujah...
2006-09-22 07:34:39 · 11 answers · asked by mathewthere 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hallelujah is the only one I can think of. In conjugation, the j is pronounced as in judge. The spelling of j for the sound of "judge" is a Norman French practice that was adopted in English after the Norman invasion. Native English words that have the j sound were spelled cg in Old English (ecg 'edge') and that sound never occured at the beginning of a word in Old English. When the English borrowed Norman French words like justice and gentle they used g for the sound in front of the letters e and i (gentle, giant) and j for the sound in front of the letters u, o, and a (judge, job, jab). At the end of the word, they used dg (judge) and changed the Old English cg to dg (bridge, edge). Except in "hallelujah", when a word was borrowed into English with a j, it is pronounced j as in judge even though the original word in the other language may be pronounced as a y (conjugation, conjugal, Jeremiah, banjo, etc.). And note that even though Elijah ends in the same Hebrew syllable as hallelujah (and means the same thing), the j in Elijah is pronounced as in judge, but the j in hallelujah is pronounced as a y.
2006-09-22 08:41:51 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
In conjugation the "j" is not pronounced as a "y".
Hallelujah is from the Latin, where "j" is pronounced as "y", and is from the Hebrew halaluya.
I don't know of any English words that have the soft "j;" they'd be imports from another language.
2006-09-22 14:44:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
In Norway, J is pronounced as Y. Thats mostly here in scandinavian countries.
But if youre looking for english words with J pronounced as Y...hmmm let me guess...
I dont think so...hallelujah is not originally an english term.
2006-09-22 14:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by Joy RP 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you can't conjugate hallelujah since it's a noun or an interjection. Secondly, it's technically not an English word, it's a HEBREW word (NOT Latin-check your etymologies!).
The answer to your question is, no. There are no words native to the English language in which the "j" is pronounced as a "y".
2006-09-22 14:44:27 · answer #4 · answered by elk312 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I dont know for me I think that y has a softer tone than j, Like Jelly has a sharper sound then yellow, U get? I dont know now u got me thinking, Im keeping my ear on that,
But about Hallelujah, thats just people that say it like that but ur supposed to put a sharp sound on it, try it, thats how i say it.
2006-09-22 14:48:45 · answer #5 · answered by chinaz777 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
German
Ja is pronounced Ya
2006-09-22 14:42:16 · answer #6 · answered by jamie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hallelujah
2006-09-22 15:22:11 · answer #7 · answered by vida b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a world, maybe in a parallel universe, they might.
Now, a word, maybe there's one in the English language. But I can't think of one at the moment. I hope you find what you're looking for, good luck!
2006-09-22 14:40:37 · answer #8 · answered by davidnetk 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hallelujah
pronounced: hal-A-Leu-Yah
2006-09-22 14:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, I can't answer that. This is the only world that I ever lived on.
2006-09-22 14:53:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋