How do you pronounce the word "general" in spanish? Since its spelled the same way in English.?

Answer 1

the G is like an aspirated H, like the CG in the Scottish LOCH. the E is short. the last syllable, AL, should sound like the AL is Allah and the accent is on the last syllable. And one more thing , when you pronounce the R substitute a D sound.

hhehn-eh-DAHL.

Answer 2

What people are telling you is true but only a small part of the story. Not only is 1. the 'g' pronounced as kind of 'h' but also

2. the emphasis (what is more correctly called accent or stress) on the last syllable in Spanish but on the first in English, so heh-neh-RAL vs. JEN-uh-rl

3. as i tried to indicate under 2 the vowels are quite different. in english the unstressed vowels are reduced ("slurred") while in spanish they are pronounced clearly.

4. there are other differences of individual sounds. for ex., spanish 'r' sounds not at all english 'r' but rather almost the same as our 't' in 'water' or 'd' in 'wider', the 'L' is very different and can only be learned by hearing and imitating, and the vowels are also different, especially the 'a' vowel but also to some extent the 'e'. and also as people have noted the spanish sound that we say is like 'h' is really quite different too. so actually only the 'n' is virtually the same in both languages--there actually is a difference but it is negligeable and not worth worrying about.

Added: I would really like to know what somebody found to object to in my statement.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The only difference is the first letter.The letter -G- before -E- is always pronounced like the letter =J- [jota in Spanish] It is like the -X- in Mexico,like the -ch- in the Scottish word -Loch and like the letter -G- in the Dutch language.In Spanish there is no letter that sounds like -dsya or dsye.Also in Spanish they never pronounce the -H-. The sound is more gutteral than the -H-

Answer 5

The G is pronounced as H so it would be pronounced:

h-eneral

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Answer 6

He-ne-ral
The ge sound in spanish always sounds as if it was h.

Answer 7

its like that throaty hk sound its hkeneral

Answer 8

HE - NE - RAL