SPANISHBOOSTER

• Use of B.

• Use of V.

• Use of G before E or I.

• Use of J before E or I.

• Use of H & M.

• Use of K.

• Use of X instead of S.

• Use of R.

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Use of G before E or I

 

You must write G before E or I when:

 

1) The words start with "GEO"

            In words that start with "geo" like: geometría, geología and geografía.

 

2) In words that end in:

                    Exceptions:

                            comejen, ojen, aguajinoso, espejismo,  salvajismo.

 

3) The infinitives ended in:

                   Exceptions:

                           tejer, crujir.

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Use of J before E or I

 

You must write J in the following cases:

 

1) The sounds je and ji. 

             The sounds "je" and "ji" from the infinitive verbs which have neither "g" nor "j" such as "dije" (from the verb "decir"), "reduje" (from the verb "reducir").

 

2) The words with the following terminations:

                    Exceptions:

                           ambage, magín, auge, cónyuge, esfinge, faringe, laringe, parágoge and some others.

 

3) The derivatives from words that have -JA, -JO and -JU.

             The derivatives from words that have -JA, -JO, -JU  like ajillo (ajo).

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• Use of B.

• Use of V.

• Use of G before E or I.

• Use of J before E or I.

• Use of H & M.

• Use of K.

• Use of X instead of S.

• Use of R.