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The hard c pronunciation occurs everywhere else [4] except in the letter combinations sc , ch , and sch which have distinct pronunciation rules. cc generally represents /ks/ before i e y , as in accident, succeed, and coccyx. There are exceptions to the general rules of hard and soft c :
The "soft" c may represent the / ʃ / sound in the digraph ci when this precedes a vowel, as in the words 'delicious' and 'appreciate', and also in the word "ocean" and its derivatives. The digraph ch most commonly represents / tʃ / , but can also represent / k / (mainly in words of Greek origin) or / ʃ / (mainly in words of French origin).
5 List of English words where C is pronounced exceptionally. 3 comments. 6 C and ch, c and k, c and qu. 4 comments. 7 Exception to the rule. ... 10 The terms "hard ...
When suffixes are added to words ending with a hard or soft g (such as -ed, -ing, -er, -est, -ism, -ist, -edness, -ish(ness), -ily, -iness, -ier, -iest, -ingly, -edly, and -ishly), the sound is normally maintained. Sometimes the normal rules of spelling changes before suffixes can help signal whether the hard or soft sound is intended.
The above characters are considered separate letters. The letter 'c' without a dot has fallen out of use due to redundancy. 'Ċ' is pronounced like the English 'ch' and 'k' is used as a hard c as in 'cat'. 'Ż' is pronounced just like the English 'Z' as in 'Zebra', while 'Z' is used to make the sound of 'ts' in English (like 'tsunami' or 'maths').
There are 14 paradigms of noun declension. The paradigm of nominal declension depends on the gender and the ending in the nominative of the noun.. In Czech the letters d, h, ch, k, n, r and t are considered 'hard' consonants and č, ř, š, ž, c, j, ď, ť, and ň are considered 'soft'.
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There is consistency in Papiamento in terms of when a hard c is used instead of a k and when a soft c is used instead of an s . [clarification needed] Before the vowels a , o and u , a c is used instead of a k , e.g. cas ('house'), cos ('thing') and cushina ('kitchen') instead of kas, kos and kushina.