Learning Spanish -Tip 3

This is the third in a series of tips for learning Spanish brought to you by Word for Word providing translations and language classes to this community (6786-0854). Learning Spanish can seem daunting, even unattainable!  These tips are designed to ease your fears and build your understanding of Spanish: Tip #3:

The letters C and G each have soft and hard sounds depending on the vowel that follows them.  The rules for determining hard or soft are the same as in English:  the consonants are hard when followed by A, O, or U and soft when followed by E or I.