What's different between pronouncing of these words: Get and Gem? [closed]

Solution 1:

The general rule is:

g + e, i, y → /ʤ/

gem /ʤem/

gin /ʤIn/

gel /ʤel/

gene /ʤi:n/

g + other letters → /g/

gas /gæz/

bag /bæg/

glad /glæd/

egg /eg/

Exceptions are:

give /gIv/, get /get/, girl /gɜ:l/, gift /gIft/, giggle /gIgl/, etc.

‘gu’ + vowel → /g/:

guess, guest, guild, guile, guilt, guinea-pig, disguise.

‘dge’ → /ʤ/:

edge, bridge, budget, badge, budge, budgie, wedge.

Source: Zolina, Koltakova, and Khakhanova, English for Beginners, Voronezh State University, 2007.

The link to the post explaining the etymological reasons for the differences has been included in comments above, and I am copying it here for convenience:

Should 'g' followed by 'e' and 'i' be pronounced with a soft or hard g?