There are many occasions, in which there are people, who, when writing, must think about it for a long time to know if that word is written with jo with g. In fact, it is one of the most frequent errors… making a mistake when placing one or another letter. And no, it is not nice to make a misspelling, it does not leave you in a good place and, in addition, it leads to a mistake when it comes to understanding that word and how it is pronounced. Because be careful, pronouncing the g (ge) is not the same as pronouncing the j (jota).
The exact same thing also happens, or even more frequently leads to a mistake, writing words that, when pronounced, sound exactly the same way. For example, this can happen (and happens) with the use of V and B. Or write the h when it is due and many do not (worse is, when they do not write it correctly and on top of that they say, what does it matter?, if that letter does not sound…). OMG…
Leaving now, whoever does not want to write correctly (each one there) we are going to focus on how to write a word that many do incorrectly. It’s the word Montage. What is the correct way to write Montage or Montage? Well now, we are going to solve the doubts and say, why it is written in this way.
The word by definition and if you look in the dictionary of the RAE (the Royal Spanish Academy of the language), it clearly indicates that the correct word is MONTAJE. That is to say, do not be fooled, because the word montage does not exist nor is it recognized. But be careful, we are talking about the Spanish language (Castilian) because in other languages, we can recognize the word montage.
In this case, some may start with the trouble… if in other languages, the word montage does exist, it can then be written and it is valid. No, of course not. You have to base yourself on the language you want to speak or write. We will focus on the fact that we are speaking Spanish, therefore, in Spanish (neutral Castilian) saying montage does not exist and is not correct. How do you spell montage or montage? And why, we will tell you right now if you keep reading.
Instructions to write montage or montage
- As we have said, we have already emphasized that it is necessary to know in which language it is spoken and written. We have ruled out foreign languages and will speak/write in Castilian (Spanish).
- To rule out misspellings, you have to know when to write each letter, /g/ or /j/. Very important, for later, do not continue making spelling mistakes.
- There are some important rules. When do you know that the jota should be written? /J/? There is a spelling rule that is as follows.
- Words that end in -aje and in -eje are always written with a jota.
- If we knew in advance, this rule that is already studied from childhood, we would know that, in Spanish, the word montage is written with the letter jota /J/.
- There are also certain exceptions… for example, there are other words that end in -ege and -ages and as you can see, they are written with the letter /G/.
- The exceptions are such as the words: hipálage, ambages, proteges, enálage.
- Examples with the words assembly: “the assembly of the furniture will last one hour”. “That woman made a set up.” “The assembly of this structure has been carried out with great effort and perseverance.”
- Another fact to take into account, the words that are homophones. What does this mean? A word that is homophones are words that are spelled differently, but when pronounced, they are pronounced and sound the same.
- When we rely on the sound and how certain words sound, we must be careful and that happens with the spelling of (ge) and (je) because when they are followed by the vowels € and (i) they sound very similar.
- We give you an example of these words. Have you never had any doubts in knowing how to write, for example, the word card or card? Well, both end in -eta but it is written correctly with the jack, that is, card.
- We can list many more, such as the most common, which are the most misspellings that are usually carried out. Ingest or ingest, card or card, protect or protect, pretend or pretend, etc.
- From now on, after reading the indications that we give you from doncomos.com, if you observe when reading phrases of the type “the assembly was complicated…” you will already know that it is NOT written correctly.
- So much naming the word Montage but what does this word mean in Spanish? If we have doubts, the best option and the only truly reliable one (leave the internet and let them tell you or tell you), is to use the RAE dictionary.
- When we say the RAE, we refer to a summary term from the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy. The essential in this language.
- Montage therefore, after looking at this dictionary, indicates the following:
- Assembly, is the action of assembling or assembling a certain object, assembly. An example: The furniture is assembled there.
- The action of putting together a play or other type of show, which refers to the adjustment of a script according to the artistic vision of each director already on stage. Example: the editing of this scene has been approved by the director.
- Farce or hoax. Example: In the end it has been a whole setup to tease us.
- The process where the order of scenes and elements in a film is selected. Example: The director decided to remove some scenes during editing.
What do you need to write montage or montage?
- You will need a dictionary. Preferably the one that does not fail in schools or universities and the most reliable and with the most vocabulary. This is that of the Spanish Royal Academy, that of the RAE.
- You can take a look on the internet. But do not trust any page of the first thing they tell you. Always make sure that they know what they are talking about and that they are fluent in the language.
- Spanish, Castilian, must be neutral. Therefore, Latin people have a different Spanish and you can make spelling mistakes in Spanish when writing them. Be careful because Castilian (Spanish) is not the same as Castilian/Latin, for example.
- Once you learn the basics of Spanish spelling, the rest will be a breeze and won’t cost you. Take into account the endings of the words, so you will quickly clear up doubts between writing with the ge (g) or with the jota (j).
Tips for writing montage or montage
From the word assembly we can extract its synonyms and these would be (some examples), coupling, assembly, arrangement, mount, union, adjustment…
A synonym is a word that means the same thing. That is, it has the same meaning. As you have seen with the word assembly, which has the same meaning, for example; than the word assemblage.
In other languages, we can find the word Montage written with /g/ and not with /j/ as in Spanish. That happens in the French language and in German. In these two languages, the word is spelled montage and also, and curiously, it comes to mean exactly the same as it does in Spanish.