E is easier than G for my friend

I am teaching my friend since last October. He is a big guy and has sausage fingers. I taught him D with two fingers (m is middle and r is ring on the figure below). It took not long time at all for him to master D. Then he could play E without any practice. He was still struggling to play G. I heard that same thing was happened to Rllink too. He has big hands and he had no problem with D and E with same fingers shown below.

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You not quite the story for me. I use the middle, ring, and pinkie fingers for both the D and the E chord, and they fit. I kind of triangulate and overlap them a little in the fret to get them in there. I think a lot of the trouble with the E chord is that people keep hearing that it is so hard to do. I learned the D chord, and then the E chord was just moved up the neck two frets. Yes, you have to stick that index finger down there on the bottom string, but come on, that isn't hard. So I considered it another D chord, just in a different place. I didn't find out that is was supposed to be hard until after I had learned it. Lucky me. I have never had any trouble at all with the G. It is the second chord that I learned to play. C, G, Am F. As soon as I learned those four chords I could play some songs, and I considered myself a ukulele player. Everything since then has been frosting on the cake.

Hi, Rllink! I've fixed my figures. I see your fingering is different from my friend. My friend has no problem with G7 but still bit hard to play G.

Have your friend with the meaty fingers use his first finger to barre the three strings for the G chord and then place his 2nd finger on the E string 3rd fret. Trying to use three fingers in that chord can easily be a problem for many people.

Hi, dhbailey! Thank you for your advice. He enjoys to practice G. If he will give up, I will sure tell him your advice.

I give him some more special fingering shown below. These short barres work very good for sausage fingers.

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