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L’alfabeto italiano
The Italian alphabetCapitolo 1: Lessico
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L’italiano
Italian is a phonetic language. This means that it is spoken the way it
is written! In most cases, one letter represents
one sound. Every letter is pronounced except for
H. There are special combinations of
consonants & vowels.
TIP: Learn the sounds of Italian & acquire goodpronunciation by listening closely to & imitatingProfa. Butcher and the native speakers on theListening Comprehension CDs.
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L’alfabeto italiano A B (bi) C (ci) D (di) E F (effe) G (gi) H (acca) I L (elle) M (emme)
N (enne) O P (pi) Q (cu) R (erre) S (esse) T (ti) U V (vu) Z (zeta)
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Le lettere straniere (foreign)
J (i lunga) K (cappa) W (doppia vu) X (ics) Y (ipsilon)
The Italian alphabethas 21 letters, but it
recognizes an extendedset of 5 additional letters
that occur in words of foreign origin.
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I vocali italiani
A E I O U
For the most part,Italian vowels are
pronounced the same.
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La pronuncia
Italian PronunciationCapitolo 1: Lessico
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La pronuncia: consonanti doppie (double consonants)
sete sette pala palla papa pappa moto motto dona donna fato fatto
All Italian consonantsexcept q have acorresponding
double consonant.
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Ripetete ballerina antenna mamma spaghetti zucchini
piccolo confetti Anna motto villa
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Suoni speciali
c: Followed by a, o, u has a hard sound
like cat casa corso musica
Followed by e, i has a soft sound like church
cena ciao arrivederci
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Suoni speciali
ch: Also has a hard sound like chemistry
macchina chittara perché
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Suoni speciali
g: Followed by a, o, u has a hard sound
like go gatto gondola gusto
Followed by e, i has a soft sound like gem
gelato Gina Giorgio
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Suoni speciali
gh: Also has a hard sound like spaghetti
ghiaccio ghetto
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Suoni speciali
gn: Has a sound like the ny in canyon
lasagne bagno
This is like the ñ in Spanish.
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Suoni speciali
gli: Has a sound like the lli in million
(lyee) famiglia luglio moglie
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Suoni speciali
sc: Followed by e, i has a soft sound like
sheriff sceriffo sci sciare
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Suoni speciali
schi: Has a hard sound like ski
maschile maschio
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Suoni speciali
sche: Has a hard sound like skeleton
scheletro pesche