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La pronuncia

Italian PronunciationUnit 1

Fate Adesso

• Provide the teacher with 3 words that begin with letters B, S, Z.

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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 lasagna 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