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LE REGOLE dei SUONI e LE LETTERE. in ITALIANO. La lettera “A”. The letter “A” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “A” makes the sound: “ah”. EXAMPLES of words with “A”. lana sala Mamma Papa` Calandra Sara. La lettera “E”.
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LE REGOLE dei SUONIe LE LETTERE in ITALIANO
La lettera“A” • The letter “A” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “A” makes the sound: “ah”
EXAMPLES of words with “A” • lana • sala • Mamma • Papa` • Calandra • Sara
La lettera“E” • The letter “E” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “E” makes the sound: “eh”
EXAMPLES of words with “E” • penne • Sere • Mele • Delle • Rete • Mettete
La lettera“I” • The letter “I” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “I” makes the sound: “ee”
EXAMPLES of words with “I” • Fili • Mini • Bindi • Siti • Vini • Ziti
La lettera“O” • The letter “O” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “O” makes the sound: “oh”
EXAMPLES of words with “O” • fono • foto • Moto • Cotto • Sotto • Coro • Moro
La lettera“U” • The letter “U” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “U” makes the sound: “oo”
EXAMPLES of words with “U” • Futuro • Uva • Lume • Tu • Nuvola
The following letters DO NOTEXIST in the Italian alphabet: • J • K • W • X • Y
The letters “C”& “G” are special • The letters C and G are the only 2 letters in Italian that can make 2 different sounds each depending on what letter is next to them!
La lettera“C” • The letter “C” sounds like “CH” when E or I are next to it: • EXAMPLES: • Cima Cielo • Citta Cinema • Cestino Celeste • Certo Cera
La lettera“C”… • Should NEVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER….. SOUND LIKE AN “S”
La lettera“C” • The letter “C” sounds like “K” when any letter BESIDES “E” or “I” are next to it: • EXAMPLES: • Carta costo • Chilo crede • Cura clima
La lettera“G” • The letter “G” sounds like “J” when E or I are next to it: • EXAMPLES: • Gioco Gita • Giallo Gigi • Gesto Gelato • Genere Gettone
La lettera“G” • The letter “G” sounds like “GH” when any letter BESIDES “E”, “I”, “N”, or “L” are next to it: • EXAMPLES: • Gomma Gol • Grillo Grande • Gucci Gloria
Le lettere“GL” • The letter combination of “GL” sounds like “Y” • EXAMPLES: • gli aglio • maglione paglia • medaglia
Le lettere“GN” • The letter combination of “GN” sounds like “NY” • EXAMPLES: • giugno ragna • legno sognare • bagno
DOUBLE CONSONANTS • WHEN you see a double consonant in an Italian word it usually means that you must EMPHASIZE that sound. • mamma sette offerta • grasso mattina pollo • otto babbo Gianni • doppio ecco addio
ACCENT MARKS • WHEN you see an accent mark on the END of a word in Italian, it means you must EMPHASIZE that part of the word. • Manfre` citta` papa` • Gesu` virtu` carita` • volonta` universita` gia`