Italian From Beginning > Alphabet (Alfabeto) > Flashcards
A
Ah
B
Bee
C
Chi
D
Dee
E
Eh
F
effe
G
gee
H
Acca
I
ee
J
i lunga
(il-loon-ga)
K
kappa
L
elle
M
m-eh
N
n-eh
O
oh
P
pee
Q
Coo
R
erre
S
s-ay
T
tee
U
ooh
V
Voo
W
dopia voo
X
eeks
Y
Igrecca, or
ipsilong
Z
Zeta
(Ze-EH-ta, not Z-AY-ta)
“Double”
When spelling a word and there are two nouns, how do you say that (ex: APPLE)
Dopia…
Ex: “Dopia p”
Letter
(La/una) Lettera
(LAY -ter-ra)
accent on “leh”
C = What are the 2 sounds for the letter “C”?
1) Followed by a/o/u or followed by h = hard sound like our “K” like “cat”
Ex: Capisco or Cosa
2) Followed by i/e = soft sound like “ch” as in “chat”
Example Ciao
G = What are the 2 sounds for the letter “G”?
1) Followed by a/o/u, or if followed by H = hard sound like “Gah” = Ex Gatto, Gonna, Gusto, Laghi (Lah-gee)
2) Followed by i/e = soft like “Jah” (gym) = Ex: gelato, giorno
H = How does the letter “H” sound?
Technically, they do not pronouce “H”.
Only used to modify pronounciation of “c” and “g” to invoke hard pronunciation before “e” and “i”.
Before i/e = sound of “K” like Kitten = Ex: “Che” (pronounced “Keh”) or “Ghepardo” (Geh-par-do / leaopard).
Never has the “Ch” sound that we have like choice or cheese.
Z = what are the 2 pronounciations
Start of word = like “Ds”.
Ex: Zero (Ds-eh-ro)
Middle of word = like “Ts”.
Ex: Marzo (Mar-t-so)
Ex: Delizioso (Del-ITz-i-o-zo)
Pronouncation
Pronuncia
(pro-NOON-cha)
Accent that goes down from left to right
(like over letter i)
You say this when spelling words that have the accent
Accento grave
Accent that goes up from left to right
(like over letter “e”)
You say this when spelling words that have the accent
Accento acuto
(ah-CHEN-toe | ah-COO-toe)
S =
1) if in the middle of two vowels, how does it sound?
2) if at the beginning of the word, how does it sound?
1) middle of 2 vowels = sounds like a “Z”
Ex: Delizioso = Del-ITs-si-ozzo)
2) if at beginning of word = sounds like “sss” (like a hiss)
Ex: speciale = (ss-pet-chale-ay)
Vowel (how do you say Vowel in Italian)
Vocale
(voh-cale-ay)
Capital (capital letter)
maiuscola
(my-oo-sco-la)
Lowercase letter
minuscola
(mee-noo-sco-la)
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