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Italian Flashcards

1
Q

c/g/sc + e/i + Consonant

A

c/g/sc is softened

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2
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c/g/sc + a/o/u + consonant

A

c/g/sc is hardened

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3
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c/g/sc + h + vowel

A

c/g/sc is hardened

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4
Q

c/g/sc + i + vowel

A

c/g/sc is softened

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5
Q

c/g/sc + hi + vowel

A

c/g/sc is hardened, i becomes glide

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6
Q

Orthographic accent indicates _______

A

Stressed syllable

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7
Q

Rising Diphthong

A

glide + syllabic vowel

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8
Q

Falling Diphthong

A

syllabic vowel + glide

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9
Q

E at the end of stressed syllable

A 
Closed
UNLESS:
it is the antepenultimate syllable
it comes before S + consonant
it comes after an i/u
it comes before a consonant + glide
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10
Q

Final E w/ orthographic accent

A

Closed
UNLESS:
è, tè, caffè, diè

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11
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Final E in monosyllabic word

A

Closed
UNLESS:
è, tè, caffè, diè

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12
Q

Final E in number

A

Closed
UNLESS:
è, tè, caffè, diè

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13
Q

Final E in past tense verb

A

Closed
UNLESS:
è, tè, caffè, diè

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14
Q

E before a vowel

A

Open

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15
Q

E followed by consonant in same syllable

A

Open

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16
Q

E before a double consonant

A

literally anything

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17
Q

O at the end of a syllable

A 
Closed
UNLESS:
it is the antepenultimate syllable
it comes after i/u
it comes before gli
it comes before a consonant + a glide
it is final w/ an orthographic accent
it comes before s + another consonant
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18
Q

O before a vowel

A 
Open
UNLESS:
it comes before l + c, f, g, m, p, or t
it comes before mb, mm, mp
it comes before a single n in the same syllable
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19
Q

Final O OPEN OR CLOSED IDIOT

A

Open NO EXCEPTIONS

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20
Q

O followed by consonant in same syllable

A 
Open
UNLESS:
it comes before l + c, f, g, m, p, or t
it comes before mb, mm, mp
it comes before a single n in the same syllable
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21
Q

O before a double consonant

A

Literally anything

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22
Q

Vowel length in unstressed syllable

A

Short

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23
Q

Final vowel length

A

Short

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24
Q

Closed and stressed syllable vowel length

A

Short

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25
Q

Open and stressed and final syllable length

A

Short

26
Q

Final letter of syllable vowel length

A

Long

27
Q

Open and stressed syllable vowel length

A

Long

28
Q

Open and stressed and falling diphthong vowel length

A

Long

29
Q

What is considered a single syllable

A

A single consonant and a vowel

30
Q

When are consonants split between syllables

A

Double consonants

Consonant clusters beginning with n, r, m, l

31
Q

What marks a new syllable

A

A consonant cluster other than a nrml one

32
Q

What is syntactic doubling

A

When a word ending in a vowel is followed by a word starting with a consonant

33
Q

How do you know something is a diphthong usually

A

i/u

34
Q

p

A

Unvoiced bilabial plosive

35
Q

b

A

Voiced bilabial plosive

36
Q

t

A

Unvoiced alveolar plosive

37
Q

d

A

Voiced alveolar plosive

38
Q

k

A

Unvoiced velar plosive

39
Q

g

A

Voiced velar plosive

40
Q

ʔ

A

Glottal plosive

41
Q

m

A

Voiced bilabial nasal

42
Q

n

A

Voiced alveolar nasal

43
Q

ɲ

A

Voiced palatal nasal

44
Q

ŋ

A

Voiced velar nasal

45
Q

r

A

Voiced alveolar trill

46
Q

ɾ

A

Voiced alveolar flap

47
Q

f

A

Unvoiced labiodental fricative

48
Q

v

A

Voiced labiodental fricative

49
Q

θ

A

Unvoiced dental fricative

50
Q

ð

A

Voiced dental fricative

51
Q

s

A

Voiced alveolar fricative

52
Q

z

A

Voiced alveolar fricative

53
Q

ʃ

A

Unvoiced postalveolar fricative

54
Q

ʒ

A

Voiced postalveolar fricative

55
Q

ç

A

Unvoiced palatal fricative

56
Q

x

A

Unvoiced velar fricative

57
Q

h

A

Unvoiced glottal fricative

58
Q

j

A

Voiced palatal approximant

59
Q

l

A

Voiced alveolar lateral approximant

60
Q

ʎ

A

Voiced palatal lateral approximant

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