PRONUNCIA
Pronunciation
Hold double letters for an extra beat:
Spaghetti
Pizza
“spagett-tti”
“pizz-zza”
Pronounce vowels like this:
A= “ah”
like “almond”
E= “eh”
like “elephant”
s
I= “ee”
U= “oo”
O= “oh”
Interessante!
like “meet”
like “over”
like “cool”
“EEN-TEHR-EHSS-AHN-TEH!”
between 2 vowels “z” Casa = “Caza”
other “s”
Pasta = “Pasta”
h
SOFT
C + i/e= “ch” C +h
ciao= “CH-AH-OH”
G + i/e= “j”
gelato= “JEH-LAH-TOH”
G +h
or any
other
letter
hotel= “otel”
= “k”
or any
other
letter
= “guh”
grazie= GR-AH-ZEE-EH
or any
other
letter
= “sk”
scarpa= SK-AHR-PAH
gli=“li” gn= “nyuh”
famiglia= FAHM-EEL-EE-AH
HARD
camera= KAH-MEH-RAH
Sc + i/e= “sh” Sc +h
sciarpa= “SH-AHR-PAH”
silent
gnocchi= NYUH-OHKK-KKEE