The consonants not listed below (b, f, m, n, v) are pronounced as in English. The approximate English equivalents are as follows:
7 v! \) ?+ E) P5 }c before a, o, and u is like the English k.
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ItalianEnglishcasahouseficofigconwithColesseoColosseumcapoheadCupidoCupidcanedogcameracameracaffècoffeecullacradle
; D( `- v8 @; {/ ]c before e or i is like the English sound ch in chest. 2 U. _. T, J N0 X
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ItalianEnglishcenasuppervocevoicecibofoodconcertoconcertacetovinegarcinemacinemacipollaonionfacileeasy, P- E4 E4 g7 R
ch (found only before e or i) is like the English k.
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ItalianEnglishchethatchimicachemistryperchébecausefichifigschilokilochiwhochiusoclosedanchealso. e& w" j# `0 Z" F2 }- i# q9 X5 k1 v' r
d is somewhat more explosive than in English, with the tongue near the tip of the upper teeth but with no aspiration.
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ItalianEnglishdiofdatadatedovewhereduetwodenaromoneydodicitwelvedonnawomanlunedìMondaymodafashionundicieleven5 l# p3 G- i$ U6 _# H* C
g before a, o, and u is as in the English word go. |