Pronunciation Examples
4 M5 l# `$ M4 p; Y0 Y4 z0 R! F! g* i0 q VOWELS
! D0 k7 a! _+ K2 A$ k; j8 F a-a as in father [a] abito (abito)5 U9 U2 J _; @' \
e-ay as in pay but without the glide [e] eguale (egwale)
' i$ n) p, M Y, z7 h# d6 X9 D i-ee as in meet or before a vowel, like y in yes [j] impresa (impreza)
, l! p2 T7 j3 w o-o as in go but without the glide [o] oca (oka)1 `6 l' |, X$ }/ u- L0 L& e
u-oo as in moon or before a vowel, like w in water [w] usare (uzare), uo% w ?0 l0 P; d: e1 U5 Y
vo (wovo). L- O6 l) U3 b1 N& e& Z$ d
CONSONANTS
* r+ Z- B8 ~. O' c# o! ~; D, _ b-b as in bag bacca (bakka)
6 n1 e* I/ H, }! F. \0 h c-before a, o, or u like k in key [k] or before i without a vowel after it l* @. \' D2 X# m% Z
ike ch in cheese and the i is not silent [t?i] or before i with a vowel afte
0 R0 }+ N+ g7 [" \9 d$ p r it like ch in cheese and the i is silent [t?] cabina (kabina), cinque (t?i" }$ O6 _7 d0 t6 @; V1 w1 \
nkwe), ciuco (t?uko)
7 E+ d7 G% q$ x( s0 F ch-k as in key [k] chimico (kimiko): l2 j6 i! P1 g8 t! T" o
d-d as in dog [d] danno (danno)
1 O- S! U9 G. }# u3 v f-f as in fair [f] facchino (fakkino)0 \7 `/ o$ x0 l$ l. k
g-before a, o, or u like g in go [g] or before i without a vowel after it li
' m( O8 L6 D* W# f: m, z' t ke j in joke and the i is not silent [d?] or before i with a vowel after it
) s# M: ? l; \9 {8 L like j in joke and the i is silent [d?] galera (galera), ginocchio (d?inokk
" p9 q1 _; c( I jo), giallo (d?allo)
F% b+ \4 P. R: o- h, a gh-g as in go [g] ghianda (gjanda)- S5 L+ y) T- l! ?6 e
gli-like the Portuguese lh, the "official" Spanish ll, or the lli in million
* C* u+ Z& b. e [?] chiglia (ki?a)
E* s: S& S- t C: e- s4 R; A7 N gn-like the Spanish ? or the ni in onion [?] Spagna (spa?a)
: w5 v/ g: X3 k6 c" i, \$ q l-l as in log [l] lo (lo)
+ O# m: ?8 L5 C/ y7 Y" Z m-m as in money [m] madre (madre)
- }* C" Y! Q' g) I n-n as in no [n] nascere (na?ere)0 Z" `# B) K! `* }% v
p-p as in pay [p] pacco (pakko), m8 R+ t$ X3 x0 b; T
q-k as in key [k] quadro (kwadro)
T) L7 Q' C R" C2 k! l) e0 u r-at the beginning of a word, it is a rolled r, like Spanish rr [r] or elsew
% p- g* u7 S% H5 C( l& J9 q$ J here, like the Spanish r or t in city [r] ragno (ra?o), ora (ora)
5 P, ^% Y% K, y; J$ m rr-a rolled r, like Spanish rr [r] errore (erore)
" u9 _* n& w/ L9 j, v: C1 u s-between vowels or before a voiced consonant at the beginning of a word, li
6 s0 M# U6 h! O/ b/ \, R1 x( s ke z in zip [z] or like s in sip rosa (roza), sbaglio (zba?o), sabbia (sabja)* J6 F/ @ f0 ^0 w7 `2 W
sc-before a, o, or u like sk in ski [sk] or before i without a vowel after i0 ~6 Z$ |; M/ v A8 O8 p* @
t like sh in ship, and the i is not silent [?] or before i with a vowel afte
6 a5 _ i4 Z" ~" n- k4 y r it like sh in ship. and the i is silent [?] scala (skala), scintilla (?int illa), sciocco (?okko)
1 R! c1 d% d( Q: `# {+ r ss-s as in sip essere (esere)
9 p# N. m1 W& d/ [) T: { t-t as in tea [t] tacere (tat?ere)
8 t) ~- h; M9 X& S4 d. ~8 a# ~ v-v as in vampire [v] vacca (vakka)
# @. y: X) R' l8 B P! E z-at the beginning of a word, like ds as in beds [dz] or elsewhere, ts as in
( y: `: ^* ^* _ T5 _ cats [ts] zero (dzero), azione (atsjone)2 j+ I' \& m( \+ K! x
Notes: The accented vowels (à, è, ì, ò, ù) indicate irregular stress. T6 u& j( {$ F2 J
he doubled consonants are pronounced twice (like pen-knife). |