Italian English( J# F0 h; M; ]/ t5 Y% W* w+ Q9 m
nuo–vo new
, ^ r2 Y+ N/ M: [( c- I. Q, q mie–le honey) _# {0 x( i' Z- v/ M
per–fi–dia spite. A1 N: `, I M
uo–mo man9 `0 K+ y1 K$ n3 C( p% H6 y* B
mai never
; Y8 I& `4 o( R6 c% b0 Y& T lin–gua language! {. b, ~- @( u/ z% q8 H
suoi his
* r; C& U/ |+ F pi–gliai I took8 |$ O% l9 |! @4 n# f: E+ L
Diphthongs may occur in stressed or unstressed syllables. However, when a diphthong is broken by stress (the vowel i or u directly bears the stress), then the two vowels break into separate syllables.
% E9 i+ C0 Y( N! y Italian English
' t7 V9 _, Y2 R( ~- e) G mi–o mine
`4 a; b! j! ]: {0 G4 @2 L+ d* V tu–o yours2 \* G3 d9 L/ o
spi–a spy
1 C0 v( S9 J, S r4 V8 N1 P ma–ni–a mania& g) u, h5 u5 C) S7 i
rin–vi–o postponement- k2 r2 N4 e7 `+ \2 l4 f
te–ra–pi–a therapy- k& s& R1 H: |& c/ {
al–le–gri–a joy
: r8 _6 C& U% g& [# n/ u; Y far–ma–ci–a pharmacy |