ALFABETO ITALIANO In the first row you have the 5 vowel sounds: /a/ (as in the English “bAr”) /e/ (as in the English “gEt”) /i/ (as in the English “grEEn”) /o/ (as in the English “gOt” ) /u/ (as in the English “fOOt”) In the Italian Alphabet there are only 21 letters: /a/ A (a) H (acca) Z (zeta)
/e/ E (e) F (effe) L (elle) M (emme) N (enne) R (erre) S (esse)
/i/ B (bi) C (ci) D (di) G (gi) I (i) P (pi) T (ti) V (vi)
/o/ O (o)
/u/ Q (cu) U (u)
The following letters only appear in words of foreign origin and are pronounced like this: J (i lunga) K (cappa) W (doppia VU or doppia VI) X (ics) Y (i greca)
Some pronunciation rules with examples in Italian and English equivalent: POSITION ENGLISH SOUND ITALIAN EXAMPLES C: before E and I Cena, cinema /t∫ / as in “Channel” /k/ as in “Car” before A, O, U or consonant Casa, crema /k/ CH: always Che, chianti G: before E and I Genova, Gioconda /d∫ / as in “just” /g/ as in “got” before A, O, U or consonant Gorgonzola, grazie /g/ GH: always Spaghetti, ghiaccio GLI: /ʎ/ more or less as in “million” Famiglia, biglietto GN: /ƞ/ more or less as in “onion” Gnocchi, Bologna H: Always silent Ho, hai, ha, hotel QU: /ku/ + a/e/i/o Questo, quattro SC: before E and I Scena, sci /∫ / As in “ship” before A, O, U or consonant /sk/ as in “skate” Scusa, Tedesco SCH: always Tedeschi, scherzo /sk/ R: Rolled (as in Scottish pronunc.) Roma, Marmellata
GAME: Completa le seguenti parole usando : ca / co / cu / chi / che / cia / cio / ciu / ci / ce / ga / go / gu / ghi/ ghe / gio / gio / giu / gi / ge /
1) In…lterra
2) spa…..tti
6)……ttà
7) ne…..zio 8) an….. 9) uffi…… 10)……oco
11)Mi pia……12)……care
3) Gre….. 4) musi….
15)……noscere
16) leg.…re
13) viag……re
14) Porto…llo
17) vi……le urbano 18) ……..ardare
19)…….gno
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