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 /tO / as in “Channel” Cena, cinema before A, O, U or /k/ as in “Car” Casa, crema consonant /k/ Che, chianti CH: always G: before E and I /dO / as in “just” Genova, before A, O, U or /g/ as in “got” Gioconda consonant /g/ Gorgonzola, GH: always grazie Spaghetti, ghiaccio GLI: /ʎ/ more or less as in Famiglia, biglietto “million” GN: /ƞ/ more or less as in Gnocchi, Bologna “onion” H: Always silent Ho, hai, ha, hotel QU: /ku/ + a/e/i/o Questo, quattro SC: before E and I // As in “ship” Scena, sci before A, O, U or /sk/ as in “skate” Scusa, Tedesco consonant /sk/ Tedeschi, scherzo SCH: always R: Rolled (as in Roma, Scottish pronunc.) 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 5) bic….ere
2) spa…..tti
3) Gre….. 4) musi….
6)……ttà 10)……oco
7) ne…..zio
8) an….. 9) uffi……
11)Mi pia……12)……care Porto…llo
15)……noscere 16) leg.…re 18) ……..ardare
19)…….gno
13) viag……re
14)
17) vi……le urbano
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