Today we are going to do some Italian Pronunciation Practice for beginners. This is an interactive lesson which means you have to participate by speaking, to practice your pronunciation. We are going to tackle difficult words in Italian which have too many vowels, because Italian is all about vowels and not the consonants.
EURO – /e.u.ro/
UN’EURO – /una-e.u.ro/
SEI EURO – /sei-e.u.ro/
AIUTO – /a.yu.to/, [aˈjuto]
PAURA – /paˈura/
LA PAURA – /la-paˈura/
NON HO PAURA – /nono-paˈura/
AEREO – /a.e.re.o/
L’AEREO – /la.e.re.o/
UN AEREO – /una.e.re.o/
AEROPORTO – /a.e.roˈpor.to/
IN AEROPORTO – /inaeroporto/ (sounds like a one word).
IDEA – /i.dea/
UN’IDEA – /uni.dea/
BUON’ IDEA – /bu.oni.dea/
GHIACCIO – /ghiàc‧cio/, /ˈɡjat.t͡ʃo/, [ˈɡ̟jät͡ːʃo̞]
CHIACCHIERARE – [chiac-chie-rà-re], /kjakkjeˈraːre/
CAMERIERE – [ca-me-riè-re] /kameˈrjɛːre/
GNOCCHI – [ nyōʹkē], /ˈnɒ.ki/
GUAIO – /gu.a.yo/, /ˈɡwa.jo/, [ˈɡwäːjo]
AGGIUNGERE – [ag-giùn-ge-re], /adʤunʲˈʤɛːre/
CUCCHIAIO – [kukˈkjajo], /kuk.kia.yo/
SEGNO – /se.nyo/
GLI – /ʎi/ or /lyi
GIOIELLI – /jo.ye.li/
ASCIUGAMANO – /a.shu.ga.mano/
Why Germany is Germania, but Tedesco is German?
– relating to people of an ethnic group or tribe that lives in Germany.