Oggi è giovedì il dodici settembre 2013 Lo Scopo: L’alfabeto Italiano e i suoni principali. Fate Adesso: What are some Italian words that you use in your daily conversations? Generate a list.
Cognates Your understanding of Italian will be enhanced by learning to recognize and use cognates. Cognates are words that look similar in different languages and have similar meaning. Since in both English and Italian there are so many words that derive from Latin and Greek, there are many cognates, and you will be able to understand numerous Italian words by using your knowledge of English.
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The Italian alphabet: Pronunciation Italian is easy to pronounce because it is a phonetic language, which means that it is pronounced the way it is written. Italian and English use the Latin alphabet, but the sound of many letters differs in the two languages. Once you become familiar with the Italian alphabet you will have no trouble spelling Italian words and pronouncing them correctly. The Italian alphabet has 21 letters. In addition, the letters j,k,w, x, and y are used in words of foreign origin. Every letter in Italian is pronounced except h.
L’alfabeto Italiano a a f effe l elle p pi t ti b bi g gi m emme q cu u u c ci h acca n enne r erre v vu d di i i o o s esse z zeta e e j ( i lunga) k (kappa) w (doppia vu) x(ics) y (i greca or ipsilon)