Italian Pronunciation - Lesson 6

Accented letters and apostrophes

After this class you should;
be able to correctly pronounce Italian words containing theses accented letters and apostrophes as well as most other Italian words.

Grammar

basic online exercise

Vocabulary

tè
città
virtù
caffè
andrò
lunedì
l'uomo
perché
canterà
dell'aqua

tea
city
virtue
coffee
I will go
Monday
the man
because
she or he will sing
some water

dell'Africa
sull'aereo
nell'ultimo
università
l'autostrada
dall'autobus
all'ospedale
sull'autobus
nell'universo
all'infermiera

of africa
on the plane
in the last
university
the highway
from the bus
to the hospital
on the bus
in the universe
to the nurse

Printable vocabulary list

Printable large flash cards (English Side)

Printable large flash cards (Italian Side)

Downloadable Podcast

You can learn more about Italian accented letters and apostrophes on these pages of the following books.

Page 5 (page #'s may vary as I have an older edition) of "Ciao" by Carla Federici & Carla Larese Riga, copyright 1986.

If you do not own these books, don't worry, it is not mandatory that you do unless you were instructed to buy them at the beginning of the class. However, they can be very useful in a lot of ways and if you would like to know more about these books and where to buy them, simply go to our online bookstore or quicker yet, just click on the appropriate book below.

Did you know? - A bit of Italian Trivia

"Cognates by Ronald Glenn Wrigley

Learning Italian can be made easier by developing an ability to recognize cognates — words that look like English words and have a similar meaning. There are some patterns to recognize and follow in order to sharpen your ability to .....""

This information about Italian obtained from Net Places - Learning Italian

Have you heard? - Some good Italian Music

Laura Pausini! It's just hard to get enough of her sometimes. Some many beautiful songs and she articulates well so listen a few times and then read along with it and check out the pronunciation!

This and many other
great songs are available on --->

Here are the song's lyrics,
read along while you listen to Laura and listen to her pronunciation of the words you see!

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