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How to read Italian correctly? In this video, we'll break down the Italian alphabet and discuss all the rules and exceptions. CONTEST HAS ENDED! Fill out the form and receive the "7 Most Interesting Facts About Italians" checklist: https://forms.gle/ss2VaGGXcWmY3ZNL9 I invite you to my Instagram:   / valentina.adamenko_   Sign up for Italian lessons: email: [email protected] or message me on Instagram! Summary: 0:00 Introduction 0:42 The rules for reading in Italian are quite simple. In most cases, it's read as it's written, but there's one important rule to REMEMBER: all consonants are hard, so they're always pronounced hard: Italia, pizza, pasta, Tina Since there are only 21 letters in the alphabet, but more sounds, letter combinations are used. 02:16 So, let's go through the alphabet a bit: A – Amore B – Bologna, how to pronounce gn (I'll explain a bit later) 02:59 C – commento, pronounced as K NO! When combined with the vowels i and e, it's pronounced as Ч For example: Circo – circus, Cercare – to search, Certo – of course, Cima – summit NO! If there is an H between C and i/e, the letter C becomes K 05:36 D – domanda - question E – э, Entrare – to enter F – ф, Fatti – facts, Frutti – fruit 06:16 G – pronounced like Г For example: Gatto – cat NO! When combined with the vowels i and e, it is pronounced ДЖ For example: Girasole – sunflower, Gesto – gesture If there is an H between G and i/e, the letter G becomes Г For example: Ghepardo – cheetah 08:10 Letter combinations gli and gn Gn – is pronounced as ннь, and the g is not pronounced. For example: Gnomo (нньомо) – dwarf, Castagna – chestnut Gli is pronounced as лльи, like a double soft l, and the g is not pronounced. For example: Inglese - English, Figlio - son, Sbaglio - error, Aglio - garlic 11:20 H - this letter is not pronounced For example: Hotel - hotel I - and, Italia - Italy, Iscrizione - subscription L - l, Link - link, Lavoro - work M - m, Mamma - mother N - n, Nonna - grandmother O - o, Otto - eight P - p, Post - post, Parola - word 13:27 Q - pronounced like KU For example: Quadro - picture, Acqua - water R - r, Roma - Rome 14:38 S - c, If two ss, then always ss For example: Cassa - cash register NO! S between two vowels (Z) For example: Casa - house, Combinations: Sb, sv, sd - ЗБ, ЗВ, ЗД, pronounced as З For example: Sbadato - absent-minded Combinations: SCI/SCE - pronounced as ШИ/ШЭ For example: Sciare - to ski 17:05 T - T, Taggare - to mark/to mark 18:05 U - У, Università - university V - В, Valentina - Valentina Z - pronounced as Ц, sometimes as ДЗ. In most cases, as ДЗ For example: Zaino - backpack, Zero - zero NO! If it's in the middle of a word, then C For example: Pizza 19:33 J Y W K X – only found in words of English origin For example: link, Yoga, Jeans 21:22 Apostrophe ‘ – Ъ For example: L'albero - tree Hope this was helpful! Thanks for watching! #Italianforbeginners #Italianlessons #Italianlanguage #Italianalphabet