According to Dictionary.com, ‘pronunciation’ is: the act or result of producing the sounds of speech, including articulation, stress, and intonation, often with reference to some standard of correctness or acceptability.
Paying attention to your Italian pronunciation not your own essentially means you’re learning to ditch most of your foreign accent. This is very important if you want to be a successful communicator in any language. Getting Italian pronunciation right may seem like a daunting task at the onset, but it need not be!
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Many find that Italian pronunciation sounds quite beautiful. They might believe that they will never be able to have the same sound and inflection as a native speaker, but that’s not the case. By learning the Italian language and focusing on proper pronunciation, you will be able to speak just as beautifully as someone who grew up in Italy. Learning proper pronunciation as you are learning the other aspects of the language can be quite fun as well.
Italian has fewer sounds than you will find in many other languages, and that can help to make the learning curve a bit easier. The sounds in the language are a combination of the consonants and vowels. The Italian alphabet has 16 consonants – b, c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, and z. Italian features 5 vowels – a, e, i, o, and u. In the vowels, you will find different ways that you can pronounce “e” – the open and closed e. The letter “o” has an open and closed. Different pronunciations of the vowels can cause the word to take on an entirely different meaning, so it is a good idea to make sure that you know proper Italian pronunciation so you do not mispronounce and confuse those to whom you are speaking!
When you are trying to learn how to stress different syllables in Italian words, one of the best things that you can do is listen to native speakers. They do it naturally so nothing sounds forced.However, you may not have this luxury. The stress in most Italian words, at least those with more than two syllables, is usually going to fall to the next to last syllable. In words with just two syllables, the stress is usually going to be on the first syllable. However, if there is an accent at the end of the word, the stress is going ot be on that syllable. Knowing this can help you with the proper pronunciation of quite a few words in the language.Learning the correct Italian pronunciation is actually not too difficult, and you will find that you can start sounding more and more like a native Italian speaker the more you practice. As with other elements of the language, including grammar, pronunciation can take some time to perfect. Have fun practicing and learning one of the most fun languages on the planet!
Proper pronunciation is important, very important. Some say it’s even more important than getting the grammar perfectly correct! Why would this be?
If communicating with native speakers matters to you when learning Italian, you need to be understood when you talk, and you need to be able to understand the native speakers. After all, without understanding, the purpose of language is null and void! In order to be understood, you need to be able to speak the language in a way that is familiar to native speakers, or at least recognizable by them.
When learning to speak a new language, you will learn that the more you progress the more intricate it becomes! For instance, almost every language has vocabulary that may look the same in writing, but because the words are pronounced differently, they have very different meanings. This means that you may say a word in Italian, and because of a slight change in pronunciation, the meaning of the word changes completely. Understandably, this can make for pretty embarrassing situations! At worst, your mispronounced Italian will sound garbled to a native speaker.
Knowing the nuances of how a word or letter is pronounced will also help you to understand spoken Italian better.
No worries if this feels hard; you’re learning, and with our help at ItalianPod101, you will not have a problem with mispronunciation if you follow our advice and examples carefully.
Not pronouncing Italian or any other language correctly can lead to a lot of frustration because you’re unable to express what you mean, and you will not be understood correctly. Even if you have total knowledge of Italian grammar, and can write it like a native, not knowing how to speak it properly will only make for very frustrating communication all around.
Even if you’re only a beginner, it is possible to speak any language correctly. This way, you are bound to make a good impression on native speakers, and when you’re more fluent, you will be likely to garner a lot more respect than a fumbling newbie speaker who doesn’t care much for correct pronunciation.
People often have a lot of patience for someone who learns to speak a new language, but native speakers are more likely to address you and engage with you in conversation if you work hard on your accent. This is simply because you’ll be able to understand one another! So, proficiency in pronunciation can mean the difference between having none or plenty of Italian speaking friends. It will also serve you well in the workplace, and make you popular with your Italian speaking managers and employers or employees.
Learning to speak Italian properly is also a sign of respect for not only the language, but also the native speakers and their customs.
ItalianPod101 has plenty of resources to help you with your Italian pronunciation, so be sure to make thorough use of our recordings with native Italian speakers. These are available not only to demonstrate to you how you should pronounce Italian vocabulary, but also sentences and dialogues. Watch and listen to these over and over again to train your ear, and watch the teacher’s mouth as she speaks in the video lessons. Then, copy the speech as best you can. Later, you can record yourself to hear if you sound like a native speaker and compare yourself with native speakers. Great for self-motivation.
And see that you’re copying the correct lip and mouth movements.
Use the Italian dictionary provided by ItalianPod101 to look up words and listen to the audio pronunciation. This will go a long way towards giving you an idea of how to pronounce a word or letter correctly.
Make an effort to often listen to Italian music and recorded books, and watch plenty of Italian movies and/or TV shows in Italian. This will train your ear to the language, and you’ll be surprised how quickly you pick up the accent. Remember, this is the way we learned to speak when we were young - mostly by listening to the adults talking, and repeating what they say!
Repetition of the same thing may be boring, but in learning a new language, you’re creating new pathways in your brain. For these to remain and become habitual, you will need to repeat the correct pronunciation often.
Don’t be shy to address them in Italian! Ask them to correct you when you make a pronunciation mistake - this is a wonderful way to practice and learn the language first-hand, and also to make new friends.
If you’re a serious student and don’t know where to meet native Italian speakers, consider investing in ItalianPod101’s Premium PLUS plan. This means you will have your own native Italian teacher available to practice your pronunciation with, and much more! Send recordings of yourself speaking Italian and get feedback from your Italian teacher.
If you want to master the Italian language and become fluent, you must learn the Italian alphabet letters first. And you need physical worksheets to practice on.
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Why do I get a video on Hebrew pronunciation when I click on Italian pronunciation in my account?
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When I try to download the Italian eBook above, it keeps bringing up the Italian Alphabet Worksheet. Can you check the link? Grazie mille!
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please check the lesson page, where you can find also the transcript!
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Secrets to Learning the Correct Italian Pronunciation Video instruction was too fast.
How am I supposed to learn from it?Thank you
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