Learn about familiar Italian consonants
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| Hi everyone. |
| Welcome to The Ultimate Italian Pronunciation Guide. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn 9 Italian consonant sounds. |
| b, tʃ, k, d, f, g, dʒ, l, m |
| These consonant sounds are identical to the ones in English. |
| So if you know English, they should already be familiar to you. |
| Are you ready? |
| Then let's get started! |
| The first consonant is... |
| b |
| banca (bank) |
| Like the b sound in the English word buy. |
| b, b (slowly) |
| b, b (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| tʃ |
| ciao (hi, bye) |
| Like the ch sound in the English word chair. |
| tʃ, tʃ (slowly) |
| tʃ, tʃ (slowly) |
| The next consonant for this lesson is... |
| k |
| anche |
| Like the k sound in the English word kite. |
| k, k (slowly) |
| k, k (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| d |
| dove (where) |
| Like the d sound in the English word dad. |
| d, d (slowly) |
| d, d (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| f |
| fatto (fact) |
| Like the f sound in the English word find. |
| f, f (slowly) |
| f, f (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| g |
| gatto (cat) |
| Like the g sound in the English word goggle. |
| g, g (slowly) |
| g, g (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| dʒ |
| magia (magic) |
| Like the j sound in the English word jump. |
| dʒ, dʒ (slowly) |
| dʒ, dʒ (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| l |
| lato (side) |
| Like the l sound in the English word love. |
| l, l (slowly) |
| l, l (slowly) |
| The final consonant for this lesson is... |
| m |
| mano (hand) |
| Like the m sound in the English word mouse. |
| m, m (slowly) |
| m, m (slowly) |
| Well done! You just learned your first 9 Italian consonants. |
| b, tʃ, k, d, f, g, dʒ, l, m |
| In the next lesson, you'll learn 10 more consonant sounds that are identical to the ones in English. |
| Was seeing the pronunciation illustrations helpful? Please comment and share your thoughts. |
| See you in the next Ultimate Italian Pronunciation Guide lesson! |
7 Comments
HideWas seeing the pronunciation illustrations helpful?
Hi Rayyan,
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Excuse me, I have a problem, when I start the video, I see a Pick a Plan, How to remove it? :dissgusted:
Hi Luigi,
Grazie mille!
Thank you a lot!
I hope you'll enjoy the entire series :smile:
A presto,
Ofelia,
Team ItalianPod101.com
Non ho davvero capito il vero significato di consonanti prima di studiare questa lezione. Grazie mille!
(I did not really understand the true meaning of consonants before studying this lesson. Thank you very much!)
Hi Harold Lindsay,
Grazie per la domanda. Thank you for the question.
Those symbols are from the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and indicate specific sounds (which you can find in different languages), not specific Italian letters.
I hope this answer makes it clearer. Feel free to ask more, if you want!
Thank you,
Ofelia
Team ItalianPod101.com
Can you explain where ts and d3 originated from? I have never seen these symbols.
Per favore si puo explicaré di dove viene ts e d3?