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. |
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| See you in the next Ultimate Italian Pronunciation Guide lesson! |
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