Watch clip 16
Watch the video to see how Anna describes the place where she lives. As a reminder, we suggest watching all the videos this week without subtitles, or with Italian subtitles …
Course: Introduction to Italian
Italian sounds: double consonants
In Italian, words with double consonants are pronounced differently. Basically, double consonants are pronounced with a longer sound than single consonants. To help you with pronunciation we can divide double …
Italian sounds: consonants 1
Italian consonant sounds can be divided in three sets: a sound that corresponds to a written symbol written symbols that correspond to different sounds, according to the following vowel sounds …
Italian sounds: consonants 2
In Italian, besides consonant sounds that correspond with a written symbol, there are: written symbols that correspond with different sounds, according to the following vowel sounds that do not exist …
Italian sounds: vowels
Italian is a phonetically spelled language. That means the graphemes (written symbols) correspond to the phonemes (spoken sounds) of the language (with some exceptions). There are no cases in Italian …
How the course works
This course is addressed to learners without any prior knowledge of Italian. It aims to help you reach at least a lower beginner level (the A1 level of the Common …
Getting started
We would like to welcome you to the course, introduce ourselves, and learn more about why you are here. Who we are Authors Carla Bagna Hi, I’m Director of the …
Italian alphabet
In this clip, you will hear the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet in Italian. You can return to this step whenever you like for review.