Show Notes
La Pronuncia! In this first pronunciation episode we'll go through how we can see if there's a hard or a soft "g" and "c", we'll look at the sounds "gl" and "gn" - and on which syllable to stress in Italian words! :) .... c and g: with ci, ce, gi, ge - a soft sound. Other cases: hard sound.
gl and gn: "gl" has the sound like in "million" in English. Ex: famiglia "gn" has the sound like "onion" Ex: signora
Stress in a word: In general - next to last syllable. If there's an accented vowel as the last letter: stress on the last syllable A handful of exceptions stress the third to last. Ex: sabato, facile, tavola.
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