Spelling and understanding
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Woordenschat
- letteraletter (alphabet)
- alfabetoalphabet
- sillabareto spell
- emailemail
- indirizzoaddress
- come si scrivehow do you write it
- può ripeterecan you repeat
- lentamenteslowly
- capireto understand
- non capiscoI don't understand
- la letterathe letter
- la parolathe word
- ripetereto repeat
- capireto understand
The Italian alphabet and how to spell
The Italian alphabet has 21 letters (foreign letters J, K, W, X, Y are not part of the traditional alphabet). Here are all 21 letters with their pronunciation:
- A (a) : like "a" in "father"
- B (bi) : like English "b"
- C (ci) : "ch" before e/i, "k" before a/o/u
- D (di) : like English "d"
- E (e) : "eh" (open) or "ay" (closed)
- F (effe) : like English "f"
- G (gi) : "j" before e/i, hard "g" before a/o/u
- H (acca) : always silent
- I (i) : like "ee" in "see"
- L (elle) : like English "l"
- M (emme) : like English "m"
- N (enne) : like English "n"
- O (o) : "oh" (open) or "oo" (closed)
- P (pi) : like English "p"
- Q (cu) : always followed by "u"
- R (erre) : rolled/trilled
- S (esse) : "s" or "z" sound
- T (ti) : like English "t"
- U (u) : like "oo" in "food"
- V (vu) : like English "v"
- Z (zeta) : "ts" or "dz"
How to spell using city names: Italians say "come" (like) + city name:
💬 Esempio: ROMA → "R come Roma, O come Otranto, M come Milano, A come Ancona"
Key pronunciation rules for beginners:
1. Double consonants are pronounced longer: palla (ball) vs pala (shovel). This distinction changes meaning!
2. C + e/i = "ch" sound: ciao (hello), cinema (cinema) C + a/o/u = "k" sound: casa (house), come (how)
3. G + e/i = "j" sound: gelato (ice cream), giorno (day) G + a/o/u = hard "g": gatto (cat), gusto (taste)
4. H is always silent: hotel is pronounced "otel"
5. GN = "ny" sound: gnocchi (nyokki), signore (sir) GL + i = "ly" sound: famiglia (family), figlio (son)
💬 Esempio: "Come si scrive 'gnocchi'?" → "How do you spell 'gnocchi'?"
Uitdrukkingen
- Come si scrive?asking how to write a word
- Può ripetere?asking to repeat (formal)
- Più lentamente, per favoreasking to speak more slowly
- Non ho capito.saying you didn't understand
- Come si pronuncia?asking how to pronounce
- Come si scrive?asking how to spell something
- Può ripetere, per favore?asking someone to repeat politely
- Non ho capitosaying you didn't understand
Veelgemaakte fouten
Come scrivi?Come si scrive?"Si scrive" is the correct impersonal form to ask how to write something
Puoi ripetere?Può ripetere?In formal register use "può" (Lei), not "puoi" (tu)
Non capito.Non ho capito.Past tense requires the auxiliary "ho" before the participle
Parla lento.Parla lentamente.Use the adverb "lentamente", not the adjective "lento"
Il mio nome è scrivere M-A-R-C-O.Il mio nome si scrive M-A-R-C-O.Use "si scrive" (is spelled), not the infinitive "scrivere"
Come si dice questa lettera?Come si chiama questa lettera?To ask a letter's name, use "chiamare" not "dire"
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