ITA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Italian Orthography, Citta, Informa

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Italian
• Course: ITA 101
• Professor: Andrew Serio

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Topics: (1) italian alphabet, pronunciation (2) numbers from 0 through 100 (3) new vocabulary (1) italian alphabet (alfabeto italiano): a - a. Foreign alphabet (alfabeto estero): j i lunga k - cappa w doppia vu. Dominic sciarrino ge jay as in blue jay. Tips for pronunciation: qu qu as in question. When two consonants are repeated (as in the word accetto) an audible space is inserted in its pronunciation. The word accetto is pronounced a-chayt-toe whereas the word aceto is pronounced the same way but with no noticeable pauses. When two vowels are put together (as in the word zaino) the clear pronunciation of each vowel may not be audibly present, but when the word is said slowly the vowels can be audibly represented correctly (zah-ee-no). When two vowels come together to form a different phonetic sound they are called diphthongs. (2) i numeri da 0 a 100 in italiano.