Reading
Read the following word:
vani
['vani]
Write the following word:
cantina
[kan'tina]
This determines whether a vowel is considered front, back, or central.
Tongue position
These consonants are all dental in Italian lyric diction.
[d] [n] [t] [l] [s] [z]
The soft palate is in this position for all vowels in Italian
Raised
Read the following word:
inespɛrta
[ines'pɛrta]
Write the following word:
brɛve
['brɛve]
The sound [i] occurs in these situations.
Single i or ì
These consonant and vowel combinations make [k]
c or cc + back vowels (a, o, u) or consonants
These consonant sounds require the soft palate to be lowered
[m] [n] [ŋ] [ɲ]
Read the following word:
lunge
['lundʒe]
Write the following word:
ciglia
['tʃiʎʎa]
The quality of an "o" on a stressed syllable is determined by ___________.
A dictionary
This is the voiced version of unvoiced [tʃ]
[dʒ]
Stressed "ie" makes this combination of symbols:
[jɛ]
Read the following word:
giustizia
[dʒus'titsja]
Write the following word:
cherubino
[keɾu'bino]
These open vowel sounds do NOT exist in Italian lyric diction.
[ɪ] [ʊ]
These consonant sounds occur when c, cc, g, or gg are followed by front vowels.
[tʃ]
[dʒ]
These are the continuing double consonants in Italian:
ff, ll, gli, mm, nn, gn, rr, ss, sc, vv, zz
Read the following word:
bagni
['baɲɲi]
Write the following word:
rassomigli
[rasso'miʎʎi]
An "i" is silent when in what occurrences.
i + vowel following "g" or "c" on unstressed syllables.
The consonant clusters that make [ŋk], [ŋg], and [ɲɲ] are:
n + [k], n + [g], spelling "gn"
Write and pronounce the following word:
azzurro
[ad'dzurro]