1. LE REGOLE dei SUONI e LE LETTERE in ITALIANO

2. La lettera “A” The letter “A” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “A” makes the sound: “ah”

3. EXAMPLES of words with “A” lana sala Mamma Papa` Calandra Sara

4. La lettera “E” The letter “E” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “E” makes the sound: “eh”

5. EXAMPLES of words with “E” penne Sere Mele Delle Rete Mettete

6. La lettera “I” The letter “I” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “I” makes the sound: “ee”

7. EXAMPLES of words with “I” Fili Mini Bindi Siti Vini Ziti

8. La lettera “O” The letter “O” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “O” makes the sound: “oh”

9. EXAMPLES of words with “O” fono foto Moto Cotto Sotto Coro Moro

10. La lettera “U” The letter “U” always makes the same sound in Italian, no matter how many times it is used in a word. The letter “U” makes the sound: “oo”

11. EXAMPLES of words with “U” Futuro Uva Lume Tu Nuvola

12. The following letters DO NOT EXIST in the Italian alphabet: J K W X Y

13. The letters “C”& “G” are special The letters C and G are the only 2 letters in Italian that can make 2 different sounds each depending on what letter is next to them!

14. La lettera “C” The letter “C” sounds like “CH” when E or I are next to it: EXAMPLES: Cima Cielo Citta Cinema Cestino Celeste Certo Cera

15. La lettera “C”… Should NEVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER….. SOUND LIKE AN “ S ”

16. La lettera “C” The letter “C” sounds like “K” when any letter BESIDES “E” or “I” are next to it: EXAMPLES: Carta costo Chilo crede Cura clima

17. La lettera “G” The letter “G” sounds like “J” when E or I are next to it: EXAMPLES: Gioco Gita Giallo Gigi Gesto Gelato Genere Gettone

18. La lettera “G” The letter “G” sounds like “GH” when any letter BESIDES “E”, “I”, “N”, or “L” are next to it: EXAMPLES: Gomma Gol Grillo Grande Gucci Gloria

19. Le lettere “GL” The letter combination of “GL” sounds like “Y” EXAMPLES: gli aglio maglione paglia medaglia

20. Le lettere “GN” The letter combination of “GN” sounds like “NY” EXAMPLES: giugno ragna legno sognare bagno

21. DOUBLE CONSONANTS WHEN you see a double consonant in an Italian word it usually means that you must EMPHASIZE that sound. mammasette offerta grasso mattina pollo otto babbo Gianni doppio ecco addio

22. ACCENT MARKS WHEN you see an accent mark on the END of a word in Italian, it means you must EMPHASIZE that part of the word. Manfre`citta` papa` Gesu` virtu` carita` volonta` universita` gia`