Italian Pronunciation, Video 1: Consonants

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  • This is the first of a 3-part series on Italian pronunciation. The goal is to quickly familiarize you with the sounds of Italian and the IPA symbols for those sounds. You'll then be able to learn them faster, either through your own studies or through my pronunciation trainers. Enjoy!
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    A super detailed discussion of the IPA: • Pronunciation Tutorial...

Komentáře • 102

  • @elisaamato1624
    @elisaamato1624 Před 7 lety +49

    Didn't you find a better word than 'sbarbarsi'?😂😂😂

  • @Jamie-ht1hd
    @Jamie-ht1hd Před 4 lety +23

    These videos are the absolute best for learning pronunciation of languages. Thank you so much for your work!! I am always so amazed by how quickly I’m able to pick up the pronunciation tactics and sound significantly more accustomed to the language just by watching one video

    • @quinnmessiah6582
      @quinnmessiah6582 Před 3 lety

      I guess Im pretty off topic but does anybody know of a good site to watch new movies online?

    • @adonislochlan7090
      @adonislochlan7090 Před 3 lety

      @Quinn Messiah I would suggest Flixzone. Just search on google for it =)

    • @augustuscarter7883
      @augustuscarter7883 Před 3 lety

      @Adonis Lochlan Definitely, been watching on Flixzone for since april myself =)

    • @quinnmessiah6582
      @quinnmessiah6582 Před 3 lety

      @Adonis Lochlan thank you, I went there and it seems like a nice service :) Appreciate it!

    • @adonislochlan7090
      @adonislochlan7090 Před 3 lety

      @Quinn Messiah glad I could help :D

  • @keegster7167
    @keegster7167 Před 7 lety +12

    I had a hard time with the [t.t] and [k.k] and [p.p] geminates of stops. This helped a lot.

  • @rebeccahicks4949
    @rebeccahicks4949 Před 6 lety +12

    Grazie mille per questo video. Capisco Italiano, ma sempre parlo con un accento americano. Grazie a te, ora so il perché.

  • @bonisquita
    @bonisquita Před 7 lety +3

    Great video, thanks! Note that the image for pronouncing the palatal nasal 'gn' in gnocchi shows correct articulation for the tongue but the velar flap is closed - it should be open for a nasal sound.

  • @arthursimsa9005
    @arthursimsa9005 Před 7 lety +1

    Thank you very much for the great video! I never knews that (gli) or (gn) in the iddle of a word were always long. Thanks!

  • @smilingcaterpillar5543
    @smilingcaterpillar5543 Před 3 lety +9

    Interesting video! Just a suggestion, let a native pronounce the Italian words, as the explained sounds are not bad, but the vowels are far too long, they indeed sound like the stereotypical imitation of Italian by English speakers (e.g. how 'papa' is pronounced).

  • @nelsabrams
    @nelsabrams Před 3 lety

    Wow, this is incredible insight and must have taken a lot of work. Thanks.

  • @jesiraekesler8642
    @jesiraekesler8642 Před měsícem

    PHENOMENAL practical techniques! Tysm!!

  • @ployenglishsmile
    @ployenglishsmile Před 6 lety

    Thank you very much , I love your presentation !

  • @claudiosimeao
    @claudiosimeao Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks. It was helpful . God bless you.

  • @flaviospadavecchia5126
    @flaviospadavecchia5126 Před 7 lety +25

    Your pronunciation is almost perfect, congrats! Just a little hint: drop the stereotypical "Italian accent"... no one speaks that way.

    • @lepredator189
      @lepredator189 Před 7 lety +11

      Hey, that's a lot to ask from a non-native speaker, alright? Jeez.

    • @JeffreyGlenn
      @JeffreyGlenn Před 7 lety +1

      Yeah you do

    • @mirko8468
      @mirko8468 Před 6 lety +5

      They why teach how to master Italian pronunciation? Your comment makes no sense.

    • @rebeccahicks4949
      @rebeccahicks4949 Před 6 lety +1

      Could you tell us whether you are a native speaker of Italian, or if not, what are your qualifications for saying this?

    • @hrishikeshparab1236
      @hrishikeshparab1236 Před 6 lety +1

      Rebecca Hicks Ofcourse he is ,read his last name it is *stereotype Italian accent* Spadavecchiaaaa xD

  • @jhernandez16
    @jhernandez16 Před 4 lety +1

    Great tutorial. Expert explanations! My only question is really about the two types of r's I've heard them produce differently. Here the rolled r sounds like the spanish rolled r and I belive theyre different.

  • @zeeyangs.r9106
    @zeeyangs.r9106 Před 6 lety

    excellent explanation

  • @blueiceani6833
    @blueiceani6833 Před 7 lety +1

    very informative video

  • @Daveaaaaa
    @Daveaaaaa Před 7 měsíci

    D 1:42, T 2:15, P 2:41, C 2:49, : L 2:55, GE 3:54, CI 4:16,

  • @edwarsalazar641
    @edwarsalazar641 Před 7 lety +4

    This is what I was looking for, very thanks. Greetings from Perú.

  • @_kissler9210
    @_kissler9210 Před 6 lety

    Great video that clears up a lot of confusion for me, however, it moves a bit fast (despite the fact I can pause the video). This will merit watching several times as I continue to learn.

  • @lauratempestini5719
    @lauratempestini5719 Před 2 měsíci

    Very good information but a bit quick. Please explain the dz phonogram and the gelato.
    I don’t understand the distinct.

  • @chanameegan5721
    @chanameegan5721 Před 5 lety +1

    Would you please to a video on Irish phonetics?

  • @harwinderkumar3342
    @harwinderkumar3342 Před 3 lety

    so nice bro

  • @ramzy-6566
    @ramzy-6566 Před 2 lety

    great Italian pronunciation.

  • @OkThisllbeMyName
    @OkThisllbeMyName Před 7 lety +3

    So somehow when I want to do the r trill, my uvular trills instead like the french r. Any suggestions?

    • @aldorossi5250
      @aldorossi5250 Před 7 lety

      On google translator you can hear the right pronunciation.
      Something like: drrr ... prrr ...
      I'm italian

    • @aldorossi5250
      @aldorossi5250 Před 7 lety

      thrrr... phrrr... ?

    • @aldorossi5250
      @aldorossi5250 Před 7 lety +4

      I thought three famous "sciogli lingua" for children, the followings:
      Trentatré trentini
      entrarono a Trento
      tutti e trentatré
      trotterellando
      trecentotrentatré trentini
      entrarono a Trento
      tutti e trentatré
      trotterellando
      tremilatrecentotrentatré trentini
      entrarono a Trento
      tutti e trentatré
      trotterellando
      trentatremilatrecentotrentatré trentini
      entrarono a Trento
      tutti e trentatré
      trotterellando
      trecentotrentatremilatrecentotrentatré trentini
      entrarono a Trento
      tutti e trentatré
      trotterellando
      (poi si ricomincia d'accapo) ecc. ecc.
      Oppure:
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      tigre contro tigre
      ecc. ecc.
      Ed anche:
      Sopra la panca la capra campa
      sotto la panca la capra crepa
      Sopra la panca la capra campa
      sotto la panca la capra crepa
      Sopra la panca la capra campa
      sotto la panca la capra crepa
      Sopra la panca la capra campa
      sotto la panca la capra crepa
      Sopra la panca la capra campa
      sotto la panca la capra crepa
      ecc. ecc.
      These should be useful as training (better tricks than "Prince of Prussia"), even copy them on Google Translate is useful for listen to the pronunciation difference and repeat the "erre" in the right way (listening the English version is also very hilarious).

    • @rebeccahicks4949
      @rebeccahicks4949 Před 6 lety +1

      Start with a d, (English version of d), and then practice moving from the d into the r. They both use the front of your tongue at the front of your mouth.

  • @Butterstix2014
    @Butterstix2014 Před 3 lety

    I feel like the way one makes some sounds, like the d and t sounds are quite similar to how they’re made in Spanish. At least that’s the impression I get.

  • @mot611
    @mot611 Před 4 lety

    What about "c" vs "cc" ?

  • @ravi-gx2qc2qz4r
    @ravi-gx2qc2qz4r Před 4 lety

    Please make videos on Greek , Latin and Sanskrit pronounciation.

  • @ilbuonoilcattivo
    @ilbuonoilcattivo Před 4 lety

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Verbalaesthet
    @Verbalaesthet Před 6 měsíci

    Except for that one R sound this is super easy so far.

  • @fatahtani7886
    @fatahtani7886 Před 6 lety

    the consonant /t/ is different in Italian is almost retroflex but is not, the IPA missed it, as this sound is a phoneme in some languages

    • @Emile.gorgonZola
      @Emile.gorgonZola Před 5 lety +1

      fatah Tani
      It's not retroflex...... go listen to some Indic languages

  • @slaminlad
    @slaminlad Před 4 lety

    Has or would anyone her done the "Fluent Forever" language course? As in the App. I'm doing the Duolingo for Italian and it's ok but not really sticking in my head.

    • @FluentForeverApp
      @FluentForeverApp  Před 4 lety

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    • @slaminlad
      @slaminlad Před 4 lety

      @@FluentForeverApp I actually prefer to learn using my laptop. Do you do an online version?

    • @FluentForeverApp
      @FluentForeverApp  Před 4 lety +1

      Hi Peter! The app is currently developed for smartphones only and it's not available for laptops/desktops, but we will definitely be looking into this possibility in the future.

  • @arthursimsa9005
    @arthursimsa9005 Před 7 lety +4

    The gli sound would deserve further discussion though - As for me at least, I have a really hard time:(

    • @elisaamato1624
      @elisaamato1624 Před 7 lety +1

      Arthur Don't worry, southerners italians can't do it, they pronounce it like Y

    • @ildomatoredivongole5332
      @ildomatoredivongole5332 Před 7 lety

      Elisa, sbagli alla grande: solo a Palermo è così.

    • @weibinren92
      @weibinren92 Před 7 lety +1

      Arthur I think that most italians nowadays don't pronounce gli as suggested in the video, as for ll in spanish, but more similar to a y, as in spanish

    • @ildomatoredivongole5332
      @ildomatoredivongole5332 Před 7 lety

      +Oscar Nehm
      Absolutely not! 99,99 % of Italians pronunce it in the correct way, and only in the area of the town Palermo you can listen pronunced in the wrong way, and they are teased for this.

    • @weibinren92
      @weibinren92 Před 7 lety +1

      Il domatore di vongole do u know how is gli supposed to be pronouced? it's supposed to be a lateral, which means that the air comes from the lateral side of the tongue, but unlike the l sound, it's also palatal, which means that the middle section of the tongue reach the palate, but clearly a lot of italians don't pronounce it as a lateral, because the air comes from the middle section of the tongue

  • @jaimebenito620
    @jaimebenito620 Před 9 lety +2

    The word gnocco does not seem to match its IPA representation, which has a long /o/ sound instead of a "long k". Should it not be something like /ˈɲɔk.ko/?
    Also, in the diagram for the palatal nasal /ɲ/, the back of the soft palate should be lowered, with the uvula not touching the back, in order to allow the air through the nose.

    • @elisaamato1624
      @elisaamato1624 Před 7 lety +1

      Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz ma fatti meno seghe mentali valà

    • @Emile.gorgonZola
      @Emile.gorgonZola Před 5 lety

      Same same

    • @Emile.gorgonZola
      @Emile.gorgonZola Před 5 lety

      [k.k] and [k:] are slightly different. [k.k] without more diacritics is inaccurate because the first k isn't released.

    • @alpinefolkman
      @alpinefolkman Před 4 lety

      ​@@elisaamato1624 If you're not mature enough to talk about linguistics seriously then don't annoy those who actually want to.

    • @tinhnguyennguyen3450
      @tinhnguyennguyen3450 Před rokem

      mọi

  • @saragarofano9727
    @saragarofano9727 Před 3 lety +2

    We only have one R mate. Birra Simply has a double, hence a stop before, to sound jt

    • @mydream8329
      @mydream8329 Před 3 lety

      In realtà l'italiano ha 2 modi per dire la R. Per noi italiani il suono è lo stesso ma per un linguistica c'è una differenza

    • @desanipt
      @desanipt Před 2 lety +1

      That's the way you perceive it. In fact they're different sounds :/

  • @ashishdusane
    @ashishdusane Před 2 lety

    Sir please make on hindi language

    • @FluentForeverApp
      @FluentForeverApp  Před 2 lety

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      help.fluent-forever.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004710571-How-will-the-app-handle-unsupported-languages-

  • @essiaslah
    @essiaslah Před 7 lety

    il suono della m esce dalla bocca o dal naso?

  • @mehakverma7043
    @mehakverma7043 Před 3 lety

    I was trying to say "Padre", my tongue could not do that hard d

  • @Prostopyotr
    @Prostopyotr Před 3 lety

    Germinated constants?
    Thank god I know Latin.

  • @KagerouKimura
    @KagerouKimura Před 8 lety +2

    Z is not like sbarbarsi, which is written and pronunced with the S. I'm italian hahaha Z is more like Zanzara.

    • @KagerouKimura
      @KagerouKimura Před 8 lety

      not a probl! ^^

    • @flaviospadavecchia5126
      @flaviospadavecchia5126 Před 7 lety +4

      Don't listen to him, he's thinking about spelling and doesn't realize the different sounds. Lascia la linguistica a chi ha studiato, grazie.

    • @felice14779
      @felice14779 Před 7 lety +3

      It's correct the sound Z for sbarbarsi, because the letter S have two sounds and one is z in IPA.

    • @nanonani4219
      @nanonani4219 Před 7 lety +4

      you're italian but surely you don't know anything about phonetic,do you?

    • @AlessioGiandomenicoMameli
      @AlessioGiandomenicoMameli Před 6 lety +1

      La s ha due possibili pronunce e anche la z;
      ma occorre spiegare che in italiano non ci sono differenze grafiche tra i due modi di pronunciare questi foni.
      Per esempio esistono due parole omografe ma non omofone: razza.
      Nel senso di "varietà umana" abbiamo la promumcia "rattsa" ("ts" è il modo per indicare la z sorda, cioè quella che viene pronunciata senza far vibrare le corde vocali; l'altra t serve per indicare che il suono è doppio, ma vale per l'intero digramma)
      Nel caso della parola "razza" che indica una specie di animale marino, la pronuncia della z è sonora cioè presenta vibrazione delle corde vocali; l'alfabeto internazionale segna questo fatto con il diframma "dz"
      in alfabeto fonetico internazionale la z indica la s sonora, cioè la s pronunciata facendo vibrare le corde vocali; per quella in cui le corde vocali non vibrano si usa la lettera s.
      In italiano, però, la lettera s viene usata per entrambi questi foni.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_pulmonic_consonant_chart_with_audio
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_vowel_chart_with_audio
      play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tastiera.fonetica.lite
      it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfabeto_fonetico_internazionale
      it.wikiversity.org/wiki/Come_si_legge_l%27Alfabeto_Fonetico_Internazionale_IPA

  • @massimilianomessina5228

    He pronunces words wrongly

  • @evermorevictorious2742
    @evermorevictorious2742 Před 4 lety +1

    When you demonstrate the pronunciation of a sound, don't just demonstrate once. You should demonstrate it 5 to 10 times continually.

  • @neehgurg2111
    @neehgurg2111 Před 7 lety +1

    Sì ma noi non scriviamo con quelle lettere strane per la pronuncia come fanno i francesi, quelle stanno solo nei dizionari. Quando scriviamo le uniche lettere diverse che usiamo sono quelle con gli accenti: à, è, ì, ò, ù.

    • @elisaamato1624
      @elisaamato1624 Před 7 lety +10

      Zephir il ventilatore chiassoso Ma vah genio?è per la pronuncia! si chiama alfabeto ipa

    • @Emile.gorgonZola
      @Emile.gorgonZola Před 5 lety

      IPA...... idiot

    • @alpinefolkman
      @alpinefolkman Před 4 lety

      @I hate weebs (Friendly tip: you're still in time to remove this comment and save what remains of your dignity)