意语综合一些发音问题

　　Pronunciation Examples

　　VOWELS

　　a-a as in father [a] abito (abito)

　　e-ay as in pay but without the glide [e] eguale (egwale)

　　i-ee as in meet [i] or before a vowel, like y in yes [j] impresa (impreza)

　　o-o as in go but without the glide [o] oca (oka)

　　u-oo as in moon [u] or before a vowel, like w in water [w] usare (uzare), uo

　　vo (wovo)

　　CONSONANTS

　　b-b as in bag [b] bacca (bakka)

　　c-before a, o, or u like k in key [k] or before i without a vowel after it l

　　ike ch in cheese and the i is not silent [t?i] or before i with a vowel afte

　　r it like ch in cheese and the i is silent [t?] cabina (kabina), cinque (t?i

　　nkwe), ciuco (t?uko)

　　ch-k as in key [k] chimico (kimiko)

　　d-d as in dog [d] danno (danno)

　　f-f as in fair [f] facchino (fakkino)

　　g-before a, o, or u like g in go [g] or before i without a vowel after it li

　　ke j in joke and the i is not silent [d?] or before i with a vowel after it

　　like j in joke and the i is silent [d?] galera (galera), ginocchio (d?inokk

　　jo), giallo (d?allo)

　　gh-g as in go [g] ghianda (gjanda)

　　gli-like the Portuguese lh, the "official" Spanish ll, or the lli in million

　　[?] chiglia (ki?a)

　　gn-like the Spanish ? or the ni in onion [?] Spagna (spa?a)

　　l-l as in log [l] lo (lo)

　　m-m as in money [m] madre (madre)

　　n-n as in no [n] nascere (na?ere)

　　p-p as in pay [p] pacco (pakko)

　　q-k as in key [k] quadro (kwadro)

　　r-at the beginning of a word, it is a rolled r, like Spanish rr [r] or elsew

　　here, like the Spanish r or t in city [r] ragno (ra?o), ora (ora)

　　rr-a rolled r, like Spanish rr [r] errore (erore)

　　s-between vowels or before a voiced consonant at the beginning of a word, li

　　ke z in zip [z] or like s in sip [s] rosa (roza), sbaglio (zba?o), sabbia (sabja)

　　sc-before a, o, or u like sk in ski [sk] or before i without a vowel after i

　　t like sh in ship, and the i is not silent [?] or before i with a vowel afte

　　r it like sh in ship. and the i is silent [?] scala (skala), scintilla (?int illa), sciocco (?okko)

　　ss-s as in sip [s] essere (esere)

　　t-t as in tea [t] tacere (tat?ere)

　　v-v as in vampire [v] vacca (vakka)

　　z-at the beginning of a word, like ds as in beds [dz] or elsewhere, ts as in

　　cats [ts] zero (dzero), azione (atsjone)

　　Notes: The accented vowels (à, è, ì, ò, ù) indicate irregular stress. T

　　he doubled consonants are pronounced twice (like pen-knife).