Learn about familiar Italian consonants
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| Hi everyone. |
| Welcome to The Ultimate Italian Pronunciation Guide. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn 10 Italian consonant sounds. |
| n, ŋ, p, s, ʃ, t, v, w, j, z |
| These consonant sounds are identical to the ones in English. |
| So if you know English, they should already be familiar to you. |
| Are you ready? |
| Then let's get started! |
| The first consonant is... |
| n |
| nuovo (new) |
| Like the n sound in the English word nice. |
| n, n (slowly) |
| n, n (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| ŋ |
| anche (too) |
| Like the ng sound in the English word sing. |
| ŋ, ŋ (slowly) |
| ŋ, ŋ (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| p |
| primo (first) |
| Like the p sound in the English word p. |
| p, p (slowly) |
| p, p (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| s |
| sole (sun) |
| Like the s sound in the English word see. |
| s, s (slowly) |
| s, s (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| ʃ |
| scena (scene) |
| Like the sh sound in the English word shy. |
| ʃ, ʃ (slowly) |
| ʃ, ʃ (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| t |
| tavolo (table) |
| Like the t sound in the English word take. |
| t, t (slowly) |
| t, t (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| v |
| vaso (vase) |
| Like the v sound in the English word vanish. |
| v, v (slowly) |
| v, v (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| w |
| uovo (egg) |
| Like the w sound in the English word win. |
| w, w (slowly) |
| w, w (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| j |
| ieri (yesterday) |
| Like the y sound in the English word you. |
| j, j (slowly) |
| j, j (slowly) |
| The final consonant for this lesson is... |
| z |
| asma (asthma) |
| Like the z sound in the English word zebra. |
| z, z (slowly) |
| z, z (slowly) |
| Well done! You just learned another 10 Italian consonants. |
| n, ŋ, p, s, ʃ, t, v, w, j, z |
| In the next lesson, you'll learn 3 new consonant sounds. These sounds don't appear in English, so they'll be trickier than the last lot. |
| Were there more common sounds than you expected? Please comment and share your thoughts. |
| See you in the next Ultimate Italian Pronunciation Guide lesson! |
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