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Tips to improve your Italian pronunciation:
Here are 3 tips that should help you perfect your Italian pronunciation of
'maglia'
:
Break 'maglia' down into sounds
: say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
Record yourself
saying
'maglia'
in
full sentences
, then watch yourself and listen. You'll be able to mark your mistakes quite easily.
Look up tutorials on Youtube
on how to pronounce
'maglia'.
To further improve Italian pronunciation, we suggest you do the following:
Learn the five basic vowel sounds
: Italian pronunciation is based on syllables where vowel sounds are predominant:
A
is pronounced like the “a” in ‘”Taco”.
E
has two sounds: e like e in “pen” or similar to ai in fair.
O
has two sounds: o like o in cozy or similar to o in cost.
U
is pronounced like the “oo” in “shampoo”. More explanation
here
.
Learn 'gl' and 'ci' sounds
: 'gl' pronunciation is close to english 'L':
maglia
(knitting),
meglio
(better),
aglio
(garlic).
'ci' sounds like the 'ch' in church:
dolci
(desserts),
cucina
(kitchen)
Double Consonants
: Double consonants are indicators that you should pronounce the letter in a more prolonged manner or with more force:
fatto
/
fato
,
cassa
/
casa
Roll your R
: Rolling 'r' sounds like the "r" in "rat" or "rocket", stronger and vibrating:
tre
,
parco
,
radio
. More explanation
here
and
here
Subscribe to 1 or more Italian teaching channels on Youtube
: it's free and it covers the core topics of the Italian language. Check out
Manu
and
Lucrezia
channels to name just a few.