A Comparative Study Guide Spanish to English to Italian. Robert D. O'Brian

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СКАЧАТЬ de palabra) - z como en zinc - xylophone

      ( cuando va entre vocales) - se pronuncia gs - exempt

      (en los demás casos) - como en exacto - box

      Y = (final de palabra después de consonante) - ai como en vaina - my, by

      (principio de la palabra) - como en ya (muy suave) - yellow

      Z = como en zumbido - zoo

      Italian Pronunciation Guide

      The base alphabet consists of 21 letters and five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 16 consonants. Letters J, K, W, X and Y are not part of the proper alphabet, and are used only for loanwords and foreign names.

      Italian has just 7 vowel sounds. When two or more vowels occur in a row, they are always pronounced separately, as in Australia (a-u-stra-li-a).

      Most consonants are pronounced as in English, except: C, G, H, R, S, and Z.

      A: long like a in father

      B: as the b in balloon

      C: 1. before “i” or “e” like ch in church

      2. otherwise like c in car

      D: as the d in death

      E: 1. (open) like e in set

      2. (closed) like a in say

      F: as the f in fair

      G: 1. before “i” or “e” like g in gem

      2. otherwise like g in goal

      H: h is always silent

      I: like ee in meet

      L: like l in liquid

      M: like m in machine

      N: like n in navy

      O: 1. (open) like o in pot

      2. (closed) like o in post

      P: as p in pizza

      Q: the q is a surplus letter with the same sound of hard “c”. It is used only, but not always, when followed by approximant “u”. Example: quando, acqua

      R: rolled like r in Spanish

      S: 1. between vowels like s in snake

      2. otherwise like s in sit

      T: like t in treasure

      U: like oo in food

      V: like v in vision

      Z: 1. at beginning of words like ds in pads

      2. otherwise like ts in cats

      Combinations

      CH: like c in car

      GH: like g in goal

      GN: like ny in canyon or like ñ in Spanish

      GLI: like lli in million

      SC: 1. before “i” or “e” like sh in shut

      2. otherwise like sk in skip

      The signs and symbols appearing in this guide are identified as follows:

      (AERO) = aeronautics

      (AGRIC) = agriculture

      (ANAT) = anatomical

      (ARCHIT) = architecture

      (ARTE) = art, artistic

      (ASTROL) = astrology

      (ASTRON) = astronomy

      (AUTO) = automotive

      (BIOL) = biology

      (BOT) = botany

      (CINE) = cinema

      (COM) = commercial

      (DEP) = sports

      (DER) = legal

      (ECON) = economics

      (ELECTR) = electrical

      (FIN) = financial

      (FIS) = physics

      (FOTO) = photography

      (GEN) = general meaning

      (GEOG) = geography

      (GEOL) = geology

      (GRAM) = grammar

      (INFORM) = inf. technology

      (LITER) = literature

      (MAT) = mathematics

      (MECAN) = mechanical

      (MED) = medical

      (METEO) = meteorological

      (MIL) = military

      (MUS) = music

      (NAUT) = nautical

      (POL) = politics

      (QUIM) = chemistry

      (RELIG) = religion

      (TECNOL) = technology

      (ZOOL) = zoology

      (A) = the feminine ending

      (adj) = adjective

      (adv) = adverb

      (f) = feminine

      (m) = masculine

      (n) = noun

      ó = or

      os = oneself

      s = plural

      sb = somebody

      sthg = something

      ú = or

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      Interchangeable Spanish-English words and their Italian equivalents

      Palabras СКАЧАТЬ