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| Italian PHRASES 00 - [b]Italian PHRASES 00[/b] [b]ITALIAN ALPHABET [/b] Italian alphabet was originally composed by 21 letters, and did not include J, K, X, Y, W. Nowadays, since in italian we use a big deal of foreign words, 26 letter alphabet is used. Besides each letter I put its name in brackets. [color=blue][b]A, a[/b] (a)[/color] as in [color=red]un amico[/color] = a friend [color=blue][b]B, b[/b] (bi)[/color] as in [color=red]una barca[/color] = a boat [color=blue][b]C, c[/b] (ci)[/color] as in [color=red]una casa[/color] = a house [color=blue][b]D, d[/b] (di)[/color] as in [color=red]una donna[/color] = a woman [color=blue][b]E, e[/b] (e)[/color] as in [color=red]un elicottero[/color] = a helicopter [color=blue][b]F, f[/b] (effe)[/color] as in [color=red]una farfalla[/color] = a butterfly [color=blue][b]G, g[/b] (gi)[/color] as in [color=red]un gelato[/color] = an ice cream [color=blue][b]H, h[/b] (acca)[/color] as in [color=red]un hotel[/color] = a hotel [color=blue][b]I, i[/b] (i)[/color] as in [color=red]un’isola[/color] = an island [color=blue][b]J, j[/b] (i lunga)[/color] as in [color=red]una jeep[/color] = a jeep [color=blue][b]K, k[/b] (cappa)[/color] as in [color=red]un koala[/color] = a koala [color=blue][b]L, l[/b] (elle)[/color] as in [color=red]un letto[/color] = a bed [color=blue][b]M, m[/b] (emme)[/color] as in [color=red]una mano[/color] = a hand [color=blue][b]N, n[/b] (enne)[/color] as in [color=red]una nuvola[/color] = a cloud [color=blue][b]O, o[/b] (o)[/color] as in [color=red]un orologio[/color] = a watch, a clock [color=blue][b]P, p[/b] (pi)[/color] as in [color=red]un pesce[/color] = a fish [color=blue][b]Q, q[/b] (qu)[/color] as in [color=red]un quadro[/color] = a painting [color=blue][b]R, r[/b] (erre)[/color] as in [color=red]una rana[/color] = a frog [color=blue][b]S, s[/b] (esse)[/color] as in [color=red]una sedia[/color] = a chair [color=blue][b]T, t[/b] (ti)[/color] as in [color=red]un tavolo[/color] = a table [color=blue][b]U, u[/b] (u)[/color] as in [color=red]un uomo[/color] = a man [color=blue][b]V, v[/b] (vu)[/color] as in [color=red]un vaso[/color] = a pot, a vase [color=blue][b]W, w[/b] (vu doppio)[/color] as in [color=red]un wafer[/color] = a wafer [color=blue][b]X, x[/b] (ics)[/color] as in [color=red]uno xilofono[/color] = a xylophone [color=blue][b]Y, y[/b] (ipsilon)[/color] as in [color=red]un yogurt[/color] = a yoghurt [color=blue][b]Z, z[/b] (zeta)[/color] as in [color=red]uno zoo[/color] = a zoo | |
