Diction Final - Italian IPA

Here are flashcards based on your Italian IPA notes:

1. Front: How is the Italian vowel "A" pronounced in IPA?

Back: [a] as in "ah"

2. Front: What are the two pronunciations of "E" in Italian IPA?

Back: [ɛ] as in "eh" (open E) and [e] as in "ey" (closed E)

3. Front: How is the Italian vowel "I" pronounced in IPA?

Back: [i] as in "ee"

4. Front: What are the two pronunciations of "O" in Italian IPA?

Back: [o] as in "oh" (closed O) and [ɔ] as in "aw" (open O)

5. Front: How is the Italian vowel "U" pronounced in IPA?

Back: [u] as in "oo"

6. Front: How are T and D pronounced in Italian?

Back: Dental or imploded (held longer)

7. Front: How are double consonants represented in Italian IPA?

Back: [:]

8. Front: How is "CC" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [t:S] (soft) or [k:k] (hard)

9. Front: What happens to a single S between two vowels in the same word in Italian?

Back: It becomes [z]. For example, Pisa in IPA is [Piza].

10. Front: How is "Z" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [ts]

11. Front: What are the two pronunciations of "C" in Italian IPA?

Back: [tS] as in "ch" (soft C) and [k] as in "kuh" (hard C)

12. Front: What are the two pronunciations of "G" in Italian IPA?

Back: [dʒ] as in "juh" (soft G) and [g] as in "guh" (hard G)

13. Front: When are C and G soft in Italian?

Back: When followed by an I or an E

14. Front: When are C and G hard in Italian?

Back: When followed by another vowel or an H

15. Front: How is "Q" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [kw] as in "kwuh"

16. Front: How is "Gli" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [ʎ] as in "lyi" or "yi"

17. Front: What do the accent marks indicate for E and O in Italian IPA?

Back: ̀e [ɛ], é [e], ò [o], ó [ɔ]

18. Front: When is E or O open at the end of a syllable in Italian?

Back: When the syllable is unaccented

19. Front: When is E or O closed in Italian?

Back: When it ends the accented syllable

20. Front: What is a tripthong in Italian?

Back: Three vowels in a row

21. Front: What is ilision in Italian?

Back: A line connecting the vowel at the end of one word to a vowel at the beginning of the next word

22. Front: How is "ing" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [iŋ]

23. Front: How is "gn" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [ɳ]

24. Front: How is "sci" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [Si]

25. Front: How is "scia" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [Sa]

26. Front: How is "sd" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [zd]

27. Front: How is "sc" pronounced in Italian IPA?

Back: [S]

28. Front: What are examples of glides in Italian IPA?

Back: ie [je], ia [ja], luo [lwɔ], suo [swɔ]

29. Front: When C or G is followed by two vowels, what determines if it's hard or soft?

Back: The second vowel determines if it's hard or soft, and then disappears. For example, Cielo in IPA is [tSelɔ].

30. Front: When is E or O open in the middle of a word in Italian?

Back: When it's in the middle of a syllable or preceding a double consonant