A question for Christine...

[Wasabi]

la parola SOCCER:

come si pronuncia?

con la "c" morbida (like: sotcher)

o con la "c" dura (like: sokker)

non l'ho ancora capita questa cosa...

[Christine]

la parola SOCCER:

come si pronuncia?

con la "c" morbida (like: sotcher)

o con la "c" dura (like: sokker)

non l'ho ancora capita questa cosa...

dura

SACH-er
(as close as I can get it to Italian pronunciation)

[Naitmer]

Un po' come Sucker?

[Christine]

Un po' come Sucker?

le consonanti, si

[Naitmer]

Io non ho mai capito in base a che metro gli americani pronunciano le vocali.

[Christine]

"ccer" = hard (k)

"cer" =soft (s)

[Christine]

Io non ho mai capito in base a che metro gli americani pronunciano le vocali.

1 vocale = short
A vowel followed by another vowel (either immediately after it or separated by 1 consonant) = long

man = short
mane = long
The "e" is silent since it's only there to change the "a" to a long vowel sound.

*If the accent is not on the last syllable of the word, the last vowel will stay short even after a suffix is added, without doubling the last consonant. For example: open/opening.

*A vowel (other than the silent "e") at the end of a word is usually long. For example: he.

*Each vowel also has a schwa sound, which is usually used in an unstressed syllable. This is the most common sound in English. The upside-down "e" is the phonetic symbol. For example: a car/the car/of course. It's pronounced the same way we pronounce the "uh" sound. Not using the schwa sound will give you a very strong foreign accent in English.

*Make exceptions for all the exceptions, of course. These are the general rules.

[tolomeo]

Io non ho mai capito in base a che metro gli americani pronunciano le vocali.

ci sono delle regole.
e per ogni regola ci sono centinaia di eccezioni alla regola.

[Paolo82]

Not using the schwa sound will give you a very strong foreign accent in English.

ehm.


Ottimo post,grazie.

[Il_Grigio]

Augh...!