Italian is considered a transparent language, which means that each grapheme (or written letter) corresponds to one single phoneme (or sound) in most cases. This makes it easier to learn how to pronounce words in Italian! Once you learn how to pronounce all the letters, you will be able to say any new word in Italian without a problem. Attached is the list of the Italian alphabet sounds, how to pronounce them and how to use them to spell words in Italian! You can also listen to the video, where you can hear the pronunciation of all Italian letters.

This video is a focus on the sounds C and G and how they are pronounced differently based on the following vowel:

There are other sounds that may seem more difficult to pronounce but what’s better than learning them by associating them with delicious Italian food?