Italian Beginners · Week 2B · Lesson 6
We are learning the Italian alphabet and the sound rules, so we can spell a name and read a new word aloud.
Play, students echo twice. Press E to show the English.
Come si scrive?
How do you spell it?
Students say it before you press E.
Si scrive elle, u, ci, a.
It is spelt L, U, C, A.
Students say it before you press E.
Doppia esse.
Double S.
Students say it before you press E.
The letters c and g change their sound before i and e.
An h after c or g keeps the sound hard. A double letter is held longer, and it can change the meaning: pala (shovel), palla (ball).
| ca · co · cu · chi · che | k | casa, chiave |
| ci · ce | ch (church) | ciao, cena |
| ga · go · gu · ghi · ghe | g (get) | gatto, spaghetti |
| gi · ge | j (jet) | gelato, giorno |
Ciao, ci vediamo a cena. · Hi, see you at dinner.
Che bella chiesa! · What a beautiful church!
Letters in groups of five; students echo.
The last five letters (j, k, w, x, y) are only in foreign words: i lunga, cappa, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon.
Sound rules on the board: ci ce = ch · chi che = k · gi ge = j · ghi ghe = g · gli · gn · sci sce = sh.
Spell a classmate's name; they write it.