**These names make more sense if you think that before semi-modern times, I and J were considered variant forms of the same letter, same as U and V. Y- i-greca (Greek “I”) or ipsilon (upsilon).W- vu doppia, or doppia vu (“double V”)**.
With language becoming more and more international, Italian has adopted five new letters to spell the foreign “loan words.” These are: The native Italian alphabet contains 21 letters. A well-known example in Italy is the supermarket called Esselunga (Long S). As a matter of fact, in the commercial world, Italians sometimes use this way of spelling a letter to come up with clever names of companies, stores, or products. Listen to how Marika says it: esse: two syllables. The word for the letter may be more than one syllable in length. Because it’s much more common for an Italian word to end with a vowel than a consonant, Italian consonants themselves (except for X) are all written and pronounced ending in a vowel, and sometimes they begin with a vowel, too. If you look at Marika’s list of words, those ending in consonants are “loan words” from other languages. Yet Italian consonants do have words that represent them, which you'll learn by following along with Marika.Ī, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa,Įrre, esse, ti, u, vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta.Ī, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J (long I), K,Ĭaptions 5-9, Marika spiega L'alfabeto Play CaptionĪnother distinction is that while many English words end in consonants, it's rare that an Italian word does. This lesson is aimed at beginners, but even more advanced students might learn something they didn't know before.Įnglish consonants are typically written out as the letters themselves (B, C, D) rather than as words approximating their pronunciation (we don't write "bee" when we mean "B").
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