Consonant oppositions Li [li / lj] / Gli [ʎ(i)] / Ni [nj / ni] / Gn [ɲ]
Listen to the words, hear the difference, repeat and transcribe.
1) L’Italia / li taglia
2) Sicilia / ciglia
3) Esfolia / foglia
4) Olio / voglio
5) Palio / aglio
6) Italiano / tagliano
1) [liˈtaːlja] / [liˈtaʎːa] 2) [siˈt̠͡ʃiːlja] / [ˈt̠͡ʃiʎːa]
3) [esˈfɔːlja] / [ˈfɔʎːa] 4) [ˈɔːljo] / [ˈvɔʎːo]
5) [ˈpaːljo] / [ˈaʎːo] 6) [itaˈljaːno] / [ˈtaʎːano]
Listen and mark with an X if you hear the sound [lj] or [ʎː].
1) [lj] [ʎː]
2) [lj] [ʎː]
3) [lj] [ʎː]
4) [lj] [ʎː]
5) [lj] [ʎː]
1) ammaliare [lj] 2) soglia [ʎː] 3) caglio [ʎː] 4) filiera [lj] 5) scogliera [ʎː]
Listen to the words, hear the difference, repeat and transcribe.
1) Campania / campagna
2) Tania / magna
3) Sonia / sogna
4) Tonia / fogna
5) attinia / tigna
6) tonìa / compagnia
1) [kamˈpaːnja] / [kamˈpaɲːa] 2) [ˈtaːnja] / [ˈmaɲːa]
3) [ˈsɔːnja] / [ˈsoɲːa] 4) [ˈtɔːnja] / [ˈfoɲːa]
5) [aˈtːiːnja] / [ˈtiɲːa] 6) [toˈniːa] / [kompaˈɲːia]
Listen and mark with an X if you hear the sound [nj] or [ɲː]
1) [nj] [ɲː]
2) [nj] [ɲː]
3) [nj] [ɲː]
4) [nj] [ɲː]
5) [nj] [ɲː]
1) compagno [ɲː] 2) smania [nj] 3) Isernia [nj] 4) Cologno [ɲː] 5) colonia [nj]