Italian pronunciation practice
60 phrases across six levels. Listen to the model, record yourself saying it, and get a score back straight away — with a note on what to listen for in that particular phrase.
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A1 — Beginner
The sounds that decide whether you are understood at all: pure vowels, and double consonants that change the word.
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Buongiorno, come stai?
Good morning, how are you?
Italian vowels are pure and short — avoid the gliding sound English vowels have.
A2 — Elementary
Longer sentences, where the stress has to fall in the right place to sound like speech and not like a list.
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Mia sorella si chiama Giulia.
My sister's name is Giulia.
'gli' makes a soft sound, roughly like the 'lli' in "million".
B1 — Intermediate
The rhythm of a real conversation, with the clusters English speakers tend to soften.
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Gli piace giocare a calcio ogni giorno.
He likes to play soccer every day.
Soft 'gi' sounds like the 'j' in "jam", combined here with the 'gli' sound.
B2 — Upper Intermediate
Speed without losing the endings — the point where fluency starts to be audible.
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L'aeroporto è lontano dal centro della città.
The airport is far from the city center.
Vowel-to-vowel linking across words flows smoothly, without a glottal stop.
C1 — Advanced
Fine distinctions: open and closed vowels, and the consonants that carry meaning on their own.
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Nonostante le difficoltà, ha raggiunto il suo obiettivo.
Despite the difficulties, he achieved his goal.
'gg' before a vowel, as in 'ragg-', is a soft, held sound.
C2 — Mastery
Intonation and emphasis, where what you stress changes what the sentence means.
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Nonostante ciò, l'azienda è riuscita a risollevarsi rapidamente.
Despite that, the company managed to recover quickly.
Combine the smooth elision (l'azienda) with the tapped 'r' in 'riuscita' and 'rapidamente'.