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Italian verbs have a high degree of inflection, the majority of which follows one of three common patterns of conjugation. Italian conjugation is affected by mood, person, tense, number, aspect and occasionally gender. The three classes of verbs (patterns of conjugation) are distinguished by the endings of the infinitive form of the verb:
The Italian hard and soft C and G phenomenon leads to certain peculiarities in spelling and pronunciation: Words in -cio and -gio form plurals in -ci and -gi, e.g. bacio / baci ('kiss(es)') Words in -cia and -gia have been a point of contention. According to a commonly employed rule, [4] they:
In Italian phonemic distinction between long and short vowels is rare and limited to a few words and one morphological class, namely the pair composed by the first and third person of the historic past in verbs of the third conjugation—compare sentii (/senˈtiː/, "I felt/heard'), and sentì (/senˈti/, "he felt/heard").
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Italian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Italian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
join for a common purpose (past tense) / ˈ æ l aɪ d /; / æ ˈ l aɪ d / adjective joined for a common purpose, especially by treaty alternate / ˈ ɔː l t ər n ə t / or / ɔː l ˈ t ər n ə t / adjective alternating, alternative / ˈ ɔː l t ər n eɪ t / verb: to take turns alum / ˈ æ l ə m / noun (or verb) a type of astringent ...
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Italian term Literal translation Definition A cappella: in chapel style: Sung with no (instrumental) accompaniment, has much harmonizing Aria: air: Piece of music, usually for a singer Aria di sorbetto: sorbet air: A short solo performed by a secondary character in the opera Arietta: little air: A short or light aria Arioso: airy A type of solo ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Central Italian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Central Italian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.