Italian pasta names: a pronunciation guide

About this episode

Francesca helps listeners practice Italian pronunciation through pasta names and sounds.

Pasta is the perfect way to practise some of Italian's trickiest sounds. In this episode, Francesca works through pasta names to help you get those gn, gl, ch and gh sounds right, with a few tasty facts thrown in along the way. ➡️ Click here to watch the video version of this episode . ➡️ Get free mini-lessons and language tips every week by signing up to our newsletter: https://coffeebreaklanguages.kit.com/newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Francesca

Topics covered

• Italian pronunciation
• pasta names
• language learning
• Italian sounds
• cooking
• education

Keywords

• Italian
• pasta
• pronunciation
• language tips
• learning
• gn
• gl
• ch
• gh

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Organizations: Coffee Break Languages

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