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How to pronounce simple vowel sounds in Italian

Italian vowels are easy to pronounce because, unlike in English, they always stay the same!
Let’s try:

a is pronounced like the a of apple (e.g. banana - bahnahnah not buhnaaahnuh)
e is pronounced like the e of egg (e.g. belle donne - belleh donneh)
i is a little more complicated! It’s midway between the i of it and the ea of eat, neither short nor long (e.g. italia)
o is pronounced like the o of orange (e.g. gondola)
u is pronounced like the oo of food (e.g. musica - moosicah)

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