Speak Italian
A path built from the app's dialogues: meet a sound law to listen for, say the dialogue's words, then shadow the whole dialogue in Italian.
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Unit 1
Meeting someone
Stressed short E breaks into ie
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 2
At the café
Stressed short O breaks into ue / uo / eu
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 3
Asking the way
French stressed free A becomes e
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 4
At the market
French fronts long U to [y]
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 5
At the hotel reception
AU becomes o
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 6
At the train station
French vowel + nasal becomes a nasal vowel
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 7
At the restaurant
Spanish initial F- becomes h- (silent)
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 8
At the pharmacy
Voiceless stops between vowels soften
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 9
Making plans with a friend
C before E and I
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 10
A phone call
French CA becomes cha
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 11
At the doctor's
Initial I- (J-) and G before E, I
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 12
Renting a room in a shared apartment
B and V merge in Spanish
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 13
A job interview
Germanic W- becomes gu- / g-
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
Unit 14
Talking about the weekend
L before a consonant becomes u
- Meet a sound law: To do
- Say the words: To do
- Shadow the dialogue: To do
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