CTstyle said:Thanks, Leonie. That is interesting to know. If an Italian g is followed by h, it is always a hard g then? And if it is not followed by h, it is soft?
I'd say (but please correct me) g+e and g+i (as well as c+e and c+i) is always like Giovanni or like the Spanish would say a "ch" or like Man"ch"ester ot german "tsch"
ghi, ghe, (+ chi and che) is like grey, gary and so is g+ anything else except gn (like Gnocchi, Agnelli). You say that as you say the Spanish n with wave on it (nino, pina, I don't find that letter on my keyboard, sorry)
the Italian sci and sce are like the Englisg sh in she or German sch, for exemple uscita.

If we are only typing it does it really matter how it is pronounced? I mean it isn't as though we are speaking it all the time.

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