Italian Course Beginner Series 17: The Double Consonants Video Lecture | Learn Italian Language: For Beginners and Travellers

hello guys apparently many English
native speakers and many foreigners
studying Italian as a second language
struggle with the double consonants and
the reason why this struggle is because
in Italian you pronounced everything you
read and you pronounce every single
letter that means that when you have a
double consonant you have to pronounce
the sound twice as hard the sound
becomes twice as intense and of course
mispronouncing a word means that people
will understand something different okay
so I give you some examples for instance
there's no difference between between
the s the sound in associate and the
sound in soldier and there's no
difference between these two sounds
because they are the same sound so no
matter how you spell it
so although the spelling is a bit
different the sound that you produce
that you make with your mouth
is always the same associate soldier so
no wonder why English native speakers
struggle to understand the concept of
having to pronounce a sound twice as
much so let me give you some examples so
this first word here Cola Cola very easy
to pronounce umm means literally elix he
leaks it's a verb conjugated in the
third person singular he leaks Cola
now if instead of pronouncing the sound
curve and sound alert normally Cola if
you put more emphasis on the sound look
and you pronounce it twice as hard it
becomes Cola
Cola Cola Cola Cola Cola so if you say
Cola people understand something
different and they understand glue in
fact kala means glue if you read cola by
you pronounce Cola people don't
understand same for other words now
these are very few examples but there
are many cases of words that change
meaning if you change the spelling and
if you double the consonant so in this
case he leaks become glue okay for
instance you have to be careful this is
very famous because basically in Spanish
they have the same issue I know means
anus but and no means year okay so une
and no one year do any threat any two
years three years casa this means house
or home it's a very common word and I
recommend you learn this word Casa very
easy to pronounce as well Casa if you
double the consonant Casa Casa it
becomes crate or till peanut means pain
but if you double the end sound
pin pin means pen and so on okay so I
invite you to reflect and think about
this think about it remember some of
these words because they're useful and
this one is certainly a worthy you have
to take away from this video Qasr very
useful and remember that every time you
see in Italian a double sound I'm sorry
a double consonant a consonant that is
repeated you have to pronounce it the
right way and he always makes a
difference so there's no case where you
can write L or two L's and you can
pronounce
in the same way it will always change so
keep in mind this I hope you found this
video helpful I hope to see you guys in
the next video and careful out the
double consonants see