Sound Italian, one sound at a time.
Hear the difference, then read short sentences out loud. Lino listens to each recording and marks every word, with a close ear on the sound you’re practising. Your first try at each sentence counts toward your speaking progress.
The sounds English speakers find hardest
6 soundsDouble consonantspalla, not palapala / palla · pena / pennaR and RRa tap and a trillcaro / carro · sera / serraSoft and hard C and Gciao and chiaroCina / china · giro / ghiroGLI and GNfiglio and gnocchifilo / figlio · pala / pagliaSC and Zpesce and pizzapesce / pesche · scena / schienaPure vowels and stressevery vowel, full and shortpapa / papà · pero / però
You’ll need a microphone, and to be signed in for Lino to check your recordings. Recordings are sent to an AI model to be checked and aren’t kept. It hears most mistakes but not all, so trust your ear too: listen to your recording next to Lino’s.