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Are you struggling with the pronunciation of "euro" in Italian? Look no further! Get tips and tricks to say it like a native.
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Today's Italian words:
un euro = one euro
il caffè costa un euro e dieci = the coffee costs €1.10
abbiamo pagato un euro e dieci = we paid €1.10
due euro = two euros
tre euro = three euros
venti euro = twenty euros
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0:00.0 | If you've ever paid for something in Italian, bravo, you know your numbers and price is well enough to get the important stuff done. |
0:07.0 | There's just one small detail you might have missed. |
0:11.0 | Can you pronounce Euro in Italian? You might be making a mistake without realising it. |
0:17.0 | There are a couple of nuances that learners nearly always get wrong, but the good news is, once you know they exist, they're pretty easy to learn. |
0:25.3 | With the tips and tricks in this lesson, you'll be able to confidently say Euro like an Italian. Euro, Euro, Euro, Keri, All right. |
0:38.3 | Yeah, I'm just remembering all the problems I used to have trying to say the word, |
0:54.9 | Euro. |
0:56.2 | Yes, it's hard for Italian learners. |
0:59.5 | It's kind of similar to English, but not really, and that can lead you to make mistakes. |
1:06.0 | But you don't need to wait years to get it right like I did. |
1:09.2 | You just need the tips in this episode and a little |
1:12.1 | practice. Let's start with the most important part, the vowels. The mistake I heard most is |
1:19.9 | Euro with Y at the beginning. Yeah, that's the mistake I made because in English we have this yu sound, so like |
1:30.5 | Euro. |
1:31.5 | So we just do that when we speak Italian too without really thinking about it. |
1:37.1 | But in Italian we say vowels exactly as we see them. |
1:41.5 | Eh, ooh. Listen carefully to Matteo and try to pronounce them like he does we start |
1:48.7 | with e like in egg e e |
1:53.5 | next the u in italian it sounds like the u in two or boot. |
2:01.5 | U. |
2:03.1 | U. |
2:04.9 | Let's put them together. |
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