When you know that you're pronouncing things right in Italian, it helps you feel a lot more

confident when you speak. But some words can feel quite tricky. So in this lesson, we're going

to focus on some of the most difficult Italian words to say. These are common words, so knowing

how to say them will help you in your everyday conversations.

Of course, we won't just say they're hard and then wish you good luck.

We'll give you tips to pronounce them correctly because we know that it doesn't always come naturally at first.

And once you learn the difficult sounds in these words, you'll know how to pronounce them in other Italian words too

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It wouldn't be fair of me to talk about how to pronounce Italian words better without

mentioning that I've made loads of pronunciation mistakes in the past

and some very embarrassing ones to be honest I remember that Katie's pronunciation is really good now

and Italians are always telling her that but there was a time when she didn't sound so Italian

I had to really work on the Italian pronunciation and that's completely normal as well.

So don't feel like it's one of those things where you're either naturally good at it or not.

It takes practice and with practice you'll notice improvements over time.

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