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Italain Diction

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Unstressed single "e" is usually...

closed [e]

legato (closed or open?)

closed

gentile (closed or open?)

open [ɛ] lemoner+ consonant in unstressed e. The last e is closed.

Stressed single "e" is usually...

closed [e]

medico ['m?-di-ko]

[ɛ] open (when e ends a stressed antepenult (3rd to the last) syllable, exception #1)

tempesta [t?m-p?-sta]

[tɛm-'pɛ-sta] (1st unstressed but "lemoner", 2dn (exception # 3 stressed but follows by s)

cielo [tʃ?-lo]

[tʃɛ-lo] (exception #3. when followed by i or u)

['s?m-pr?]

['sɛm-pre] 1st stressed e followed by a consonant in the same syllable. 2nd unstressed single e

lei, open or closed?

[lɛ:i] Stressed e followed by a vowel (as in diphthongs or two syllables)

Unstressed o is usually ....

closed (unless follows by r+consonant)

Stressed o is usually...

closed

When o ends a stressed antpenult it is (povero)

OPEN

liuto

['lju-to]

pausa

['pa:u-za]

uomo

['wɔ-mo]

bocca

['bok:ka]