Posted by Jim Andrada on June 23, 2002 at 02:09:32:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How do you pronounce "cimbasso"? posted by ken k on June 22, 2002 at 21:58:39:
I speak some (not too much!) Italian and the pronunciation is very consistent.
CI = English CHEE (as in Cheese)
CE = English CHE as in Check
GH = Hard "G" as in Goat
GI = Je as in Jesus
GE = Je as in Jello
CH = K ie "Bruschetta" = "Brusketta"
GN = NY ie Montagna = Montanya