| Video 0023 :: translation :: grammar explications :: vocabulary |
Il segreto per stare bene = The secret to stay healthy
Come? = How?
Ciao, sto facendo jogging = Ciao, I am doing jogging
vi dico il mio segreto = I tell you a secret
per restare in forma = to stay in form
ogni giorno = every day
trenta minuti di jogging = 30 minutes jogging
e trenta minuti di italiano = and 30 minutes Italian
scusate = excuse me
devo continuare = I have to continue
ciao = ciao
. If you pay attention to your lips when producing these sounds (au / o) you realize that in the case of
. If you pay attention to the examples above you will notice that the Italian closed 'o' is closer than the English version, in other words, the lips are more rounded.
In order to make clear the difference between an open 'o' and a closed 'o' hear the sound examples below. For didactic purposes you have a correct version and a wrong version (a closed 'o' pronounced as an open one and vice versa).
