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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know how many vowels\Nthere are in standard Italian?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.05,0:00:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And do you know\Nhow they're pronounced?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.77,0:00:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This week's video was supposed to\Nbe a different one, i.e., the pronunciation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.59,0:00:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Italian in Milan. A video\Nthat I then decided not to publish
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.84,0:00:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I realized that in order to\Nspeak about how in Milan
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.69,0:00:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some sounds, some vowels—especially—are pronounced,\NI first had to explain how they're pronounced
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.05,0:00:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in standard Italian, and so\NI was wasting a lot of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.94,0:00:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought: maybe it's better to first\Nmake a video on the vowels in standard Italian.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.35,0:00:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what I will do today. This video,\Nby the way, is a sort of summary,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.59,0:00:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a concentration of a lesson that I held\Non my Podcast Italiano Club,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.28,0:00:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a two-hour, interactive lesson\Non the vowels in Italian.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.10,0:01:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that lesson interests you, and also\Nfuture lessons on pronunciation in Italian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.26,0:01:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could consider subscribing to my\NPodcast Italiano Club.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.11,0:01:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I forgot! I'm Davide, this is Podcast Italiano.\NA channel for those who are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.11,0:01:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning or who love the Italian language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.54,0:01:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So: the vowels in standard Italian.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.05,0:01:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But... what is standard Italian?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.44,0:01:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spoke about it in this video,\Nwhich I recommend that you see.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.07,0:01:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To summarize, standard Italian is an\Nideal model of pronunciation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.27,0:01:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which no Italian has from birth\Nand which you need to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.77,0:01:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having said that, with regards to vowels,\Nwe can look to the Italians
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.99,0:01:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from central Italy. Because in regions like\NTuscany, Lazio, Umbria and Marche
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.04,0:01:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vowels correspond substantially\Nto those of standard Italian.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.11,0:01:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how many vowels are there? Because\Nwe have five letters, which are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.11,0:02:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A, E, I, O, U, but we have, actually,\Nseven sounds, seven phonemes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.76,0:02:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have two sounds for the E\Nand two sounds for the O.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.51,0:02:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One closed sound, and one open.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.84,0:02:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,é /e/, è /ɛ/, ó /o/, ò /ɔ/.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.79,0:02:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in my opinion it makes sense to start with\Nthis immagine, which is the so-called
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.21,0:02:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Italian vowel diagram,\Nthat is, basically, a chart
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.58,0:02:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be a representation of the mouth\Nseen from the side. The dots that you see indicate the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.36,0:02:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven qualities of vowels, the location of the dots\Nindicates the location that the tongue takes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.27,0:02:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the mouth to produce the sounds,\Nspecifically the highest point of the tongue.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.72,0:02:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,/i/, /a/