Hi guys, I need some help. I'm trying to learn a lot of
Italian in not a lot of time, and part of doing that is reading a
lot of Italian, but whenever I try and read, I can't figure out
that weird thing that happens when you have a word that ends in a
vowel, and the next word begins in a vowel, so you clip off the
first word's vowel and just carry on from there (e.g. "il mio
amico, gets pronounced il mi'amico.) I could do this without too
much trouble, but I've noticed in the Pimsleur Italian course I'm
taking, that it doesn't always happen. I'd guess it's something
like 40/60. It's driving me crazy, because I'm always second
guessing myself when I'm reading and I just want to know for sure
how this material sounds. Does anyone have any advice, preferably
some hard-and-fast rules, as to when this elision thing happens and
when it doesn't? Is it just something you do when you feel like it,
or when you're trying to sound fancy, like the non-essential
elisions in French? I'd really appreciate the help.
Thank you in advance,
Keelan
Thank you in advance,
Keelan