E is pronounced as a long A, so ay, and it’s never silent. Example: carne (meat) is car-nay. I is pronounced as a long E, so ...

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The Talk Italian TV series, from which these clips are taken, is repeated from time to time on BBC Learning Zone.

"Few years ago, If you lived in Northcote knowing how to speak Italian was essential, even if you weren't Italian", Hannah Lewis tells SBS Italian. Inspired by her mother, who learned Italian when ...