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Al telefono · 1 of 1Week of 13 – 19 Sept

Spelling out your last name

The operator on the phone can't understand your last name, so they ask you to spell it out letter by letter.

These ten words are for spelling your last name over the phone without confusion, words like cognome, lettera and maiuscolo. Each one comes with its pronunciation and a sentence you can say out loud.

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The ten words10 words, 10 sentences

  1. 1
    cognomelast name/koɲˈɲome/nounThe family name, the one passed down from parents to children.The gn cluster is held long, like the ny in 'canyon', and the stress falls on the second syllable: co-GNO-me.
  2. 2
    letteraletter/ˈlettera/nounEach of the signs used to write words.Hold the double t and stress the first syllable: LET-te-ra.
  3. 3
    maiuscolocapital/maˈjuskolo/adjectiveSaid of a large letter, the one a proper name starts with.The stress falls on -iu-, not on -sco-.

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The sentences

  1. 1

    Mi scusi, il mio cognome è difficile da capire.

    I'm sorry, my last name is hard to understand.

  2. 2

    Le dico ogni lettera con calma, va bene?

    I'll say each letter slowly, is that okay?

  3. 3

    Scriva quel nome con la prima lettera in maiuscolo.

    Write that name with a capital first letter.

The same situation in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German.