On May 3, 8:45 am, Nick Cramer wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
dajava wrote:
I don't know Italian.
I spent several hours trying to know its pronunciation.

1. G = g of girl
2. G = g of general.

Which is correct?

The second one, I believe.

David is correct. It's pronounced Jeeoko. Gioco in Italian means Game, thus
Gioco Piano literally means Quiet Game. Giuoco might be an older spelling.

Any free internet Italian-English dictionary?

For direct translation of words to and from French, Italian and Spanish
only, I usehttp://www.wordreference.com/

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To David and Nick,

In fact, I had 3rd answer in mind, too.

3. G = g of Spanish

general is pronunciated as "H"e neral in case of Spanish.

"H" is a stronger sound than English h.


And, I know it is the same case with Portuguese and French.

In Spanish/ Portuguese /French,
noun + adjective (Game + Quiet)
whereas in English adjective + noun like "Quiet Game"

So, I wondered if g of Gioco Piano
is pronunciated as g of Spanish.
(I forgot to list it by mistake)
That was why I asked of internet Italian-Spanish dictionary.

When I tryed to explain Gioco Piano to a person,
I suddenly realized that I don't know how to prounciate it. lol

dajava,