Fall has officially started, leaves are either beginning to fall off trees, or, in some parts of Italy, like the northern region of Trentino Alto-Adige, they are starting to show off their gorgeous autumn colors. Our Word of the Week is therefore foglia, leaf.
Being a feminine noun, it takes the –e when plural: foglie.
Autumn leaf is foglia autunnale.
Now we know the -gl sound is a tricky one in Italian for foreign learners, so check our lesson explaining how to pronounce this and similar confusing sounds.
Start practicing your pronunciation right away with this song, Come Foglie by Malika Ayane:
