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6 tongue twisters

Italian tongue twisters (scioglilingua)

Italian scioglilingua train the rolled R, the TR cluster and, above all, double consonants: panca and pacca, sette and sete. Hold every double consonant a little longer than feels natural.

Easy

  1. Sopra la panca la capra campa, sotto la panca la capra crepa.

    On the bench the goat lives, under the bench the goat dies.

    P and K

    Practice

  2. Sereno è, sereno sarà; se non sarà sereno, si rasserenerà.

    It is clear, it will be clear; if it is not clear, it will clear up.

    S and single R

    Practice

Medium

  1. Trentatré trentini entrarono a Trento, tutti e trentatré trotterellando.

    Thirty-three people from Trento entered Trento, all thirty-three trotting.

    TR and double T

    Practice

  2. Apelle figlio di Apollo fece una palla di pelle di pollo.

    Apelles, son of Apollo, made a ball out of chicken skin.

    Double L and GL

    Practice

Hard

  1. Stanno stretti sotto i letti sette spettri a denti stretti.

    Seven ghosts are squeezed under the beds with clenched teeth.

    Double T and ST

    Practice

  2. Se l’arcivescovo di Costantinopoli si disarcivescoviscostantinopolizzasse, vi disarcivescoviscostantinopolizzereste voi?

    If the archbishop of Constantinople un-archbishopped himself, would you un-archbishop yourselves?

    Long words

    Practice