5 cases in which we use the letter “h” in Italian language
It is always difficult to understand the use of “h” in Italian, also because its pronunciation is always mute. It is for this reason that students of Italian language find often difficulties to understand when they have to use it, and when not. Italian language use h only in these cases:
- h gives a guttural pronunciation to the consonants c and g when they stay before vowels e and i, example: chiave, Michela, spaghetti, ghiaccio;
- h is in some conjugations of verb avere (it comes from latin): ho, hai, ha and hanno. In this case we can distinguish the verb avere with the conjunction o, the prepositions a and ai, and the noun anno (year);
- h appear for historical reasons in name of towns, like Rho, Santhià, Mathi;
- we use h in exclamation: ah!, ahimè, oh!, uhm! etc.;
- in foreign words that have become Italian, like: hotel, hostess, horror, homo sapiens, humus, habitat, hockey etc.
Do you know other cases in which Italian use h?
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