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Italian ortography is not as bad as the english one, but nonetheless is sometimes illogical. We have a useless lettere 'q' which is pronounced like the the hard

Italian ortography is not as bad as the english one, but nonetheless is sometimes illogical. We have a useless lettere 'q' which is pronounced like the the hard c. 'Q' is used only before 'u'. So there some words that are written with "qu" and other with "cu" only for etymologyical reasons. The number 4 is spelled 'quattro'. The pizza with the four cheeses is 'quattro formaggi'.

jaclaz 3y ago
To be picky, the general rule is that q goes before u only if u is followed by another vowel (qui, quo, qua), c is used in the other cases, but - of course - there are a few exceptions, the most common being "cui".