Ascolto le notizie alla radio ogni mattina.

Ascolto is the first-person singular form of the verb ascoltare in the present tense, so it means I listen.

• ascoltare = to listen
• ascolto = I listen
• ascolta = he/she listens, or listen! as a command to one person

So in this sentence, ascolto tells you that the subject is I, even though io is not written.

Italian often leaves out the subject pronoun when it is already clear from the verb ending.

So:

• Ascolto already means I listen
• Io ascolto is also possible, but io is usually added only for emphasis or contrast

For example:

• Ascolto le notizie ogni mattina. = I listen to the news every morning.
• Io ascolto le notizie, ma lui no. = I listen to the news, but he doesn’t.

In Italian, articles are used more often than in English. Here, le is the feminine plural definite article, meaning the.

• notizia = news item / piece of news
• notizie = news / news items
• le notizie = the news

English often says just news, but Italian commonly uses the article: le notizie.

This is a very common question. In English, news looks plural but is grammatically treated as singular:

• The news is interesting.

In Italian, notizie is a real plural noun:

• la notizia = the piece of news / the item of news
• le notizie = the news / the news items

So Italian thinks of the news more as multiple pieces of information.

Because ascoltare works differently from English to listen to.

In Italian:

• ascoltare qualcosa = to listen to something

So the object comes directly after the verb, with no preposition:

• Ascolto le notizie. = I listen to the news.
• Ascolto la radio. = I listen to the radio.
• Ascolto musica. = I listen to music.

This is a pattern worth remembering: ascoltare is a direct transitive verb.

Alla radio here means on the radio or over the radio.

It is made of:

• a = at / to / on
• la radio = the radio
• a + la = alla

So alla radio is a contracted form.

In this sentence, it tells you the medium through which the news is heard: on the radio.

In this context, Italian normally says alla radio to mean on the radio.

• alla radio = on the radio / by radio

Using sulla radio would usually sound more like on top of the radio physically, so it is not right here.

In radio can appear in some contexts, but it is less standard for this everyday meaning. For a learner, alla radio is the natural expression to remember.

Yes. That sentence is also correct, but it means something slightly different.

• Ascolto le notizie alla radio ogni mattina. = I listen to the news on the radio every morning.
• Ascolto la radio ogni mattina. = I listen to the radio every morning.

The first sentence focuses on the news specifically.
The second means you listen to the radio in general, not necessarily just the news.

Ogni mattina means every morning. In the sentence, it comes at the end, which is very natural:

• Ascolto le notizie alla radio ogni mattina.

But Italian word order is somewhat flexible, so you could also say:

• Ogni mattina ascolto le notizie alla radio.

That also sounds natural. The meaning stays the same, though the emphasis changes slightly.

Because ogni is used with a singular noun to mean every.

So:

• ogni mattina = every morning
• not ogni mattine

Compare:

• ogni giorno = every day
• ogni settimana = every week

If you use a plural noun, you would normally need a different structure, such as tutte le mattine = every morning / all mornings.

Yes. Italian uses the present tense for both:

• actions happening now
• habitual actions

So Ascolto le notizie alla radio ogni mattina literally uses the present tense, but in English we naturally translate it as a habitual action:

• I listen to the news on the radio every morning.

This is completely normal in both languages.

The structure is:

• Ascolto = verb
• le notizie = direct object
• alla radio = prepositional phrase showing the medium
• ogni mattina = time expression

So the pattern is roughly:

Verb + object + place/medium expression + time expression

That gives:

Ascolto le notizie alla radio ogni mattina.

A simple approximate pronunciation for an English speaker is:

ah-SKOL-to leh noh-TEE-tsye AHL-lah RAH-dyo OH-nyee mat-TEE-nah

A few useful points:

• sc before o in ascolto sounds like sk
• z in notizie sounds like ts
• gli is not here, but gn in ogni sounds like the ny in canyon
• double tt in mattina is pronounced more strongly than a single t

If you want to sound more natural, pay special attention to ogni and the double consonant in mattina.