Why do Italians sound Italian? | Improve Your Accent

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  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent  4 года назад +36

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  • @nickname2732
    @nickname2732 4 года назад +14387

    L'inglese di Renzi per rappresentare l'intera Italia é un tocco di classe.

    • @CodeIrminsul
      @CodeIrminsul 4 года назад +285

      Benigni È sicuramente peggio di Renzi.

    • @samuele4001
      @samuele4001 4 года назад +168

      Non c'entra niente il loro livello di inglese, sono usati per marcare i tratti distintivi che indicano un italiano quando parla in inglese.

    • @dariobenzina
      @dariobenzina 4 года назад +28

      Avrei dovuto parlare io.

    • @valentinafabbri6213
      @valentinafabbri6213 4 года назад +70

      No ma infatti non ho parole !!!! Prendere quel discorso di Renzi privo di senso con parole inventate mi pare una cagata pazzesca

    • @antusFireNova
      @antusFireNova 4 года назад +75

      SHISH!

  • @makysafairy
    @makysafairy 4 года назад +17604

    Me, an italian mother tongue , finding this video in my home: *_Oh yeah let’s see why do I sound so Italian_*

    • @emy2750
      @emy2750 4 года назад +345

      IO:

    • @Uei-tk6gk
      @Uei-tk6gk 4 года назад +449

      a quanto pare ci è passata in mente la stessa cosa, lol

    • @artbyglochan1988
      @artbyglochan1988 4 года назад +237

      "native language" not mother tounge

    • @patrickdeniso
      @patrickdeniso 4 года назад +289

      @@artbyglochan1988 mother tongue is correct too

    • @Francyrobot
      @Francyrobot 4 года назад +38

      Uguale

  • @Stokaiserrr
    @Stokaiserrr 4 года назад +4273

    Random video: *contains italian in the title
    Italians: *"Chi cazzo ci ha nominato?"*

  • @johndillon5290
    @johndillon5290 3 года назад +913

    I live in Italy, my wife is Italian and at home we speak English all the time because she deals with people from all over the world in English. Her accent is very beautiful. You can tell she's italian by the pronounciation, but it's not as exaggerated as Matteo Renzi. For some reason she is embarrassed by it but i keep reminding her that the problem is in her head, people love her accent, it's only her with the problem.
    Anyway i would like to see a video on English speakers speaking Italian, it would help me improve my Italian pronounciation. Every time i go into an Italian bar or restaurant and speak Italian, i normally get a response in English.

    • @MadokaKima
      @MadokaKima 3 года назад +65

      That's such a sweet thing you wrote about your wife. I think many Italians are very conscious about their accent when speaking English because it can be very thick and so recognizable. Thank you for reassuring us that, if we put some effort, we don't all sound like Matteo Renzi when we speak! :D

    • @smashedlittlek
      @smashedlittlek 3 года назад +26

      I feel embarrassed about my accent too..people often say that is sexy or cute but when I have to listen to it on a voice message I find it dreadful!!! I’m not that bad as this video( been living in london for the last 20 years) but still I have not managed to loose it completely!!! It is so annoyed!! I am aware that everybody has an accent, being from Ireland or wales or london or wherever! So one day I will have to surrender to it and learn to embrace it!!!

    • @alessandrorossi5992
      @alessandrorossi5992 3 года назад +13

      what a beautiful love declaration to your wife❣

    • @ParduzTube
      @ParduzTube 2 года назад +14

      To me (an italian), what reveals you as an english are the "R" and vowels pronounciation. If you learn to keep the vowel "monotonic" (so, not "evolving" in two or more different sounds) you've already done 40% of the job.
      Saluti da Bologna :)

    • @fabmorga64
      @fabmorga64 2 года назад +2

      Mr Renzi is NOT using Italian ad native speaker!!! He has used the word “giusto” in the meaning of “nothing , per nulla” . It was a conference about the minority left wing of PD . The journalist reported that he made a new approach to the minority of his own party (2016) when really he said to them f.. off!!!!!!!!

  • @M_i_c_h_a_e_l_
    @M_i_c_h_a_e_l_ 4 года назад +3811

    2:43
    "There's no /h/ sound in italian"
    Well boys we did it, toscana is no more

    • @palix2417
      @palix2417 4 года назад +110

      Attento che Toscana è Tuscany in Inglese

    • @TenToChiTo
      @TenToChiTo 4 года назад +39

      La gorgia è un fenomeno fonetico esclusivamente toscano, non influenza il sistema fonologico italiano. Quindi non esiste il suono [h].

    • @M_i_c_h_a_e_l_
      @M_i_c_h_a_e_l_ 4 года назад +140

      Ma avete davvero risposto in modo serio ad un commento meme?
      Qui non è il "oh stavo scherzando", qui è proprio un meme conosciuto unito ad una peculiarità regionale italiana
      E dai un po'

    • @dopeliffe
      @dopeliffe 4 года назад +14

      Quick question: why don't you guys say Happy instead of "appy"? If you learn english they must tell you the H does have a sound in english or let's say a different sound from italian. The accent is not a problem, italian accent is cool!! It's the pronunciation that you guys need to improve, speaking in general of course.

    • @M_i_c_h_a_e_l_
      @M_i_c_h_a_e_l_ 4 года назад +11

      @@dopeliffe H in italian exist but in a different way.
      The sound is like a lack of oxygen and only for word with the h at the beginning (hamburger hotel happy happen ect), word italian doesn't have but use in normal day (like hotel or hamburger)

  • @kinglebronisthegoat
    @kinglebronisthegoat 4 года назад +3212

    Title: "Why do Italians sound Italian?"
    Italians: "hmmm interessante"

    • @aid4nski215
      @aid4nski215 4 года назад +41

      giorno giovanna!

    • @herabros883
      @herabros883 4 года назад +35

      Buongiorno

    • @一ばん
      @一ばん 4 года назад +39

      Giorno stai popo zitto, che quelle poche parole che dite in italiano, le sbagliate pure😂😂

    • @herabros883
      @herabros883 4 года назад +5

      @@一ばん poracciò

    • @一ばん
      @一ばん 4 года назад

      @@herabros883 eh si

  • @giacomopanzacchi1438
    @giacomopanzacchi1438 3 года назад +2487

    "why do italians sound italian?"
    "perché gli inglesi hanno un accento inglese?"

    • @ericfiumano4694
      @ericfiumano4694 3 года назад +45

      in realtà sì.
      L'inglese americano, britannico, australiano e sud-africano sono decisamente diversi.

    • @didonegiuliano3547
      @didonegiuliano3547 3 года назад +23

      @@ericfiumano4694 intendeva quando parlano italiano

    • @giovanniacuto2688
      @giovanniacuto2688 3 года назад +15

      I have an Italian friend who studied English and phonetics at university in the UK. I first met her 45 years ago and you could not tell from her accent that she was Italian. She has been back in Italy since 1980. Her English remains excellent but inevitably her pronunciation of English has now reverted to Italian pronunciation

    • @tiniq7494
      @tiniq7494 3 года назад +1

      Fr 💀

    • @SparklyOrangeSoda
      @SparklyOrangeSoda 3 года назад +3

      Vero, io parlo spagnolo e il mio paese è una destinazione turistica, giuro che non si sforzano nemmeno di parlare spagnolo, si aspettano che tu parli con loro in inglese.

  • @tommasocesarato3831
    @tommasocesarato3831 3 года назад +1013

    No one:
    Absolutely no one:
    Italians when they see their flag: *sì ora questo video è sotto la NOSTRA giurisdizione*

    • @Momo_Kawashima
      @Momo_Kawashima 3 года назад +6

      @Katsuki Bakugo si

    • @emaaaaax
      @emaaaaax 2 года назад +30

      True, I can't tell you how many times I have seen videos of creators that have nothing to do with Italian and there are not Italian comments, but as soon as Italy is ever so slightly mentioned then the comment section is just ciao

    • @EdoardoMaggio
      @EdoardoMaggio 2 года назад +2

      volo

    • @michelaferrari262
      @michelaferrari262 2 года назад

      BAUAUAHHAUAJSH

    • @aurorabassani5446
      @aurorabassani5446 2 года назад

      Esatto

  • @javiercarnero5717
    @javiercarnero5717 4 года назад +3059

    Title: “Why do Italians sound Italian”
    Me: I don’t know probably because they are Italian.

    • @assunta4318
      @assunta4318 3 года назад +46

      you won it all AHAHAHHAHA love that

    • @eleoonorasole4846
      @eleoonorasole4846 3 года назад +51

      Idk like, I am Italian and its just my accen, I can't control it..

    • @luchidashi
      @luchidashi 3 года назад +5

      @@eleoonorasole4846 yes me too

    • @eliapadovano8860
      @eliapadovano8860 3 года назад +8

      Big brain time

    • @memesjaja938
      @memesjaja938 3 года назад +2

      😂😂😂😂

  • @井上-o9b
    @井上-o9b 4 года назад +2790

    Nobody:
    Absolutely nobody:
    RUclips: hey Japanese guy do you want to see why Italians English sounds Italian?

    • @auroraragazzoni4533
      @auroraragazzoni4533 4 года назад +112

      How in the world did you end up here? 😂😂

    • @weonanegesiscipelibba2973
      @weonanegesiscipelibba2973 4 года назад +20

      he's using this meme format. he's either a larper or a west-born halfie

    • @abcdefgh8830
      @abcdefgh8830 4 года назад +12

      @@weonanegesiscipelibba2973 lol yeah I don't know any Japanese people who watch videos in English and also comment on it....unless they're raised in the west or have moved there

    • @RenatoRamonda
      @RenatoRamonda 4 года назад +54

      Fun fact (that you may already know): Japanese and Italian are VERY compatible, sound/pronunciation wise. Aside for a few tricky consonants (like R), most sounds are the same :)

    • @sybariticcupboardrat3763
      @sybariticcupboardrat3763 4 года назад +24

      @@RenatoRamonda I totally agree. I'm not a language expert, but to me Spanish and Italian sound phonetically similar to Japanese. I think that's why it's called romanji when Japanese is translated phonetically for English speakers. The romanji translation is kind of using the Latin (Roman) rules of pronunciation.

  • @TheVector89
    @TheVector89 4 года назад +3756

    "Why do Italians sound Italian?"
    Italians: "E da me che voi? io te posso canta' na canzone"

    • @betdown2
      @betdown2 3 года назад +53

      Perché sono sotto il cielo sbagliato

    • @simonemaccarrone2401
      @simonemaccarrone2401 3 года назад +62

      FIRST REACSCION: SHOK.

    • @ghira86h
      @ghira86h 3 года назад +22

      For him I could say y foreign taking usa guys and UK ones sound too much English when talk italian? Ma a noi non c'è ne fotte un cazzo e li capiamo lo stesso senza fare video insulsi

    • @mirkoclay2357
      @mirkoclay2357 3 года назад +1

      Hahahahah

    • @rupom5881
      @rupom5881 3 года назад +7

      Ha scelto gli esempi migliori 😂😂😂

  • @nahhhhno
    @nahhhhno 3 года назад +77

    "Why do italians soun italian?"
    Ah yes,the Floor is made out of Floor.

  • @giuseppealbori8367
    @giuseppealbori8367 4 года назад +2480

    "Why do Italians sound italian?"
    Me, an italian:" Why do english people sound so english?"

    • @Vox5919
      @Vox5919 4 года назад +96

      Why do French people sound French?

    • @Detachedpoet224
      @Detachedpoet224 4 года назад +122

      Why do people speak?

    • @Vox5919
      @Vox5919 4 года назад +90

      @@Detachedpoet224 why people are people?

    • @CapoCongo
      @CapoCongo 4 года назад +32

      @@Vox5919 why are you askin?

    • @Vox5919
      @Vox5919 4 года назад +40

      @@CapoCongo why are you asking me why am I asking?

  • @tomm_accurate3942
    @tomm_accurate3942 3 года назад +3566

    Italiani: 64 milioni
    Italiano nel video: Renzi
    Ma porca puttana

  • @pietrosmusi2410
    @pietrosmusi2410 4 года назад +3976

    Matteo Renzi was the best part, he is the example of how not to speak English

    • @johnnyjoestar1184
      @johnnyjoestar1184 4 года назад +193

      Ogni italiano odia Matteo renzi.
      Ci rende ridicoli davanti a tutto il mondo

    • @michaelvickers5390
      @michaelvickers5390 4 года назад +21

      Verissimo

    • @angelodicarlo7026
      @angelodicarlo7026 4 года назад +47

      Almeno lo sa.... Quasi nessuno della nostra classe politica ne ha una minima conoscenza

    • @GiulioIannella1
      @GiulioIannella1 4 года назад +9

      Ahah Gesù cristo renzie

    • @johnnyjoestar1184
      @johnnyjoestar1184 4 года назад +26

      @@angelodicarlo7026 ma a te quello sembra inglese?

  • @CC-fx3xb
    @CC-fx3xb 3 года назад +485

    This is actually very helpful for Italians who want to improve their English pronunciation. Thank you!

    • @andybiancoblu1437
      @andybiancoblu1437 3 года назад +9

      Well, we could improve but it's so funny to see you English people getting mad for pronunciation 🤣 and of course, why should we mask our Italian accent, is there something wrong with it? I mean, as long as you can understand the speaker, I don't see why erasing what is an extra information about the speaker himself.

    • @GuapoAJ
      @GuapoAJ 2 года назад +9

      @@andybiancoblu1437 I mean.. im learning italian right now and i know native speakers who would be happy if non-italian speakers tried to imrpove and mask their accents because it would make it easier to understand. I think accents are prefectly ok but adding vowles and sounds that arent there, non the less wouldnt be proper, so as she said, this is good for people wanting to improve. If you dont then thats fine, the comments not refering to you.

    • @damianoabbina9967
      @damianoabbina9967 2 года назад +1

      @@GuapoAJ yea mane but SOMETIMES in some countries like France, for example, for us even ordering a dish is a big issue because if they recognize you're Italian they won't give you the order until you'll pronounce that dish's name correctly, like dawg c'mon dats ridiculous

    • @andybiancoblu1437
      @andybiancoblu1437 2 года назад +2

      @@GuapoAJ Sorry, but you are wrong. In Italy we have a lot of foreigners constantly speaking with their own accent and it was never a big deal, as long as grammar and logic are met.

    • @dxmaxoxo
      @dxmaxoxo 2 года назад

      Yea. He helped me a lot.

  • @gaez7803
    @gaez7803 4 года назад +4869

    Imagine Americans discovering that Italians don't talk like Super Mario

    • @GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc
      @GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc 4 года назад +268

      They'd be so surprised, because that's literally what they think all the time when they hear the word "Italian" or something else related to Italy

    • @gaez7803
      @gaez7803 4 года назад +46

      @@GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc Ahah vedo che sei italiano anche te

    • @Anne-mv1qk
      @Anne-mv1qk 4 года назад +77

      Saranno tipo sconvolti e delusi allo stesso tempo haha

    • @Dragonero1700
      @Dragonero1700 3 года назад +15

      It s not mario, hahahahhaa

    • @assunta4318
      @assunta4318 3 года назад +3

      @@GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc hai vinto tutto

  • @PazzoTrette
    @PazzoTrette 3 года назад +973

    Mancava solo "don't say cat if you haven't in the sac"

    • @rafven7594
      @rafven7594 3 года назад +124

      "If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike"

    • @csilla1703
      @csilla1703 3 года назад

      👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Letixia94
      @Letixia94 3 года назад

      AHAHAHAHAH 🤣

    • @SevenRedSuns420
      @SevenRedSuns420 3 года назад

      @@rafven7594 because you ride......her?

    • @vittoria2382
      @vittoria2382 3 года назад +7

      Sometimes may be good sometimes may be shit

  • @giovanni0330
    @giovanni0330 4 года назад +18210

    Gli Italiani che si sono trovati questo video nella home.
    ⬇️

  • @user-iz7hz3fo1z
    @user-iz7hz3fo1z 2 года назад +54

    Italian accent is the most beautiful in the world ..I'm Jordanian born and raised in Italy ...when I came back to my country people made fun of my Italian accent in English .... Even if it has been a long time since I left Italy ...this strong (beautiful) accent is hard to eliminate or hide .. Love for Italians they are the most charismatic people in the world

  • @massimilianosurricchio5657
    @massimilianosurricchio5657 4 года назад +868

    Io: leggo "Italians" nel titolo e clicco
    Sempre io: mi trovo come esempio Renzi che parla inglese
    AIUTO.

    • @nocomment00
      @nocomment00 4 года назад +12

      Ciao, sono un finto Italiano. Non badare a me

    • @Randaches
      @Randaches 4 года назад +11

      Guarda, "shish" a parte, ho visto persone parlare in inglese moooolto peggio di Renzi.

    • @PP-py
      @PP-py 4 года назад +2

      Vero? Sono rimasta scioccata.

    • @YaoiHoshi
      @YaoiHoshi 4 года назад +5

      Ti capisco, se questi sono gli esempi...

    • @kamaka5541
      @kamaka5541 4 года назад +2

      @@Randaches oddio...peggio di Renzi è difficile

  • @noelle2654
    @noelle2654 4 года назад +282

    Italian people saying "sh*t" instead of "sheet" is all I wanna hear every single day.

    • @gretavicinelli7064
      @gretavicinelli7064 4 года назад +20

      i’m italian and i’m laughting my ass out for this comment

    • @michela8539
      @michela8539 4 года назад +4

      I'M CRYING PLEASE

    • @claudiofiero8523
      @claudiofiero8523 4 года назад +2

      I can make a video for you lol

    • @chiaramariafrandina2893
      @chiaramariafrandina2893 4 года назад +8

      isn't so funny if you're in front of your professor during an exam...

    • @Urururu39
      @Urururu39 4 года назад +3

      i'm Italian and I'm crying 😂

  • @Seraltonyus
    @Seraltonyus 3 года назад +1887

    Meanwhile people with english as first language when they try to speak italian: "Moma mmia capucino buone, fettuccini alfredo e pizza con salami"

    • @eleonoraf7817
      @eleonoraf7817 3 года назад +163

      They don't even try

    • @laufert7100
      @laufert7100 3 года назад +21

      Fetucini e piiza, questi sono sbagliati nel tuo

    • @rockybalboa2484
      @rockybalboa2484 3 года назад +51

      piza, non pizza. non c'e' verso di fargli fare le doppie.

    • @rockybalboa2484
      @rockybalboa2484 3 года назад +86

      il trauma quando scoprono che la pasta alfredo non esiste ahahahhahahahhahah

    • @maddy_playzroblox9791
      @maddy_playzroblox9791 3 года назад +32

      I’m trying to learn Italian because my family and I are Italians and I want to be able to talk to my great-grandfather because he can’t really speak English

  • @vincecomuna
    @vincecomuna 3 года назад +160

    You know... my husband is italian....
    and I freaking adore their accent. It's the cutest thing in the world.
    I'm not english myself, so when we met we had to use EN as a common language to communicate.... and god, I loved the "adding -a" at the end of words. 😂

    • @秋梨-l1u
      @秋梨-l1u 3 года назад +1

      Are you gay

    • @chaennelchaennel
      @chaennelchaennel 3 года назад +12

      @@秋梨-l1u mind your BISINISS

    • @skaty1527
      @skaty1527 3 года назад

      @@chaennelchaennel Business

    • @MrMaximino92
      @MrMaximino92 2 года назад +2

      秋梨 What’s your problem you weirdo? Go to see a psychiatrist .

    • @IdkIdc-tw9ct
      @IdkIdc-tw9ct 2 года назад +6

      That's really cute :')
      As someone with a lot of friends outside of Italy (my native country), I think accents are great! They're so fascinating. More importantly, they're part of us. No one would shed their face or change their name just to fit in in an another country, so why should anyone feel pressured into changing their accent? That's my opinion at least, everyone is free to do as they please with their life🤷‍♀️

  • @samuelbeltrami5647
    @samuelbeltrami5647 3 года назад +1093

    Video: *contains the word "italians" in the title*
    Italians: WE HAVE BEEN SUMMONED

  • @martino1571
    @martino1571 4 года назад +460

    2:41
    Toscano enters the chat.

  • @freshotto
    @freshotto 4 года назад +2656

    - "Why do Italians sound Italian?"
    - "SHISH"

  • @igorgiusti2269
    @igorgiusti2269 2 года назад +17

    You don’t know how many English teachers I had in my life and none of them ever explained any of the things you have. I wish they had, It makes it so much easier! I especially found helpful knowing that English has 20 vowel sounds!

  • @pile333
    @pile333 4 года назад +1446

    We italians pronounce all the letters of the words.
    That's our vocal imprinting.
    Spelling usually makes no sense to us; it's practically useless.

    • @ilyanito76
      @ilyanito76 4 года назад +116

      pile333 Fenomeno naturale perché al contrario dell'Inglese la nostra lingua è fonetica e e non ha suoni complessi.

    • @andreaarienzo5505
      @andreaarienzo5505 4 года назад +62

      @@ilyanito76 esatto, le parole le pronunciamo come le scriviamo

    • @elle1530
      @elle1530 4 года назад +108

      Non è propriamente vero. L'italiano non pronuncia in maniera differente dalla fonetica le vocali. Abbiamo però i gruppi consonantici, che sono propri solo dell'italiano, nello specifico GNomo, luGLio, SCemare. Io conosco diverse lingue, e non trovo troppa difficoltà a livello fonetico nelle lingue che hanno regole fonetiche rigide. Ad esempio in tedesco, benché abbia un sacco di suoni che in italiano non esistono, le pronunce dei gruppi vocalici o consonantici sono sempre quelle, non variano da parola a parola. L'inglese presenta più difficoltà proprio perché non ha regole fonetiche così rigide, soprattutto perché essendo parlato in diverse nazioni ha pronunce differenti a seconda del paese.

    • @29Linkin09Park92
      @29Linkin09Park92 4 года назад +61

      @@ilyanito76 Volendo semplificare moltissimo è perché l'alfabeto latino è stato creato sopra la "nostra" lingua, quindi comprendeva i simboli per tutti i suoni necessari, mentre nel caso dell'inglese è stato adottato, e quindi adattato su dei suoni che non erano previsti in quell'alfabeto.

    • @gonzalo_rosae
      @gonzalo_rosae 4 года назад +5

      and so do Spanish
      lo stesso con gli spagnoli

  • @kevin-uy3yh
    @kevin-uy3yh 4 года назад +550

    Renzi is both the worst and the best example of an Italian speaking english

    • @misscleo378
      @misscleo378 4 года назад +31

      He was my favorite one to watch. My philosophy is, if a person can understand what you’re saying then you’re doing pretty good.

    • @gengiskhan6359
      @gengiskhan6359 4 года назад +31

      Renzi is just the best example of the worst

    • @dariobenzina
      @dariobenzina 4 года назад +12

      Giorno in jojo ha un accento migliore

    • @eleonora.mancini
      @eleonora.mancini 3 года назад

      We are not like him, he's special

    • @valeriogalli6380
      @valeriogalli6380 3 года назад

      @@eleonora.mancini he’s not special, he has a fucked up english. And that’s beautifully 🤌🇮🇹🍕.

  • @Giannifan1
    @Giannifan1 4 года назад +920

    For the same reason english sound english when they speak italian

    • @TheCarloCarlone
      @TheCarloCarlone 4 года назад +114

      I know someone from England who speaks italian. She went to a store asking if they had any peas without preservatives, wich she translated it to "avete i piselli senza preservativi?".
      The problem is that "piselli" (peas) is also a slang word for penis (like willy) and "preservativi" are condoms not preservatives.
      So yeah, but sometime pronunciation is not the problem and it's even more hilarious

    • @arnold666heartagram
      @arnold666heartagram 4 года назад +33

      When Terronian people speak English they sound Terronian not Italian

    • @edoardodamasco4407
      @edoardodamasco4407 4 года назад +14

      @@arnold666heartagram and from what country comes the terronian? I'm afraid i've never heard a nation with a name like this

    • @theracingzone2241
      @theracingzone2241 4 года назад +12

      @@edoardodamasco4407 I'm "terronian", terronian are people that lives in the southern italy

    • @micchirichiello83
      @micchirichiello83 4 года назад

      Yep! Case closed!

  • @_blossom_2208
    @_blossom_2208 2 года назад +5

    My bf is italian and I think his italian accent while speaking english is adorable, he's afraid that I might not be able to understand but I can. He's a sweetheart haha

  • @mamymimma
    @mamymimma 4 года назад +2624

    I'm Italian, and I found these examples of Italians mispronouncing English so hilarious 🤣

    • @michela204
      @michela204 4 года назад +13

      Verissimo 😂😂

    • @valy993
      @valy993 4 года назад +47

      Che vergogna in alcuni tratti 😂😂😂

    • @carmeloterramagra7135
      @carmeloterramagra7135 4 года назад +74

      @@valy993 non vergogna semmai ilarita' , abbiamo una fonetica diversa, comunque loro( gli inglesi) fanno ridere molto di piu' quando parlano in italiano tipo stanlio e ollio doppiati. Lui e' davvero molto bravo nella spiegazione degli accenti

    • @uzKantHarrison
      @uzKantHarrison 4 года назад +18

      Però devi dire che Monica Bellucci era ok

    • @Dancis07
      @Dancis07 4 года назад

      @@uzKantHarrison non mi pare che lo fosse, in quel video

  • @GabriBotte_F1.5
    @GabriBotte_F1.5 3 года назад +763

    Nothing :
    Italian when speak english :
    Resto del mondo - first reaction ScioCh

    • @chiaral2814
      @chiaral2814 3 года назад +1

      😩😩😩😩 what a shame...

    • @xxgioxx7688
      @xxgioxx7688 3 года назад +6

      first reaction: shish

    • @cristianlonigro
      @cristianlonigro 3 года назад +6

      in anmaind evrifinc is totalli connected wid de iuchei

    • @TessaNightfox
      @TessaNightfox 3 года назад +3

      Scioch BecÖoouze🤣😂

    • @gonzalo_rosae
      @gonzalo_rosae 3 года назад +2

      siocc!!! scioc becauussse

  • @starmisaa
    @starmisaa 3 года назад +967

    This video: not for Italian
    Italian people: oh yeah let’s check it out
    I’m Italian too :)

    • @alice-df
      @alice-df 3 года назад +24

      As an Italian, it was fun to watch and educational too!

    • @caterinabalint7931
      @caterinabalint7931 3 года назад +2

      I love your name and I'm italian lol

    • @elebruni4429
      @elebruni4429 3 года назад +1

      eheheh

    • @ashildrtheswift3028
      @ashildrtheswift3028 3 года назад +11

      It actually is, he literally asks people to share it with their Italian friends

    • @User-jm7up
      @User-jm7up 3 года назад +2

      Why not for Italians?
      It's very interesting for Italians too

  • @valestral
    @valestral 3 года назад +38

    i’m italian and i have a russian accent from watching tv , my papa always gets very annoyed . so thank you

    • @Donknowww
      @Donknowww 3 года назад +1

      @@peachibabe Hello greetings to russia from italy☺️ Yes we have probounciation in common thats true! :) I think our cultures get along very well! Very cool that you are learning italian :) I wish you lot of success! By the way how do you pronounce the letter 'h' in russian?

  • @YTSirBlack
    @YTSirBlack 4 года назад +982

    People around the world: Matteo Renzi
    Italian memers: Mr. Shish

    • @simonedagostino9358
      @simonedagostino9358 4 года назад +29

      Capisco, anche lei è un uomo acculturato

    • @mariiagoth7474
      @mariiagoth7474 4 года назад +11

      Mr. Shish 😂😂👌🏻bellissimo

    • @serenapalleschi7821
      @serenapalleschi7821 4 года назад +2

      Is not Matthew is Matteo

    • @YTSirBlack
      @YTSirBlack 4 года назад +1

      @@serenapalleschi7821 matthew is matteo in english

    • @ren_9435
      @ren_9435 4 года назад +8

      @@YTSirBlack It's MATTEO, not MATTHEW, even if you are American or English

  • @filippogambarota2387
    @filippogambarota2387 4 года назад +3860

    fun fact: english people are obsessed with English pronunciation but I have never heard an English person fluent in a second language, especially italian

    • @leticia8202
      @leticia8202 4 года назад +298

      As a foreigner residing in Italy: Italians do the exact same thing with their language. They obsess with some quirks of foreigners' pronunciation while the only language they speak well enough is Italian...

    • @theneedforspeeder9575
      @theneedforspeeder9575 4 года назад +30

      You haven’t heard. But i have

    • @azzurra-6442
      @azzurra-6442 4 года назад +366

      @@leticia8202 not really we don’t really care, we just hate when someone (usually i saw some americans show) say that can speak in italian then say a bunch of stereotype things like fettuccine or spaghetti and don’t even pronounce it well, we don’t really care about the accent, at least people that I know (sorry for my english its 2.00 am here and im really tired ahahha)

    • @leticia8202
      @leticia8202 4 года назад +84

      @@azzurra-6442 I believe you that you don't care and your friends are nice, mature people who don't care as well, but it's 9 years I'm here in Italy and there are quite enough people to allow generalising who care way too much and are also rude about it. Usually those are people who either know Italian only and not that well as they like to believe, or at most speak one and a half language and rarely use their second language outside of school, so they don't know how it feels to have actual conversation and navigate your life using a foreign language, but still are quick to judge and complain. People who speak other languages quite well, like you, are much less likely to judge others' mistakes even if they don't make them themselves, that much I noticed

    • @BioTheHuman
      @BioTheHuman 4 года назад +141

      @@leticia8202 Mmmhh actually I've never seen italians obsessed about accents or pronunciation. They try to correct you on double consonant sound, "gn" and "gl" one, afar from that, they're not so strict 🤷‍♂️

  • @thecipper6220
    @thecipper6220 4 года назад +1759

    I was waiting for “SHISH” moment. I’m disappointed 😒

    • @leogiolaj
      @leogiolaj 4 года назад +3

      bAHHAHAAHHAHHA

    • @M.M.4.4
      @M.M.4.4 4 года назад +16

      Non ho mai capito cosa volesse dire con shish hahah

    • @ChristianSaccani
      @ChristianSaccani 4 года назад +37

      @@M.M.4.4 she. Solo che si è incartato col verbo dopo e da lì è nato il mito.

    • @matteofabbris7877
      @matteofabbris7877 4 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/XH0CSzdHwg0/видео.html

    • @cosmodrome9478
      @cosmodrome9478 4 года назад +25

      @@M.M.4.4 Stava parlando della madre che piangeva davanti alla tv (e già qui se ne uscì con un favoloso "my mother cry IN the tv") e a quel punto per dire "she is" o "she was" se ne uscì con SHISH!

  • @thekingsamar5781
    @thekingsamar5781 3 года назад +232

    I'm actually proud of my Italian Accent

    • @lola58248
      @lola58248 3 года назад +4

      Io no :(

    • @thekingsamar5781
      @thekingsamar5781 3 года назад +4

      @@lola58248 Ti potrei chiedere il motivo, se me lo permetti?

    • @lola58248
      @lola58248 3 года назад +7

      @@thekingsamar5781 è solo che vorrei avere un accento inglese decente, tutto qua :( non mi piace il mio accento italiano, per niente 😔

    • @thekingsamar5781
      @thekingsamar5781 3 года назад +8

      @@lola58248 Si fiera di essere Italiana

    • @marcoashley8681
      @marcoashley8681 3 года назад +3

      @@lola58248 same

  • @mattiacannarella9334
    @mattiacannarella9334 4 года назад +403

    The "th" sound is also new for Italians, we often replace it with "t" or at least "f"

    • @siriokds
      @siriokds 4 года назад +2

      Like cockney

    • @valentina1219
      @valentina1219 4 года назад +26

      Exactly. Even in elementary school the way they teach you to pronounce the "th" sound is very awkward. I've been speaking English for 6 years and i still mess it up sometimes :)

    • @GoodMusicManiac999
      @GoodMusicManiac999 4 года назад +3

      Took me lots of practice but at the end I mastered that (the tip of the tongue has to touch upper front teeth)

    • @edoardoricci134
      @edoardoricci134 4 года назад

      That’s true

    • @iTube22100
      @iTube22100 4 года назад +5

      Perhpas you would say "d" not talking about the "t" of "two" pronounced "chu" (ciù in Italian) while the "t" of Mr Trump becomes ctramp like they pronounce in Trampani (that's a town in Sicily) !!

  • @ItzEm666
    @ItzEm666 4 года назад +900

    We don't add an "a" at the end of the word, we prunonuce the final consonant stronger than the others

    • @usernamemaybe
      @usernamemaybe 4 года назад +85

      E. M. We do add a sound called in the International Phonetic Alphabet shwa...it’s like a “uh” sound, and it is due to our use of vowels at each syllable

    • @shannevega1811
      @shannevega1811 4 года назад +5

      Esatto

    • @andryuu_2000
      @andryuu_2000 4 года назад +48

      aggiungiamo una vocale indefinita tipo la ë di mammëta in alcuni dialetti centro-meridionali

    • @Տ_ship
      @Տ_ship 4 года назад

      Yes yes yeees

    • @corallo65g
      @corallo65g 4 года назад +4

      I agree, we don't add an 'a' ......like some Asian population does

  • @ricplays5905
    @ricplays5905 4 года назад +1559

    Answer to the title question: they sound italian because they are italians.

    • @Im_pro-violence
      @Im_pro-violence 4 года назад +23

      Ric plays thanks dude

    • @naoko707
      @naoko707 4 года назад +19

      technically the truth

    • @Rocxfan
      @Rocxfan 4 года назад +6

      youtubers trying to get views and make people more self-aware of the way they speak
      "well yes, but actually, no"

    • @mariabalcan5260
      @mariabalcan5260 4 года назад +12

      That's not true I have a great American accent even though I'm Italian 😌

    • @micchirichiello83
      @micchirichiello83 4 года назад +1

      Accurate!

  • @antonioruggiero7763
    @antonioruggiero7763 3 года назад +110

    Renzi is the most famous example of english in Italy. After this news i can die

  • @coozye9306
    @coozye9306 4 года назад +417

    Im italian and my 5 years old sister speak english better than renzi

  • @claramocchetti9114
    @claramocchetti9114 3 года назад +445

    nobody:
    Renzi: "first reaction SCIOK, becossss"

  • @LaPaesanaAllegra
    @LaPaesanaAllegra 4 года назад +482

    Benigni più che italiano ha un marcato accento toscano! PS: SHISH 😂

    • @streetadvisor8127
      @streetadvisor8127 4 года назад +20

      Idem per Renzi. Se mettono loro come esempio ci credo che siamo presi per il culo 😂

    • @pocket9738
      @pocket9738 4 года назад +1

      Pure in inglese ci manca la c LOL

    • @massimilianozheng2799
      @massimilianozheng2799 4 года назад

      Suvvia ragazzi Oi Oi

    • @LaPaesanaAllegra
      @LaPaesanaAllegra 4 года назад +1

      @@massimilianozheng2799 Oimmena!

    • @marasmagiallogallo2519
      @marasmagiallogallo2519 2 года назад +1

      Da toscano trasferito a Rimini confermo, impossibile mascherarlo

  • @figure6758
    @figure6758 2 года назад +3

    "Why Italians sound italian?"
    OMG THE BEST QUESTION EVER IT CHANGED MY LIFE TO A WHOLE NEW ONE

  • @crisal1473
    @crisal1473 3 года назад +254

    "why do italians sound so italian"
    italians who can speak english:
    Renzi: Shish

  • @idk-xi4my
    @idk-xi4my 4 года назад +520

    For the same reason, English sounds like English when they try to speak Italian. They can't say a lot of words correctly, like spaghetti, grazie, a lot of names and a lot of italian brands

    • @rebeccamasserano4263
      @rebeccamasserano4263 4 года назад +60

      You should hear how they say "bruschetta" AHAHA

    • @idk-xi4my
      @idk-xi4my 4 года назад +45

      @@rebeccamasserano4263 they literally say "brusceda"

    • @Grassiedda
      @Grassiedda 4 года назад +14

      Zucchini per esempio 😖

    • @natofolgorato9556
      @natofolgorato9556 4 года назад +17

      Devi sentire come dicono "penne"

    • @paozan4855
      @paozan4855 4 года назад +4

      @@idk-xi4my ma perché parlate in inglese

  • @moomoo7946
    @moomoo7946 3 года назад +30

    When I moved to the U.K. from Italy many years ago, I became so obsessed with improving my English pronunciation that I completely lost my Italian accent - to the point that native Brits can no longer tell I wasn’t born here.
    I wish I’d never bothered and had kept my accent! 😕

    • @tomb.2224
      @tomb.2224 2 года назад +1

      bro, i want to do this to my italian. How did you do it?

    • @laurapavone3513
      @laurapavone3513 Год назад +1

      You worked hard, and of course you did a great job, not all Italians are able to do that. You wanted to be understood and made it easy for everyone to do that. To me it just means that you are very comunicative and you are good at using your voice to comunicate.

  • @mezza513
    @mezza513 4 года назад +628

    Devo dire che ho trovato questo video abbastanza interessante.
    E' stato molto chiaro nello spiegare esattamente quale sono le parole, consonanti,vocali e accenti che rendono l'accento "italian" così caratteristico.
    Non capisco perchè nei commenti alcuni si debbano lamentare, prendendo questo video come una enorme offesa. Mi sembra anche stupido esordire con: "ee perkè gli inglesi non parlano bene manko loro l'taliano"

    • @farawithouth1091
      @farawithouth1091 4 года назад +29

      A dire la verità gli inglesi non parlano nemmeno loro bene la loro stessa lingua 🤣🤣 figurati un italiano o straniero che sia 🤣. Come d'altronde esistono molti italiani che non sanno l'italiano usando solo o prevalentemente il proprio dialetto, gli inglesi sono uguali.

    • @frenesiavolante
      @frenesiavolante 4 года назад +11

      Ok ma che usiamo la Z al posto della S è la prima volta che la sento una cavolata del genere

    • @farawithouth1091
      @farawithouth1091 4 года назад +5

      @@frenesiavolante non in italiano ma in inglese con le parole con le lettere sm o sl

    • @oleksandraderzhylo2566
      @oleksandraderzhylo2566 4 года назад +18

      Siamo italiani dobbiamo sempre lamentarci di qualcosa 🤣

    • @Carlo_B
      @Carlo_B 4 года назад +28

      Ho conosciuto degli scozzesi i quali mi hanno detto che certi film americani parlano un inglese per loro "strano" e quindi non ci capiscono quasi niente. L'inglese è la lingua più parlata al mondo (insieme al cinese) e ha tantissime varianti. L'inglese britannico è diverso da quello degli USA e quello degli USA del Nord è diverso da quello degli USA del sud, etc. etc. Quindi come si può pretendere che un italiano, per quanto sia bravo, possa parlare un inglese "perfetto" o quasi, se nemmeno tra madrelingua inglese a volte si capiscono? Si potrebbe dire la stessa cosa per uno straniero che vuole imparare l'italiano. Io ad esempio vivo in Liguria, e certe persone di altre regioni di Italia non le capisco molto bene quando parlano in italiano. Saluti

  • @rabbit7261
    @rabbit7261 3 года назад +722

    italian: they are not into ending words with consonant
    preposizioni: am i a joke to you?

    • @ottobass9193
      @ottobass9193 3 года назад +4

      Lol

    • @hitch3367
      @hitch3367 3 года назад +7

      Infatti AHAHA

    • @ocia87
      @ocia87 3 года назад +53

      E infatti le preposizioni sono sempre seguite da una parola. Quindi le leghi alla parola successiva e non termini mai di parlare senza una vocale.

    • @temavero2124
      @temavero2124 3 года назад +16

      Immaginati contare quante parole nel dizionario italiano finiscono con vocali e quante con consonanti. Poi fare il confronto con quelle inglesi e vediamo cosa viene fuori ahah

    • @yamcha_fiorellocantatu6884
      @yamcha_fiorellocantatu6884 3 года назад

      italian dictionary: "si"

  • @rykalyx9915
    @rykalyx9915 4 года назад +108

    L'inglese maccheronico is an art! 🇮🇹

  • @carmelinaart
    @carmelinaart 3 года назад +7

    As an Argentine person, I have almost the accent and the gesture with the hand.
    So it will be easy to learn Italian 💅🏽✨

  • @meghanb8319
    @meghanb8319 4 года назад +184

    Me, an intellectual: because they’re Italian

  • @iamboly
    @iamboly 4 года назад +339

    omiodio hanno preso come esempio RENZI.
    shish.

  • @epipsychidionozymandias5021
    @epipsychidionozymandias5021 4 года назад +114

    "Why do Italians sound Italian?"
    Io, un'italiana: "...eh?"

  • @rezzoc91
    @rezzoc91 3 года назад +9

    My first language is Genoese, a regional language, and some of these don't apply to me directly (no geminates, presence of more vowel sounds and diphthongs closer to French, and some words do actually terminate with consonant like "bon", good) but we have more quirks like a nasal accent, a singing tone and others. You can really distinguish us from the others if our first language is not Italian

  • @sognidelchianti2920
    @sognidelchianti2920 4 года назад +778

    You've no idea how English accent sounds in italian... It's scary.

    • @L490sr
      @L490sr 4 года назад +37

      Why?
      I’m an Arabian who also speaks English with an American accent, now I’m learning Italian and I keep forgetting and talk with an American accent even tho the R sound in Arabic is similar to the Italian one.

    • @vickeo
      @vickeo 4 года назад +10

      @@L490sr haha, i feel you! I'm a spanish and english speaker and am learning Italian and I sometimes start mixing things up 😅, but knowing Spanish does helps

    • @steveneardley7541
      @steveneardley7541 4 года назад +21

      I was studying at the Marciana, and an American professor from Alabama was often there. She spoke Italian that was grammatically perfect, but her accent was completely undiluted Alabaman American. It sounded horrible but everyone understood her. She was well-liked because she was such an outgoing eccentric.

    • @L-mo
      @L-mo 4 года назад +12

      I am a native English speaker learning Italian and Italians always compliment my accent when I try to speak; maybe they are just being polite? ;)

    • @karenshokry3292
      @karenshokry3292 4 года назад

      @@L490sr me too

  • @jacksonpollon9568
    @jacksonpollon9568 4 года назад +1696

    Vabbè, parliamo di come gli inglesi parlano l'italiano? "Gianny Versacy". Right.

  • @pratibhahegde7314
    @pratibhahegde7314 4 года назад +202

    But you have to admit that Italian is very logical in terms pronunciation. I am studying in Italy. Even though I can't speak Italian well, I can read with a good pronunciation. Instead, in English if you give a new word, you can't pronounce it with confidence.

    • @ivanputignef2418
      @ivanputignef2418 4 года назад +28

      In terms of pronunciation, Italian is easier than several languages because it has indeed a limited set of sounds and the pronunciation is consistent, that is the rules are pretty rigid and with very few exceptions. Once you familiarise with the sound of Italian, you are able to write down what you hear, and you are bale to read anything you see written, without guessing: there is only one way to do it. The only thing that's missing are the stress diacritics that would tell how to stress a word (much like Spanish or Greek, for example).

    • @MyItalianCircle
      @MyItalianCircle 4 года назад +1

      @@ivanputignef2418 Very well put! The stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable, but there are many exceptions.

    • @rosafilosi3117
      @rosafilosi3117 4 года назад +4

      Italian is easier than English because it is mostly PHONETIC, whereas English is not always true to the letter being represented, so it drives learners mad when going from a more coherent and true to itself language than English that is never ever consistent. E.g. we have 's' sound represented by s as in send, or cent, as in money, pacific as in the ocean...just to name a few.

    • @shyeline5007
      @shyeline5007 4 года назад +1

      YES!!! Took me six months to get ONE accent right.

    • @anandadaquino3604
      @anandadaquino3604 4 года назад +3

      Yes! I'm Brazilian and we have a huge italian influence where I live, specially on the language. It makes much sense.

  • @LoStraniero91
    @LoStraniero91 Год назад +2

    I was in a Discord party with many non-Italian participants. Well, this British guy said to me "God, I love that Italian accent!". I was kinda "happppy" (lol) to hear that, but honestly I never bothered about my Italian accent when speaking English/German. For me having an accent it's cool and gives uniqueness to an individual.

  • @lorinait
    @lorinait 4 года назад +1001

    The quick answer is: because Italian in a phonetic language, English isn’t.

    • @contekozlovski
      @contekozlovski 4 года назад +42

      Italian is more phonetic than english, but it's not fully phonetic. Serbian is, because it has 30 sounds and its alphabet has 30 letters.

    • @ezioauditore1522
      @ezioauditore1522 4 года назад +51

      @@contekozlovski The Italian alphabet has 21 letters. It is a phonetic language and once you have learned the sound of each letter and taking into account some rules such as the use of C or G before the letter H or before I and E vocals; the correct use of the accents upper the vocals and something else; you can pronounce it exactly as it is written including double letters without excluding anything. Serbian has too many consecutive consonants.

    • @talideon
      @talideon 4 года назад +6

      You're conflating phonology with orthography. Italian and English are themselves no more "phonetic" then the other. Italian orthography is shallower than that of English, as the rules for writing Italian are simpler and have fewer exceptions. This, however, has little effect on how people *sound* when they speak beyond creating traps though misapplication of orthographic rules. An Italian speaker would still sound like an Italian speaker when speaking English even if either or both languages had no written forms.

    • @ezioauditore1522
      @ezioauditore1522 4 года назад +26

      @@talideon What you say is only partially true. In Italian dictionaries there is no phonetic representation of a word as in those of the English language. What I mean is that each symbol of the italian alphabet has its own particular and univocal sound, with some exceptions on the pronunciation of the letters C or G when they are close to the letter H. There are no pronunciation tournaments as happens in English-speaking countries. Only 3% of school pupils suffer from dyslexia compared to 10% of English speaking pupils and this is due to the fact that once you have learned the sounds of letters you can read any word you have never heard before.

    • @contekozlovski
      @contekozlovski 4 года назад +4

      @@ezioauditore1522 Serbian consecutive consonants are all pronounced, therefore it's a phonetic language.
      Italian is not because, as yourself said, there are some rules about the spelling of the words. Also the letter Q which is pronounced as K (italian C/CH) but for historical reasons it's used in some words.
      Example: italian word "Quaglia" is pronounced "Kuahllyah", it has 5 sounds.
      In serbian you can write it with 5 letters: Куаља (latin alphabet: Kualja (6 letters))

  • @heyrossieofficial6054
    @heyrossieofficial6054 4 года назад +708

    Nobody:
    Absolutely nobody:
    I’m an Asian (Vietnamese) watch why Italian sounds like Italian at midnight 😌👀

    • @shinelorenzomarino5626
      @shinelorenzomarino5626 4 года назад +4

      🤣 🤣 🤣

    • @shinelorenzomarino5626
      @shinelorenzomarino5626 4 года назад +14

      Beautiful Vietnamese if I can say in Italian, bellissima

    • @niga3
      @niga3 4 года назад +4

      @@shinelorenzomarino5626 ruclips.net/video/zuH9ZLEwLEg/видео.html

    • @whsprLenYT
      @whsprLenYT 4 года назад +1

      @@niga3 holy sh- you fricking killed him dude

    • @niga3
      @niga3 4 года назад

      @@whsprLenYT ruclips.net/video/zuH9ZLEwLEg/видео.html

  • @vincenzocannova6611
    @vincenzocannova6611 3 года назад +345

    Io: leggo il titolo del video
    Sempre io: “first reaction .. shock!”

  • @xdavix2578
    @xdavix2578 2 года назад +1

    Ringrazio come sempre la bellissima home di RUclips per regalarmi queste perle di saggezza grazie.

  • @divettacucciola
    @divettacucciola 4 года назад +79

    The real problem is that when you go to any schools the main focus is on the english grammar.
    From my experience I must say that I have never learnt how to pronounce words correctly. Nobody taught me how to do it.
    What was essential in order to pass the exams was the knowledge of the grammar.
    In Italy it's common thought that if you know the words, the pronunciation is not a great deal. Sad to accept, indeed I don't agree on this point.

    • @theKinoglaz
      @theKinoglaz 4 года назад +11

      yeah, not to mention that many teachers doesn’t speak a proper english either.

    • @davideventili2881
      @davideventili2881 4 года назад +5

      English in Italian schools is a joke, especially the pronunciation, the teachers are usually very bad unless young

    • @kirlian5399
      @kirlian5399 4 года назад +3

      I'd like to add that the focus is grammar onl until 2nd grade high school, then you start studying literature. And as important and interesting as it may be to know all the different english authors like Shakespeare, Coleridge or Wilde, now teachers stop caring about your ability to speak and only test your knowledge. And since all you've done until that point was listening to pre recorded dialogue and answered some dumb quizzez on your book, you have no idea about how to actually express concepts and ideas in english and having to study books you probabily don't care about is all the more difficult and frustrating.
      There are 5 people in my class who speak english at least decently.
      I've learned most of my english listening to Mumbo Jumbo explain how to build an invisible piston door and laughing at Pokémon memes.
      Other two of them have done the same.
      The last two are mother tongue.

    • @ttstts8001
      @ttstts8001 4 года назад

      Sono per metà tedesca e per metà italiana, noto con grande dispiacere che in realtà molti non studiano la grammatica come dovrebbero.
      E questa cosa vale per tutte le lingue, anche per il tedesco:molti vengono qui e pensano di imparare il tedesco parlando sul posto senza conoscere costrutti di alcun tipo.
      Ragazzi, la grammatica serve.

    • @bellissima78
      @bellissima78 4 года назад +1

      @@kirlian5399 You are exactly right. I'm a mother tongue Eng speaker and I tell my students (in a language school) that at their school, especially High school, it's stale useless English only to reinforce grammar. Every Italian teacher of English I have met has been embarrassed speaking in front of me. That says a lot. Unfortunately the curriculum and methods are old. Who cares what people are on the English coins and banknotes? If you read Shakespeare in Italian, it's redundant in English and not even useful since nobody speaks like that. My students learn so much from RUclips, Sky and memes.

  • @luckyluckydog123
    @luckyluckydog123 4 года назад +267

    I don't think that saying that 'Italians add a vowels at the end of words" is a correct phonetic description of what is happening. "man" doesn't become "manner" in an Italian accent (not usually, at least). What is happening IMO concerns the different pronunciation of consonants, especially stops (t,d, p, b) and the nasal n; in English they are generally pronunced "without audible release" and in a quick, clipped manner while in Italian they have a hugely audible release (the sound made by the escaping air in your mount when you release the tongue) and are just pronounced more slowly and deliberately. See e.g. the example around 0:49 "flag" with an Italian accent becomes (IMO) something like [flɛg] instead of 'proper' [flaːg̚]

    • @rob5197
      @rob5197 4 года назад

      I know what you. mean I notice it all the time, the reason in this case is that the little English they know was not taught properly

    • @sabrinatraversa6586
      @sabrinatraversa6586 4 года назад +2

      Exactly, they stress too much on the last consonant and that's what happens. If I say maNNN I end with a "vowel" too. 😂

    • @AnnabelleJARankin
      @AnnabelleJARankin 4 года назад

      I teach English and there certainly are some speakers who add vowel-sounds at the end, some much more than the examples given. What you say makes sense but the rhythm that is lost in words ending in consonants is what is being compensated for...

    • @alessandrospiridigliozzi7943
      @alessandrospiridigliozzi7943 4 года назад +14

      as an Italian, I can agree with you. We don't actually add vowels at the end of words... we simply pronounce strongly the last consonant because in our language every letter (consonants especially) is clearly pronounced. We don't have stops (or stoppable letters) like T, D, P, B so while English people might say HEAD as in HEA(d) with a stopped D... we just say HEADD with a very strong D.

    • @AnnabelleJARankin
      @AnnabelleJARankin 4 года назад

      @@alessandrospiridigliozzi7943 It is the most beautiful language to listen to and, I agree with the last comment on the video, everybody loves Italy!

  • @liebebile6515
    @liebebile6515 4 года назад +381

    "if the citnnzn'dzen decide to go HHHOUT?!"

  • @ccumma1149
    @ccumma1149 Месяц назад +1

    The Italian language is complex but Italian phonetics is one of the simplest in the world (we have fewer sounds in the phonetic alphabet). This is why most of us have more difficulty learning foreign languages. The historical reason is that Rome imposed its language on the Roman Empire for many centuries. The people of the empire had their own phonetics and did not understand Latin. So, they began to mix their own with the Roman one, expanding their phonetic alphabet. An example, "the" in English comes from the Latin "de". The English did not understand the Latin pronunciation of "de" and distorted it into "the". In Italy, however, the phonetics "always remained the same" for millennia

  • @ShoTxBliTz
    @ShoTxBliTz 4 года назад +2004

    Why do Italians watch Why do italians sound Italian?
    BOH

    • @ultimus7600
      @ultimus7600 4 года назад +18

      calma , non offendiamoci (il titolo peraltro è scherzoso); io l'ho guardato perchè praticamente corrisponde al titolo: "i principali errori di pronuncia degli italiani" ed è quindi utile

    • @marco.castiglia
      @marco.castiglia 4 года назад +10

      BOH is a single pronounced vowel. You are the imposter, and I am the pope.

    • @copernicofelinis
      @copernicofelinis 4 года назад +8

      To sound less Italian when speaking English?

    • @danyacc5149
      @danyacc5149 4 года назад +7

      🙏🏻 ma io che cazz' ne so scusi 🙏🏻

    • @marikaserasini2315
      @marikaserasini2315 4 года назад

      Because I'm curious😄😄

  • @greyja
    @greyja 4 года назад +121

    "If you can see your fingers through the sh*t-"
    *man awkwardly laughs* yes...

  • @cuccurucucuccurucu3780
    @cuccurucucuccurucu3780 3 года назад +56

    Me, an Italian finding this in my recommendations at 11 pm, almost 1 year after this was uploaded: *ah yes i want to know why do i sound Italian*

  • @jennieherring6179
    @jennieherring6179 2 года назад

    i live in italy and i am helping some o my amici learn to speak English better. This video helped a lot. Thanks. I would like to see more .

  • @elenaterzulli
    @elenaterzulli 4 года назад +162

    As an Italian, I can say that the TH sound as in "think" is one of the main difficulties for us.

    • @宏悦李
      @宏悦李 4 года назад +2

      Elena Terzulli try to used reckon. xD

    • @ilyanito76
      @ilyanito76 4 года назад +18

      Appoggiare un attimo la lingua tra i denti non è poi così difficile..

    • @palmadiolio3157
      @palmadiolio3157 4 года назад +15

      @@ilyanito76 si ma che rottura, meglio una bella TTT sonora sonora😂

    • @iacopocantoni
      @iacopocantoni 4 года назад

      @Emanuela Nac quella è davvero impossibile in effetti 🤣
      Per me è difficile anche "queue" ad esempio

    • @ilyanito76
      @ilyanito76 4 года назад +6

      @Emanuela Nac Difficile? È in pratica "FRÙ" con una f soffiata tra i denti.

  • @paolocastellani6490
    @paolocastellani6490 4 года назад +286

    Why do italians sound italian?
    Well, folks, as an italian I say that Italians sound italian because they ARE italian, I also think that Gambians sound Gambian

    • @juliashireen6195
      @juliashireen6195 4 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @thatsaysalotabout-man9547
      @thatsaysalotabout-man9547 4 года назад +1

      Yes yes, if you die you are dead becouse of death

    • @toffonardi7037
      @toffonardi7037 4 года назад +2

      too complicated for "la perfida albione"

    • @dariobenzina
      @dariobenzina 4 года назад +2

      Voto diesci

    • @emmaruth4642
      @emmaruth4642 4 года назад +5

      the point of this video is to demonstrate the characteristics of what makes an Italian accent 'italian', for me, who is trying to learn Italian, I can use this video in reserve so i can attempt to not sound 'english' when i speak Italian (so far im failing though =[)

  • @BrankyMusic
    @BrankyMusic 4 года назад +233

    The funny thing about Renzi is he does lots of hypercorrections because he think he can outsmart english people that told him he can't speak english well enough

    • @GoodMusicManiac999
      @GoodMusicManiac999 4 года назад +1

      Renzi is the baddest example

    • @ManubibiWalsh
      @ManubibiWalsh 4 года назад +7

      Almeno noi italiani ci proviamo a comunicare parlando altre lingue. Gli anglofoni manco fanno quello sforzo minimo.

    • @Zimisce85
      @Zimisce85 4 года назад +1

      "He thinks he can outsmart X" is a perfect label for Renzi's attitude and explains a lot of his rise and fall as a politician. Thank you for pointing it out. Greetings from Italy.

    • @BrankyMusic
      @BrankyMusic 4 года назад +3

      @@ManubibiWalsh Non è una gara a chi ce l'ha più lungo. L'inglese è parlato in tutto il mondo, l'Italiano solo in italia. Piaccia o non piaccia siamo noi quelli che devono fare uno sforzo se vogliono comunicare al di fuori del proprio paese. Tuttavia non ho mai sentito un anglofono venire in italia e tentare disperatamente di aprire tutte le vocali e raddoppiare tutte le consonanti perchè ha sentito dire che la pronuncia italiana è così.. questo è ciò che fa Renzi con l'Inglese, cerca di nascondere il suo maccheronismo e l'accento italiano sparando suoni "inglesi" totalmente a caso, risultando ridicolo.

    • @BrankyMusic
      @BrankyMusic 4 года назад

      @@xxAryAryxx Listen to some Benigni's interview and you'll see despite they're both from florence and the actor sounds very "Gorgiaous" (ghghgh) it's not like Renzi at all

  • @frankeddine
    @frankeddine 3 года назад +2

    You have just described my struggles with the English language. Thank you

  • @danielq888
    @danielq888 4 года назад +208

    "Fato" - "Fatto"
    Italians: agreed.

    • @anastasiacheers9164
      @anastasiacheers9164 3 года назад +17

      Di metanfetamina

    • @enricoaceto1435
      @enricoaceto1435 3 года назад +5

      @xxsonounproxx lol non l'ha capito, no "non la capito".

    • @iolaoCocco
      @iolaoCocco 3 года назад +4

      @xxsonounproxx lol l'ha capito perfettamente, infatti fa capire che per noi una singola lettera doppia cambia completamente il senso di una parola ed è molto frequente.

  • @FabianaJJ
    @FabianaJJ 4 года назад +147

    La Bellucci è più titolata di Renzi a fare il primo ministro

  • @susannagroppello751
    @susannagroppello751 4 года назад +89

    I am Italian, and I can assure you Renzi doesn't sound like an Italian, Renzi sounds like a Smurf...

  • @chia6072
    @chia6072 4 года назад +789

    "There's no h sound in italian" as long as youre not from Tuscany 😂

    • @CrimsonRaven51
      @CrimsonRaven51 4 года назад +6

      Sono Tuscano.

    • @Robogumo
      @Robogumo 4 года назад +16

      @@chia6072 **Toshano

    • @Alessietto_03
      @Alessietto_03 4 года назад

      @@Robogumo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @-sofi-4738
      @-sofi-4738 4 года назад +9

      Sono l'unica toscana che non sa dire "una hoha Hola con la hannuccia horta"? Mi impappino se ci provo. 🙃

    • @alessandromiragoli2068
      @alessandromiragoli2068 4 года назад +2

      Ocio, perché tra gli esempi c'è Benigni.

  • @marthasenha927
    @marthasenha927 4 года назад +490

    Tutti gli italiani che prendo in giro Renzi quando sanno benissimo che il 60%degli italiani non sa neanche salutare in inglese 😂🙃

    • @lampadinabruciata6172
      @lampadinabruciata6172 4 года назад +73

      puó darsi ..peró il 60% degli Italiani non ha ricoperto la carica istituzionale di Presidente del Consiglio😂🙃

    • @SantaCelest1na
      @SantaCelest1na 4 года назад +7

      c. iori avete entrambi ragione 👀😂

    • @Kenar.E
      @Kenar.E 4 года назад +19

      Perché il 60% degli italiani è composto da vecchi.

    • @CristianTraina
      @CristianTraina 4 года назад +12

      @@lampadinabruciata6172 a me interessa che un presidente del consiglio sappia fare bene il presidente del consiglio. E non sto dicendo che Renzi l'abbia fatto bene, ma sicuramente l'inglese non è uno dei miei metri di giudizio

    • @lampadinabruciata6172
      @lampadinabruciata6172 4 года назад +20

      @@CristianTraina certo..peró ,visto che un presidente del Consiglio, ha anche un ruolo di rappresentanza in ambito internazionale sarebbe gradita la conoscenza almeno dell'inglese..onde evitare di fare sempre la figura dei buzzurri peracottari😶

  • @siriolight1538
    @siriolight1538 4 года назад +756

    You literally choose the worst possible English speakers

    • @peachcats9222
      @peachcats9222 4 года назад +38

      He did it on purpose

    • @AnnabelleJARankin
      @AnnabelleJARankin 4 года назад +31

      They illustrate common mistakes though, I thought the video was very well done.

    • @luigiraso3747
      @luigiraso3747 4 года назад +8

      Agreed. But the video has to prove a point.

    • @AnnabelleJARankin
      @AnnabelleJARankin 4 года назад +4

      @@luigiraso3747 Very valid points....
      pity 't' for 'th' was omitted though!

    • @ErikvonStrongber
      @ErikvonStrongber 4 года назад +2

      there's no point in showing people who speak good (i.e neutral) English.

  • @luigibeccali2840
    @luigibeccali2840 3 года назад +3

    I had never thought about the /z/ sound we make when pronouncing words that start with sm o sl! To me it had always sounded the same but you are totally right! You never stop learning..

    • @laurapavone3513
      @laurapavone3513 Год назад

      Not every Italian pronunces SL or sm as a Z sound, I don't. Perhaps I should study Italian elocution 🤷

  • @ari-fo3bm
    @ari-fo3bm 4 года назад +281

    It's funny because hearing Renzi's bad accent he seems so stupid but then I realize that I make all of these mistakes as well hahaha

    • @shadow6687
      @shadow6687 4 года назад +14

      And the cool thing is that he seems so stupid also when he speak italian!!

    • @nonhoparolenonho9543
      @nonhoparolenonho9543 4 года назад +2

      So true.....i hope ill never need to say “bring the sheet to the beach” ...

    • @fifoland3555
      @fifoland3555 4 года назад +1

      @@nonhoparolenonho9543 a nightmare

  • @shyeline5007
    @shyeline5007 4 года назад +323

    It sounds like an "a" to you, but that's actually how we pronounce our consonants. They're way stronger and more pronounced than those of Anglo-Saxon descent, we elongate them. We also have double consonants, so that tells you a lot. It's more of a French "e" sound, between an "uh" and an "ah", but truly closer to an "uh".

    • @badcassandra2915
      @badcassandra2915 2 года назад +4

      true story: i didn't really hear any 'a' here

    • @gabrielesolletico6542
      @gabrielesolletico6542 2 года назад +1

      @@badcassandra2915 Sì infatti, ma che cazzo sta a dì!

    • @badcassandra2915
      @badcassandra2915 2 года назад

      @@gabrielesolletico6542 cavolate

    • @andreasalucci8603
      @andreasalucci8603 Год назад +2

      Ma cosa dite... è ovvio che per un madrelingua inglese è come se stessimo aggiungendo una vocale (la schwa), perché di fatto lo facciamo, ma non ce ne accorgiamo; e miglior simbolo inglese per ritirarla è proprio questo: "a"
      Il suono inglese corrispondente alla "a" è molto simile alla scheda, o comunque come noi crediamo di dire solo la consonante e ci mettiamo una schwa loro la pensano come una a ed è una schwa

  • @marcobisi7768
    @marcobisi7768 3 года назад +79

    I imagine someone asking you "could you make a video on how Italians sound so... (pause)... Italian?".

    • @chiaraalloi358
      @chiaraalloi358 3 года назад

      It's actually very useful... I recently saw a video ad an American living in Italy that doesn't understand why everyone guess she's American from a few words she speaks in Italian, a video like this one but for Americans sounding American could help her. As an Italian myself I found this very useful to understand where I make pronunciation mistakes, and I think that would be a good help for teachers teaching Italian people how to speak English to focus on the mistakes pointed out in the video, because sometimes people can be aware of the fact that something sounds odd, but can't understand exactly what and why.

  • @alexmisterpianoman
    @alexmisterpianoman 3 года назад +2

    Very interesting analysis. I think this may improve my Italian language speech as an English speaker.

  • @tz6035
    @tz6035 4 года назад +336

    I'm sorry but the thing about finishing each word with an "a" is so wrong... What kind of "a" is pronounced like that? It's actually a "schwa", a unstressed vocal sound, like the one you hear in the word "ehm" or "err".

    • @DrunkGeko
      @DrunkGeko 4 года назад +8

      Someone here just saw a certain Tom Scott video

    • @roborbiettinoisgone392
      @roborbiettinoisgone392 4 года назад +26

      Also he picked up the worst exapmlest.... MATTEO RENZI CAN'T TALK IN ENGLISH. THAT IS NOT ENGLISH

    • @tz6035
      @tz6035 4 года назад +6

      @@DrunkGeko nope, I studied Italian and English linguistics at a very basic level at the university

    • @nicolacappelletti9713
      @nicolacappelletti9713 4 года назад +7

      yes but it's typically an italian sound. You'd never hear a native english/american speaker pronounce it and it's one of the first things a native english speaker teacher tries to correct. Furthermore in some cities the dialect emphasise this sound such as in Umbria, the city where I live, lots of people mispronounce some nouns like "Coop" (even if it's an acronym) saying "Cooppe" or "Inps" (another acronym) saying "Inpse" and so on.

    • @tz6035
      @tz6035 4 года назад +12

      @@nicolacappelletti9713 yeah my point was mainly that it's not an "a" as Americans keep saying that it is, but it is the untressed vocal sound of a schwa

  • @Minakovenus
    @Minakovenus 4 года назад +701

    “Thanks for being so not italian” cit stanis la rochelle

    • @LucaBersano
      @LucaBersano 4 года назад +10

      Gianfranco Fini

    • @antoniomele4830
      @antoniomele4830 4 года назад +10

      Come sei americano

    • @Iskandarthebest
      @Iskandarthebest 4 года назад +18

      Mai e poi mai svilire il ruolo del Parlamanto

    • @doctorsmadness9807
      @doctorsmadness9807 4 года назад +1

      Adoro

    • @mattiacoppola
      @mattiacoppola 4 года назад +45

      Però c'è un'altra cosa che voglio dirti, che credo sia il vero, grande merito di questa fiction: è che non ci sono i toscani, capisci? Cioè nessuno che dice "la mi' mamma", "il mi' babbo", "passami la arne, la arta..." eh? Perché con quella c aspirata e quel senso dell'umorismo da quattro soldi i toscani hanno devastato questo Paese e questo lo devi scrivere per favore.
      Scrivilo.

  • @Vegan7
    @Vegan7 4 года назад +202

    I LOVE the Italian accent 😍 Italians make every language sound so beautiful when they speak it, their accent just adds so much life! 😍👌🏻❤️

    • @Nicamon
      @Nicamon 4 года назад +27

      When I was little I thought English sounded better if spoken with an italian accent,now I think we sound like cavemen,expecially because we pronounce the consonants in such a strong way..when I hear English speakers talking in Italian I think it sounds ridiculous how they pronounce their smooth R,but the fact is, since _in English_ you are SUPPOSED to pronounce them like that,I realized that it's _just as ridiculous_ to hear someone pronouncing the consonants too strongly when speaking English!X//-(

    • @federicoborghese1934
      @federicoborghese1934 4 года назад +17

      @@Nicamon i hate like english people prononce the "h" in some words , I don't want to feel your breath 🤣

    • @Sanslight_
      @Sanslight_ 4 года назад

      Thank you :)

    • @kigmaster
      @kigmaster 4 года назад +1

      @@Nicamon Se sei italiano come fai a dire questo, sei di origine inglese?

    • @Nicamon
      @Nicamon 4 года назад

      @@kigmaster Come faccio a dire cosa?Scusa,non ho capito cosa intendi...🤨
      Comunque no,sono Italiano purosangue!😉🟩⬜🟥

  • @EdoGiardo
    @EdoGiardo 3 года назад +10

    me, an italian, founding this:
    oh yes let me see why do i sound italian

  • @USPInx
    @USPInx 4 года назад +30

    I think people overlook the fact that, to show what kind of mistakes an accent causes, he was forced to take as examples people that *don't* speak English properly. That's why he chose Renzi, Bellucci and the exaggerated monologue of Benigni.

  • @jadecznnie
    @jadecznnie 4 года назад +27

    This video is very interesting, and as an Italian I would like to add one more thing that I noticed while talking in English. Basically in Italian there is the conjunction “CHE” that we use a lot to connect sentences and to the relative. In English “that” is not used as much as in Italian, so when we talk in English we are more likely to use “that” a lot in a sentence 😬🇮🇹

  • @Eileeleedon
    @Eileeleedon Год назад

    I play an Italian character at my local RenFest, and so many people, including a few Italian speakers actually thought I was from Italy. I remember watching this video and really thinking about everything I was saying and how I was saying it for a few months leading up to my audition, as well as sending it to an Italian friend of mine. Needless to say, these tips are VERY helpful and accurate.

  • @michelaverri5341
    @michelaverri5341 4 года назад +269

    Thank goodness not everybody here speaks like the people in your examples😂 especially Renzi is well known for not being able to pronunce correctly 😂I really enjoyed the video 😊😂

    • @althealieniz5200
      @althealieniz5200 4 года назад +15

      shish❤

    • @francescosaggese4826
      @francescosaggese4826 4 года назад +11

      Ahimè, molti Italiani parlano male anche la loro lingua!

    • @althealieniz5200
      @althealieniz5200 4 года назад +17

      @@francescosaggese4826 ma quando sei premier non ti è concesso parlarne male un'altra. Piuttosto non la parli e usi il traduttore. È un fatto di immagine che dai di te, e conseguentemente del Paese.

    • @francescosaggese4826
      @francescosaggese4826 4 года назад +3

      @@althealieniz5200 Assolutamente d'accordo!

    • @stefanoghidetti6340
      @stefanoghidetti6340 4 года назад

      mai mader crai in de televisionn!

  • @annaroasio1067
    @annaroasio1067 4 года назад +220

    Si ma non mi potete prendere Renzi e benigni come esempi, che loro l'inglese non l'hanno visto neanche col binocolo

    • @angelopompa1170
      @angelopompa1170 4 года назад +4

      @Ste Incazzato si ma ci ha messi in ridicolo come se siamo delle capre

    • @marcospa94
      @marcospa94 4 года назад +1

      Ammetto che il mio orgoglio ne risente molto se la gente pensa che noi italiani parliamo come lui!!

    • @tianadean9950
      @tianadean9950 4 года назад +4

      @Ste Incazzato vero ma, perché non ci si sofferma mai sul fatto che la maggior parte degli anglosassoni non riesce a parlare in italiano in modo decente?

    • @SilentKillerPrince
      @SilentKillerPrince 4 года назад +4

      @@angelopompa1170 non è che il tuo commento sia particolarmente evidenziante il contrario

    • @federicaxx9452
      @federicaxx9452 4 года назад +1

      Raga, la dovete finure di credere che gli stranieri parlino delle capacità linguistiche e non dell'accento.