How to Improve YOUR Italian Pronunciation

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Can't believe people disliked this video... 🙄 Thank you Manu for the hard work, I kindly appreciate it!

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Thanks to you, Geovani Aleksandr!

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[@italymadeeasy]

Improve your Italian pronunciation with this never-before-spoken-about trick! Migliora la tua pronuncia dell'italiano con questo trucchetto mai reso pubblico prima d'ora! Buono studio!

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Italy Made Easy

[@bluemantom77]

Italy Made Easy well I'm half Sicilian and I was raised Irish didn't know my father and I would like to know about my other half and learn language better so I appreciate these videos gratzi

[@johnmartin3134]

Italy Made Easy love the video. I also like to take every consenant and add every vowel to it. It helps to cover most sounds.

[@marksongenevive501]

Please i need u one on one

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

Thomas Carroll The correct spelling for Thank you in Italian is Grazie and not Gratzi

[@patriciaobrien5977]

Really great explanation of a really common challenge. In English we switch around the vowel sounds, tones, lengths etc, and Italian is much more consistent! I’ve been told several times not to talk ‘so expressively’ and to ne more ‘flat,’ and your description of the consistency of verbs was an ah-ha moment for me. Grazie Manu!

[@studywithmo8126]

The Italian language is so beautiful.. It shows the personality of the italians.. that they have respect to everything and everyone every word and letter is important for them. I love this language and the italians! Hugs and kisses from Bulgaria🇧🇬🇮🇹 stay positive everyone

[@italymadeeasy]

What a nice metaphor, grazie! 😍

[@michaelkrikorian5818]

Grazie Manu! Il tuo approccio e la gentilezza significa un sacco.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te, Michael!! I appreciate your kind words!

[@tusienka100]

Ciao, Manu! La mia madrelingua e polacca e il modo di pronuncia delle vocali e molto simile di quello italiano - questo mi aiuta molto a imparare l'italiano. Grazie per tutte le tue spiegazioni bravissime, sono molto utili! :)

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@jubileecraviotto621]

Thank you so much for this lesson! I have been trained in classical music including many an Italian aria. I learned in these classes to over accentuate my vowels and to put way to much emphasis on them. I am traveling to Italy in 4 months and was SO grateful to have found your classes. You just saved me a lot of time and confusion. Thanks again!

[@alexisgarner1090]

WX

[@stevemartin6192]

You make a great point around 1:50; there is nobody doing some of the theory you are doing. It’s almost like you have a sixth sense about the troubles a learner of language goes through. Thank you.

[@SuperTikes]

This is golden. I just started learning last week and just realized that I’m 100% guilty of this lol and I’m thankful I came across your video! Grazie mille!

[@JoeesJewelry]

Manu, I have been thinking that pronunciation was the least of my worries, but yesterday I wanted to use the expression you taught us "e che cavolo" with one of my speaking partners and my pronunciation was so bad that I said "e che cavallo" which he didn't understand until I explained it in English....he laughed for 5 minutes and then he pulled himself together and we practiced saying it correctly. It was really great but thank you for this lesson!

[@jankeys4729]

joee balestrieri Hi Joee, I have an Italian friend who I Skype with. We met him in Italy. Would like to Skype with another native speaker. What is the best way to find someone? Best wishes Jan Keeys

[@italymadeeasy]

Well, pronunciation IS the #1 thing we need to focus on with Italian!!! Help is on its way, don't worry!!

[@JoeesJewelry]

Jan Keys "yes Jan, thank you I would love it. I have 9 speaking partners now but I still don't practice every day because of the time difference. I'm having problems with SKYPE. Nobody can find my account...technicians are trying to fix it....2 weeks now! I can send contact requests but sometimes the other person doesn't see it. You are so sweet to offer this! Grazie mille!

[@JoeesJewelry]

It is difficult because KZbin comments are public so putting contact information on here is a bit of a risk...the whole world can see it! I haven't figured out what to do about this. I have wondered if Manu could help somehow so that his students could safely contact each other.

[@kellymccormick3418]

Manu: I LOVE THIS LESSON SITE! I HAVE TAKEN 2 ITALIAN COURSES AND YOU ARE MUCH BETTER THAN ANY PROFESSOR I HAVE HAD...THANK YOU FOR THIS!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Kelly Mccormick! Happy to be helping!

[@austinmenezes8074]

lol i love that this is so easy for me cause I already know Spanish

[@italymadeeasy]

Lucky you!!!! But don't forget the Italian open sounds for E and O!

[@e.maevillalba6820]

That's how I chose Italian, because I know Spanish lol.

[@aguarameiryo]

This is a really good video. I know Spanish too, and trust me that this tips are useful even if you speak Spanish. I have classmates that haves the same problems and we all speak Spanish in the class.

[@VDiaz-cp9iu]

Me too

[@druzylash2262]

Thank you so much for making this video! Being 50% Italian, I was never taught and I only speak English since I live in the US My family in Italy only speaks Italian and I’m eager to learn to be able to communicate with them.

[@85sharifa55]

Thank you very much for your videos, found them just recently. Because I am from Finland I have to "train" two languages at the same time, while watching your videos! Your english is really clear! My second best language is german, so now something very new for me with Italian! Greetings, Airi.

[@italymadeeasy]

Thanks to you, 85sharifa!

[@inaltacetable]

Manu, Ti ringrazio tanto per questo video! Ogni tanto pensavo e non sono riuscita a capire perche la pronuncia e abbastanza facile ma gli Italiani suonano sempre come gli Italiani. Ecco... Il segreto e aprire i vocali di piu e dirli in modo piu chiaro! Grazie tanto! :)

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie Kasia, continua a provare e giorno dopo giorno andrà sempre meglio! :)

[@giannapolizzi6729]

I have been learning Italian in school for the past 3 years and know the basis of the language but would love to become fluent so thanks so much for your channel!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te Gianna!! Continua a studiare e guardare il mio canale!

[@gregoryhammond9541]

Another great instructional video for this American. Grazie mille Manu

[@meygrey7420]

Adoro i tuoi video, molto easy da capire sia in italiano che in inglese e ti poni in una maniera, secondo me, dolce, rispettosa e umile. Grazie, continua così! :)

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te, Mey Grey!

[@chickenpea111]

Super helpful. Love your channel. Grazie mille!

[@italymadeeasy]

😘a te!

[@maryanneparker863]

I really like your videos thanks for all the help you have given me

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Maryanne Parker! Happy to be helping!

[@Aisha-ej8lj]

You’re the best teacher on the net 🙏🏻♥️

[@patriciaobrien5977]

Consiglio fantastico! Grazie.🤗

[@italymadeeasy]

😘a te

[@nataliacampuzano5662]

El mejor enseñando italiano Manu! Los mejores videoos y bastante entendibles, siempre Gracias!

[@jfbssp]

Grazie per questo video. Io parlo come un americano. Questo video mi aiuta.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te, Jerry!!

[@sameash3153]

English is a stress timed language, so I believe it is hard for English speakers to learn how to give equal weight to all the syllables of a word. It is normal for us to put more weight on one syllable and then to speed up, clip, and elide unstressed syllables so that the rhythm consistently falls on stressed syllables when we speak. I used to conduct in 4/4 during my teachers' lectures sometimes, and virtually always, the stressed syllables would always end up on the beats of the conducting pattern. Stress is our defining rhythmic feature, moreso than vowel quality and word length. So, we naturally overstress when we speak in other languages.

[@marcoferrax1837]

Ciao Manu, ti faccio i miei complimenti perché spieghi davvero bene, io sono Italiano ma la mia fidanzata è straniera (Olandese) dunque sono contento che tu sia in grado di spiegare bene in inglese ciò che è importante imparare! Complimenti complimenti complimenti 👏👏👏

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille per i complimenti! Ci piace ricevere dei feedback anche dagli italiani! 😍

[@victorianghost7519]

Una lezione fantastica!!! Grazie mille, Manu!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille!

[@EachpieceSounique]

Italian vowels are pronounced like we pronounce them in Mãori. Mãori are from New Zealand.

[@brijrussell83]

I have recently started learning the language and my Italian friends say I have a good accent. I think the problem starts if you don't have a teacher, or someone to correct you (or speak with). Language books say in most cases to emphasize the second last vowel, ie: andiAmo. So students may string the words together like a song 'StasEra andiAmo Al cinEma", then there are exceptions like "cInema"where the 'i' is emphasized. So this video is really good, because it gives students an idea that a certain vowel is emphasized, but this is not to be exaggerated. I still probably make loads of mistakes with pronounciation, by learning all the exceptions. sAbato, il tAvolo, la mAcchina and so on.

[@karmabosman7206]

This is great. Thank you!!!

[@Laughcrime]

Really fantastic video! First time I've ever heard anyone address this. And I think it's super useful. Grazie mille!

[@italymadeeasy]

Thanks to you, Laughcrime!

[@capricorn.z1979]

I'm learning Italian and I really love your videos thank u so much! From Sudan ♥️

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[@dinartlk780]

Love from Sri Lanka.. Thanks

[@rebeccagarrardart]

Thank you so much for these videos. I'm trying to learn basic Italian in a month before I go again and these videos are really helpful!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Rebecca Garrard! Happy to be helping!

[@freddystingray1877]

Thank you Manu it is helpfull. Wishing to be more often in Italia to apply your lessons. Your energy and enthausism is so strong. I love your video's. Keep up your great work. Kind Regards Walfred

[@italymadeeasy]

Thanks to you, Freddy Stingray!

[@megand175]

Wow, just watching this short clip about the vowel rules has made me so much more confident with my pronunciation. And I’ll definitely tone things down a bit! Thank you!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@forciamendoza6149]

Grazie mille! Im so thankful for the videos you made. Please create more italian lessons for me.

[@DouglasProject2010]

It is very recommended for foreigners to try to speak slowly for better understanding. It is a good tip for any language.

[@staleyova8764]

Not only I learn so much from your videos as I'm also in a better mood after watching your videos :D I love the way you're teaching Italian

[@kenesu1281]

Grazie

[@stevendegliangeli7640]

Manu, sei un bravo insegnante.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te, Steven Degli Angeli!

[@mickyp4]

ABSOULOUTLY BRILLIENT !!!!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille!

[@solmeans8690]

Bless you.thank you.

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[@lichgameplay]

Grazie mille, professore. Un altro abbonato per te.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te, Gustavo R!

[@NoHealerJustPain]

Great lesson! Italian language in this way seems very simile to French: where all the syllables are quite equal otherwise English or Russian with their Morse code rhythm in fact.

[@chelmull8911]

This is great! I'm trying to educate myself before going to Italy, since it's always more fun to know at least a little of the native language when visiting a new country. Grazie mille!!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Chelsea Mulligan! Happy to be helping!

[@brianaschino4903]

This video is great! I've moved away from most of my italian speaking family so this is a great refresher!!!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Briana! Always happy to help!

[@TheMu6]

KZbin just recommend this video, it's great because I want to watch more content in English and also I want to learn Italian

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@paulinaczerwonka2383]

Greetings from Poland! :))) Thank you for help in learning Italian :)

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te, Paulina

[@luckyluckydog123]

powodzenia w nauce, Paulina!

[@metcruza5536]

Great video. Unfortunately I only speak Eolian dialect. And still from Australia they have no idea about my Terrible accent. I'll practice what you taught. Grazie

[@danielpineda508]

Manu! Grazie mille per questo video. It makes a lot of sense. I recently discovered your channel and I'm enjoying your videos a lot! Very useful information. Keep up the good work!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Daniel Pineda! Happy to be helping!

[@zxcvbnm6669]

Great video. Helped me alot..

[@Tjmckinley34]

You are an amazing teacher! If you were in my school I’d nominate you for teacher of the year!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@brandys.8243]

This helped me a lot. I like this. Grazie!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@Guoer2view]

Grazie! ur such a patient teacher!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@christinam6430]

Grazie per questo video. È molto utile!!

[@tracypeel6424]

Thank you Manu. This is exactly what I have been looking for and please keep this type of video coming.

[@italymadeeasy]

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awesome video, the best KZbin Channel to lrn italian

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Samba! Spread the word!! ^_^

[@mohammadreza.beygifard]

Ciao non parlo in italiano. Vorrei andare al Italia e tuoi video mi aiutano. grazie!

[@fabriziolupo1262]

Semplicemente bravo!!

[@kirstino3551]

Grazie mille. I realise now where some of my mistakes lie. Ciao !

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@stovepop]

wonderful videos a great help

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Steve Ryan! Happy to be helping!

[@diwallach1388]

Loved this video. Very helpful. Thanks.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Di Wallach! Happy to be helping!

[@cherylfarruggia6393]

You are wonderful. Your English is very good. Parla lentemente, Gracie

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@rickyicemoney3880]

I love this video. Thanks for your good work

[@nickp3949]

For me, it's the pronunciation of the letter "L" and the letter "R" when it's in the middle of a word. For example, with "L", when Americans use "L", as in the word "lava", we put the tip of our tongue on the buttom of our front teeth. But when Italians use it, they seem to roll their tongue beack to where the bottom of it is touching the roof of their mouth, almost giving it a more elegant sound (like how you roll the "R", but without the vibration). I try to make my "L's" sound like this, because it's a dead giveaway that you're an American trying to speak Italian, but it's hard for me. With the "R's", I'm fine if it's at the begging of the word, but when it comes in the middle, it's hard for me to transition to the rolling of the tongue in the middle of a word. The "O" can be hard sometimes too because if I'm speaking faster I say it like the American "O" instead of the Italian one...they're similar, but you can tell the difference.

[@ege561]

Italian pronunciation is so easy for Turkish people.

[@YogaBlissDance]

I was totally doing that! IN fact a followup would be nice where you give more contrast examples ie. bad & good with same word!

[@bokrarup491]

Oops, l forgot to say that l am a great fan of your videos and really enjoy your embracing approach to language teaching!

[@italymadeeasy]

Thanks to you, Bo Krarup!

[@gregoryhammond9541]

I’ve been looking for this very instructional video Manu! What a big help it is. Grazie tante

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te per aver guardato il video, Gregory Hammond! Un abbraccio! ❤️

[@romanherink2411]

Very good explanation. For me it is not to hard because I speak a little bit French and Spanish.

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@romanherink2411]

@@italymadeeasy Grazie per la tua risposta.

[@alessiomarin1218]

I have no problem with the vowels or the intonation; I mainly have issue with more difficult things like when R comes either before or after very specific letters, and makes it hard to pronounce a particular word, or one word after another, for example. I need a video that addresses pronunciation improvement for advanced learners. Is it possible you could make one?

[@davebenenato1716]

As an Italian/American. I think that we over exaggerate the vowels is because we Americans extend our vowels. Example; cappuccino. In the North-East American. I would say “caaapa-chinO”. But the vowel sounds will change in America from region to region. And yes the cinema does over exaggerate or stereotype foreigners. Thank you for your work. Dave

[@daisylee4287]

都讲急眼了哈哈😄 haha, I’m truly agree with that what u are saying in this video！

[@livekaloo]

this video reminds me when I watched The Godfather in the original language (i'm italian). it was fascinating to listen actors like Robert De Niro speaking italian but actually that wasn't realy italian for the most. However, I really enjoyed the effort!

[@לעזאזלעםגוביידן]

Italian pronounciation same with my language (Indonesian and javanese)

[@imadnm1]

yo da man! very helpful. Grazie Mille Manu.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te!!

[@davidabarak]

When I was a lot younger I took Spanish lessons and it seems to have helped with most of the basic pronunciation in Italian. I think one small part of the over-pronunciation of vowels, for me at least, might come from the difficulty in transitioning directly from one vowel to another; for instance the transition in "ovest e est." I know it would be smooth for someone proficient in Italian but I know I have a tendency to trip over those pesky vowel-to-vowel transitions. Time and experience will help, I guess.

[@sluggger]

I admit I sometimes do this when reading Italian, but my biggest problem by far is just not using the proper sounds in the first place because they're subtly different from other languages... when I read something out loud in Italian that I'm not familiar with I find my brain goes into backup mode and begins pronouncing the letters either as if I were reading Spanish or Church Latin, since those are two languages I've studied before this. The other thing I do is because I have studied Russian for so long (I hope that to be my second language someday) and because that's where I first learned to roll my r's (my native language has no trills or taps in ordinary speech), in every romance/Latin language, sometimes I find myself using the Russian r sound instead of the proper Spanish/Italian/Latin/whatever r's.

[@Guyomar]

Penso che abbia ragione - i stereotipi culturali influenzano molto la percezione dell'Italia negli Stati Uniti

[@lacampeonacentro]

Buen video, se entiende muy bien. En pocos meses estaré preparada para hablar italiano :) Saludos desde Perú sigue adelante!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, Alondra Sanchez! Sono contento di aiutarti!

[@editork9650]

thank you

[@janets9060]

thank god i found you, this is great THANKYOU

[@italymadeeasy]

I'm glad you did!!! Grazie mille!

[@silvousplait7847]

Italian comes extremely simple to Spanish-speaking people. Pronounciation also comes quite easy if your language is melodic. Just don't over-extend the end with a high, then low pitch. I come from Guadalajara and a ranch in Tonaya; My accent sounds quite similar to italian, but more hillbilly.

[@maddywheeler8962]

These videos are really great!! I want to study abroad in Italy one day so I needed this 🤓🤗

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@MrBlps]

Very good!!!

[@editork9650]

your video is really useful

[@ulileena6103]

Hi Manu, greetings from Bali! Thank you for the lessons. I will keep subscribe your channel coz I am planning to take Italian course. My passion in Italian foods & songs made me really interested to learn your language, Ciao :)

[@williamrees6662]

Grazie! Sono seminarista studiando a Roma. Mia nonna è italiana e parlo italiano abbastanza bene, ma quando ascolto una registrazione della mia voce, ci sento che mia accento è troppo gallese! Non ho delle difficoltà che Lei mostra, ma mi aiuta fare pratica nulladimeno.

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@VideoSmirf]

The "flattening out" of the syllables is what makes native speakers sound like they speak so insanely fast! It is much easier to distinguish the words if one syllable is stressed, which may be why learners do it...

[@jamieott3093]

Lol! Troppo emozionante quando diciamo cose

[@aspiebear]

Thank you for the clarity. I have noticed that Italian waiters (in italy and outside) often speak to non-Italians in the exaggerated way you are talking about. Might it be them romancing themselves or Italians in general, because they think that it is expected by non Italians?

[@HaiderAlZubaidi]

I speak Arabic, and i love Italian language so much

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@JanFee]

Thank you for this very interesting video ! I've been learning Italian for 1 month and it was indeed one of my mistake... I'll be careful about that now ! ;)

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, JanFee! Happy to be helping!

[@dkscca]

helpful as always!!!!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@张宇超-s7h]

you can make more video like this about mistakes.and everyday chat. like if I want to discuss with my friend about movie,tv,sports,dating.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille, 张宇超. Ottima idea! Added to the list!

[@Le_cuisinier.du-chienne]

great video sir👍👍👍👍👍

[@base-on-reality]

Grazie mille!

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie a te, Nui-Klaibaan! Sono contento di aiutarti!

[@marieclaggett5557]

Can someone tell me, is "here we go": andiamo and "we are going" are the same in Italian? Thank you. Your lessons are great. I can't wait for you to get back online in Texas.

[@marieclaggett5557]

Sorry for the bad english grammar.

[@italymadeeasy]

Ciao Marie. "Here we go" is used for "ci siamo!" "cominciamo". "We are going" is "stiamo andando"😉

[@marieclaggett5557]

@@italymadeeasy Thank you!