I Learned Italian in 24 Hours

Sign up to Babbel today to get 50% off 6 months for a limited time only: bit.ly/Xiaomanyc Today I attempted to learn to speak Italian in 24 hours (actually just 12 hours but 24 hours sounds better in the title). I teamed up with lots of native Italian speakers to try and tackle this beautiful and fascinating Romance language and I was able to make significant progress in just one day, particularly because I already spoke Spanish - they are really similar! I loved learning the language so much that I actually plan on continuing to learn the language after the challenge (with Babbel, actually!).
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Liù (the first one): www.italki.com/teacher/7689801
Umberto (the older Neapolitan guy): www.italki.com/teacher/6700408
Francesca (the other woman teacher): www.italki.com/teacher/6299818
Marcello (the funny guy with the long hair): www.italki.com/teacher/2363267
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[@xiaomanyc]

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[@_gav__]

gg

[@lupercc]

You gonna probably learn all languages

[@okokok1178]

Yes you are learning italian!!!! It’s my favourite language!That makes me so happy :D

[@zynixyt6031]

Try this in Latin that sounds like a fun challenge

[@anargyroi]

You've gotta try it with Greek too some day. Greek in one day.

[@Tancrew]

I'm italian and I don't even know why I'm watching this lol Edit: thnx for the likes Edit: wow, i got famous

[@4WindsofChange]

Me too 🤣🤣🤣

[@JacobAbinante]

Cuz part of you wanted to judge how well he speaks

[@professorx4270]

Anche io lol

[@valeriolama1]

Io l’ho guardato per farmi due risate, l’accento dopotutto è la parte difficile per chi parla inglese come lingua madre.

[@tancredidemolli8790]

Oddio un altro Tancredi, pensavo fosse un nome estinto 💪

[@lobstahrmccoy3962]

"Io amo la carne sulla pizza" Teacher: *immediately initiates exorcism*

[@callmejeff4863]

Hai ragione 😂

[@-onlykvle_]

Ahahhahaha

[@buonopesci]

At least he didn't say pineapple

[@callmejeff4863]

@@buonopesci true, hehe:)

[@Chris-xe7bx]

@@buonopesci amo l'ananas sulla mia pizza 😃

[@diegomosneagu3266]

Random guy:*learn italian in 24h* Cristiano Ronaldo after 3 years in italy:"ti aspecto" Onestissimo.

[@davideamodeo6100]

Cristiano parla portoghese, inglese e spagnolo come un madrelingua, ma sono sicuro che tu sai fare di meglio 🤡

[@diegomosneagu3266]

@@davideamodeo6100 cosa vuol dire io so parlare italiano, inglese e rumeno come un madrelingua fAi dI mEgliO

[@davideamodeo6100]

@@diegomosneagu3266 ha ecco perché ti senti in dovere di criticarlo, sei superiore!1!1!1!

[@diegomosneagu3266]

@@davideamodeo6100 no ma non mi aspetto questo da una persona che sta da 3 anni in italia

[@diegomosneagu3266]

@@davideamodeo6100 non importa quante lingue sai dopo 3 anni mi aspetto molto di più capisci?

[@saraferranti1797]

the fact that the name of his friend from Napoli is Ciro is just the biggest stereotype confirmed

[@Confusionissexable]

Hell yeah! I never look around me when I hear people shouting my name in the streets of Naples. Oh, that in the video chilling in Ischia is me and I honestly didn't know he just wanted to chit chat with me to practice what he learned so far! I am an Italian teacher, so when he told me he wanted to practice Italian, I thought he wanted some good extra tips in order to improve his studying. I feel so sorry, I should have tested his speaking!

[@giovannibertocci8944]

Viva la Toscana!

[@dazeeed9010]

yea it is

[@anitacollia1913]

HAHSHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@damianoabbina9967]

**canzone napoletana starts playing in the background** mo m lav m vest e sceng

[@imarker7441]

When an italian ends a call: "ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao..."

[@honv1se890]

Bella ciao

[@honv1se890]

Money heist

[@MrJack9325]

@@honv1se890 Please mate, Bella Ciao has a 70 years deep meaning for Italians, don't associate it with that crap Money Heast

[@MrJack9325]

*heist

[@claymore_jk4128]

Ogni tanto è presente anche il "Vaffanculo" di accompagnamento

[@treadstone2932]

I'm just waiting for this guy to master every language and then just invent his own.

[@jstnshea]

Xiaomanese

[@shahannagrey8427]

That would be an interesting Question, how would you go about inventing a new language!!!

[@marizs1179]

Lol😂

[@rageagainstthemachine4248]

David Peterson has a great video on how he created the language Dothraki from Games of Thrones

[@Jiggglypuff]

@@rageagainstthemachine4248 indeed, that's what i wanted to suggest also. Só cool to see!

[@sdaggers4526]

That lady teaching whilst smoking is the most european thing ever.

[@FT-jh2pu]

And it's not nice at all. I smoke and i'm italian,just to make it clear

[@marcopaolucci4540]

Got me 😂😂😂

[@DerJuvens]

@@jgxc8 she’s at home and if it doesn’t affect her teachings let her do what she wants. We Europeans like to do what we want ✌🏻

[@krandymandy5343]

@@DerJuvens except for vaxcines

[@DerJuvens]

@@krandymandy5343 what do you mean? Vaccination coverage is pretty good here and you are free to chose yourself. In some countries you’ll be limited, but yeah 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@leo-fq9dn]

Signori sta gesticolando, ormai è già dei nostri.

[@Lothryin]

This man collects languages like they’re infinity stones

[@kevingepulle4371]

hahahhahah

[@rylordrylord7347]

Reece Maxfield lol

[@vageofficial]

🤣

[@LUCAS420BLZ]

Well collecting the infinity stones were quite difficult unless you're thanos

[@zom7724]

@@LUCAS420BLZ iron man could've got all them he would just throw captin america over the cliff for the last stone

[@kapow.8678]

la tipa che si fa una siga appena iniziata la lezione e con le cuffie della play mi ha fatto spezzare

[@bohboh6244]

Ahahahah

[@samdemiz]

Tra l’altro era la più simpatica hahaha

[@lore_al_pesto6001]

Hahaha vero

[@marcojsf4557]

è una grande

[@riccardoarpea9966]

grande la zia che si fumava casualmente la sigaretta su youtube

[@jimmybello9549]

Xiaoma: Has a friend from Naples, named Ciro Me, from Naples, named Ciro: "Ah uagliò"

[@lucacasagrande2456]

Jimmy Bello is more like iamme bbon

[@stromokocur555]

Did you say Naples ? IS THIS A JOJO REFERENCE

[@konodioda39]

@@stromokocur555 l'importante è non dire Venice al posto di Venezia👀

[@samuels01]

This guy speaks perfect chinese and then he says that italian is hard.

[@MarcoGiudice]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[@ldx8492]

As it is for almost any language, there is a barrier between speaking it/understanding it with seemingly no problems to *actually* think and construct complex thoughts, continuously (i.e. being proficient). The intricacies of the grammar rules are present as well, and really come back to bother you. But all in all, he's extremely good and he's learned a lot in such a limited time! Just to show a couple tricky thing about Italian, we have Princìpi/Prìncipi -> change one accent and the meaning changes completely (principles/princes) Zolla/Zolletta -> the suffix "-etta" means "lil" but those words are totally uncorrelated (the first is a synonym for 'hole', the next is a small dry biscuit) Prefixes and particle: Rincasare/Rivolgere -> those are different from Casare (meaningless word)/Volgere (one of hundreds of ways to say 'going to', but applied only to inanimate objects "il racconto volge al termine" is "the tale is going to end") Just to show, this is because I don't believe there is a "easy" or "hard" language, rather, there are levels of difficulty to encounter in every language!

[@rosetube8145]

chinese is very,very hard to learn,but as italian I can tell you that italian is also a difficult language especially for the grammar

[@carloscarneiro7226]

@Elielson da Rocha Depende do ponto de partida. Se quem quer aprender português é falante nativo de uma língua neolatina como espanhol, francês ou italiano, português é fácil. Se cara é falante nativo de chinês, português é difícil.

[@dp2404]

@@carloscarneiro7226 bravo! Il cinese è difficile per noi che parliamo italiano o spagnolo o inglese, per un giapponese sarà più facile.

[@DataQuestLive]

You know she is a true Mediterranean women when she is rolling up a Cigarette in a formal conversation

[@sahara9430]

idk teaching to someone who's around your age doesn't feel like a formal conversation

[@MySecretWorld]

I thought that was very awkward...😳

[@cateyedboy7151]

@@MySecretWorld why? in Italy there is nothing wrong with conversing with a person who has a cigarette .. are you sexist?

[@noemiviolet]

accurate

[@Victoria-qb3dr]

It's quite common here in Europe and not seen as odd but you probably should always ask if it's okay before doing it just in case.

[@giuovi7889]

There’s absolutely no need to do the “gesture” while you’re speaking Italian. We don’t do that all the time but nice try!

[@buonopesci]

I'm trying to learn Italian but my Asian accent gets me all the time I can't even English I Engrish

[@nintendoinsight3686]

@@buonopesci お疲れ様でした、Non mollare! 「あきらめないでください」 イタリアから。

[@buonopesci]

@@nintendoinsight3686 ありがとうございました！頑張ります。

[@angelicascaglia1611]

Agree, I was watching the video at the beginning and wanted to cut his hand hahaha

[@Tommi414]

@@buonopesci がんばれ

[@techduoita]

I’m Italian and I know how hard Italian is, even for us! So, amazing job, that was stunning! Keep it up!!!

[@samuelcoates3339]

Italian is easy

[@stefciko5831]

@@samuelcoates3339 the grammar Is One of the most difficult

[@aidanmcguinness6237]

italiano non e difficile ho imparato italiano in tre mesi sono inglese di nascita

[@stefciko5831]

@@aidanmcguinness6237 bravo

[@techduoita]

@@aidanmcguinness6237 è difficile per noi italiani, non penso sia così facile :)

[@filipporubino4163]

Italian teacher here: you know, Italian isn't THAT hard in terms of grammar, mutual comprehension etc... It's not impossible to get a good grasp of it in no time. It gets PRETTY difficult when you decide to improve it, or even perfect it. Advanced grammar and good pronunciation, especially, are quite hard.

[@399wnka]

Si!! I've been around the Italian language and Barese dialect all my life; just when you think you know it all, another verb tense is discovered to throw you for a loop!!!

[@Mav_F]

I find Italian really hard, sorry but I disagree with you. I feel like I am talking back to front with Italian.

[@filipporubino4163]

@@Mav_F what's your current level? What do you find particularly difficult? Of course I was saying that Italian isn't THAT hard compared to most non-western languages.

[@Mav_F]

@@filipporubino4163 I am basic level of greeting etc after that I get a headache. I dont get how the word changes in sentences eg the word Drink from Beve, Bevo, Bevi and then the word eat. Drives me nuts. Plus Italians talk too fast.

[@filipporubino4163]

@@Mav_F ok, so I take it it's the first time you're studying a romance language, isn't? In that case, yes, it requires a lot more getting used to.

[@kekkuzzo75]

Ciro teach him the kitemmuort way of life...

[@dockproduction9831]

AHAHAHAH MORTO 🤣

[@lordkrono6433]

CHE FEELS

[@eleonoraferro5915]

MADONNA AHAHAH

[@frank2510]

Hahahahah

[@Kabu01.]

Lol

[@f.cascone8025]

He's from Naples, of course his name is Ciro

[@pietropavesio2850]

Ovvio

[@christianzeugna]

ciro esposito

[@thatspella]

Fun fact: Italian is one of the languages with most profanity words in the world, and its *one of the few with blasphemy (really volgar words which curse the religion).

[@spooge33]

Cool!! I'm in!!!

[@nicolaofford5011]

I am English with an Italian boyfriend...so far all I have learned to speak from him is profanity and blasphemy as it’s what I hear the most!!! And also tasi 😂

[@trollogooglr9753]

Sopratutto nel Veneto, ragazzo

[@thatspella]

@@trollogooglr9753 Ovviamente ahahaha

[@MatildeMolinari]

@@nicolaofford5011 he’s from northern Italy right? 😂

[@giuliag.9442]

As an italian (actually born in a city close to Napels) i think it’s absolutely incredibile how he learned italian so well in just 24 hours and i just makes me love him 100 times more, like litterally how on earth does he do it!!!

[@ricois3]

I wasn't a joint, guys. A lot of people in Europe roll their cigarettes.

[@martinsantostrujillo8878]

Fresh 🚬

[@MyEnime]

it would be better if it were a joint,,, weed doesnt smell as bad in ur house as cigarettes do.

[@naturerey1845]

@@MyEnime bruh they both stink, but cigarette stank like very bad burnt toast while the other smells like a very stinky fart

[@jesusalvarez8864]

Arytan Rey bro idk what weed u got wherever you from but it should not smell like like a very stinky fart 😂

[@naturerey1845]

@Caleb I'm just joking. I just dislike the smell

[@pinecone3519]

"What langauge do you speak" "Polish" "Ill be right back"

[@victoralmora1811]

Jajaja jajaja

[@athena1957]

lmao

[@putin6371]

Haha to byłoby dobre

[@GAMERFR3D]

That comment made my day :'D

[@juliemichellerobinson1841]

Potrafię śpiewać hymny po polsku, ale ludzie nie zdają sobie sprawy, że nie rozumiem, co śpiewam.

[@sbz88]

I'm currently trying to learn Italian. It's a beautiful language. 🇮🇹

[@IMKAPPAA]

If you want i help you, i am italian

[@riccardopellicoro8633]

Italian: at the finish of a call, Cia Cia cia Cia ciao

[@chill.2107]

When you said he was from Naples, every Italian immediately thought his name must have been Ciro

[@bhez6080]

I checked my wristwatch

[@garrytherat4793]

Wewe kitammuooo

[@edwardsmilk]

or gennaro esposito

[@magicl3o]

My watch: *chuckles* i'm in danger

[@pinwino5183]

i think the next language you should try to learn is ASL. I've always been interested to see how a polyglot would go about learning a non-verbal language

[@EricAroundTheWorldYouTube]

I second this idea

[@chairman3427]

Just edit the comment

[@2HARD2K1LL]

i also think this would be a great thing he learns its easy to learn when you focus like he does and its useful everywhere when you learn the basics

[@fattychoccie]

This is such a fab idea!!

[@pinwino5183]

@John Smitty there is? oh i didnt know that

[@chobindue]

I know you are an expert language learner and polyglot, but please, let me tell you congratulations for the results you reached in just a single day. I don’t know if you’ve kept studying some Italian in the months after the video was released. I hope you’re still practicing my language. It’s hard, but it’s fun.

[@natural783]

@Mariano Gomez 777 yeah it's not difficult for spanish speakers. I litterally can understand you even though i don't speak spanish (i'm italian). Languages are harder or easier in regard of your mother tongue

[@siliussum]

this dude literally speedran a language kids study in 16 years of school in italy

[@ottaviarinaldi7137]

Adoro quando tutti parlano dell’italiano e di quanto sia difficile, mi fa sentire importante😂

[@TheMatps]

Facepalm!

[@michelamazzardo7002]

Ahahahahah esattamente

[@maddycordaro8538]

Vero!! Anche se ci pensi l’italiano è molto più difficile dell’inglese

[@Daniela-wg9nz]

@@maddycordaro8538 qualsiasi lingua è più difficile dell'inglese, tolta la pronuncia, l'inglese è veramente semplice.

[@zlumi428]

Ma è facile... Io penso.

[@sikeman]

"Ciro", questo è proprio Napoletano al 100 percento 😂😂😂

[@aurorabosa5690]

Hahhha vero

[@-onlykvle_]

Bhgahahahaha

[@BrunoNeureiter]

Ciro Esposito 🤯

[@josephburdett]

GENNARO ESPOSITO

[@snapper7568]

Ciro l'immortale

[@Atty1997]

lmao I love the fact that he's called Ciro that's the most stereotypical name you could find in people from Naples

[@MrSreior]

Italians have really strong opinions on food... he does understand our culture :)

[@cliziamorgante1342]

Se ci pensi, è abituato con i cinesi, che probabilmente sono tanto cibo-centrici quanto noi italiani lol è abituato a rispettare culture molto forti!

[@selinazadina120]

"Learning Italian in 24 hours" Me, who had Italian as a main subject for 5 years and is not able to say a straight sentence: 👁👄👁

[@TravelStephanie]

9 years here with an Italian Studies minor in college 🙈 embarrassing 😆

[@bambolina2351]

This makes me feel better

[@m_lushi7346]

he knows chinese no other language is bothering him

[@generosoiodice5141]

No problem, there are some Italians too that don't know how to speak their mother tongue

[@igornaimoli7321]

Don't worry, most Italians do basilar mistakes when talking the only language they know

[@sbodrillo]

These italian teachers are so hilarious. It'd be lots of fun to take classes with them.

[@shark_bee]

As a 14 years old Italian who wants to learn some languages, this was really interesting-

[@alus1002]

I thought the first teacher was rolling a joint. Era solo una sigaretta.

[@mivri2023]

Mate I did to

[@anthonya2349]

You never been to Brooklyn.

[@saracaseedo6539]

I'm Italian and the whole video I was like: So this is a genius...

[@BeinIan]

The more languages you learn, the easier it is to learn more. Every time you learn a language, you gain a better understanding of how languages work in general, so you can pick new ones up faster. We have mental muscles just like physical ones. The only way to make them stronger is by working them out.

[@skedaritou8138]

Technology Yes,but no . A1 B1 B2 C1 and C2 you may never reach C1 or C2 but A1 (basic) is enough for what i heard he is learning at maximum A2.I know because I been studying italian for years now...(Non dico ci sono un buon studenti ma...force po sentire questo bene almeno) everyday should be this easy and this good person up there says the more you learn the easier it gets ,especially if you like it and have fun doing so

[@TheMatps]

@@BeinIan I totally agree!

[@souhaila6506]

No bro, u didnt understand the sentence; it should: “Non sto dicendo che sono un bravo studente (/una brava studentessa, for female), ma forse puoi sentire/capire bene almeno questo.”. The grammar was awful, but that is what he/she was trying to say.

[@er1248]

@@skedaritou8138 that italian needs a lot of work

[@trencherMT]

He better stop, he’s getting too powerful 😂

[@joylynch5204]

Lol

[@GoodGameNick]

He's too dangerous to left alive

[@allfancomicgeeks25]

@@GoodGameNick But too rare to die

[@alecbriones3784]

Lol he's about to level up

[@janetsabers4965]

I like this guy

[@MusicFashionFame1]

Love this! I love Italian so much. Great job 👏🏻

[@kellyspencer12]

OMG i'm so glad he said Italian was so hard. This guy can learn so many languages so fast so as someone that lived in Italy for two years, I was happy to hear it was hard for him too. Makes me feel so much better lol! As someone that spent their last two years of highschool in italy I can honestly say I understand now when people talk about his accent in Mandarin cause only if you live there and hear the accent can you learn it. This was awesome!!! Thanks Xiaoma!

[@forgottenstreets]

In neapolitan “Guaglio” is not pronounced with English G like the G in “Garbage”. The G is silent so its actually pronounced “why yo”

[@glezisbauk4732]

Great explanation

[@forgottenstreets]

GlezIsOkKo im Neapolitan thats how i know

[@glezisbauk4732]

@@forgottenstreets io invece son di Roma :)

[@noidea2338]

You should choose a different example because Garbage has 2 Gs or specify that you meant the 2nd g

[@forgottenstreets]

no idea i meant the first G. Better yet the G in Gay lol

[@lorenzorasicci6551]

Title: “I learned Italian in 24 hours” Aho Suarez è stato più veloce

[@matteointra5620]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@lame3925]

AhahahahHHHhahahahah

[@accidentalgenius5690]

@Filippo lol sí credo di sí

[@leonardobertucci9275]

Hauahauahuah

[@francesco2176]

Ci sta

[@karac.a.]

This was great! Would love more Italian videos! ❤️🇮🇹

[@starkiller791]

When you find out his italian friend is from Naples and his name is Ciro XD

[@jamesdevine5969]

This guy’s determination and discipline is unreal

[@perfectpotato_eu4129]

The keystones to success and the hardest to maintain (for many).

[@Riowestextra]

A woman asks him: When did you learn all these languages? This guy be like: yah so last friday I learned spanish. Then the next day chinese, it was a bit hard though. Oh and yesterday I learned italian and today arabic of course. Tomorrow I am planning to learn animal language and in the future which is after tomorrow alien language. Him again 2 secs later after flexing: aM nOt ThAt GoOd ThOuGh *proceeds to smile*

[@xmr-alexx3727]

😂😂😂

[@Riowestextra]

@@xmr-alexx3727 😂

[@chairman3427]

Do all aliens speak the same language?

[@Riowestextra]

@@chairman3427 oof idk you must ask Xiaom

[@thebestyoutuber2011]

Lmfao made my day 🤣

[@ryanzullo7169]

I love this video. U speak italian really well to have studied just 1 week! Congrats ❤️

[@sunnyrays2281]

Just love your channel! So fun to watch.

[@elisacalci4151]

9:33 the way you said "Napoli" sounded sooo "italian"! it was kinda scary, as if you morphed into another person lmao Love from Milan

[@423SJKH]

Esattoo

[@Kabu01.]

Vero. L ho pensato pure io

[@forzatoro161]

Si è vero sembrava proprio Italiano

[@atena4597]

Vero cazzo

[@shark_bee]

Infatti

[@nataliebria2665]

As an Italian, this is impressive! Italian is a beautiful language, this is a tip: when you get further in Italian, it’s not just talking, my family and I say that you sing Italian, it flows off your tongue!

[@gddallas_1140]

Ciao, io sono Italiano

[@nataliebria2665]

Gddallas _11 salve

[@user-zk7hk3qx8c]

Belli rega di dove siete

[@heartsofgoldenrod]

Volare!!

[@timmooney7528]

Operas in particular sound better in Romance languages. Germanic languages don't roll out of the mouth so easily.

[@ManuDellaValle63]

Jeez...you seem to know how to perfectly keep your accent at bay...I’m pretty confident that with a little more practicing you’d easily sound like a native italian in two weeks! Congratulations 🔝🔝🔝🔝

[@frezzalata]

i’m italian and i’m really impressed. Remarkable job!

[@emanuelelambertini9862]

As an Italian I can say that for just one day it's really good, maybe you need to get used to the accent but damn you learned a lot. Bravo, continua così!

[@umbertomaresca6192]

Hellooooo dear Ari, thanks so much for having me in your crazy challenge. As a fan of yours I really enjoyed our conversation. Keep it up the good learning, your channel is fun and precious to us. Bravo, e' ora di parlare Italiano he!. Ciao, grazie1000, ti auguro il meglio. In gamba..e...keep inspiring with your great talent for languages...

[@nikefan4779]

Who's Ari?

[@umbertomaresca6192]

@@nikefan4779 hi, it's him. Ariel: Xiaomanyc

[@Bompa93]

Yes italian is hard. It’s hard because it sounds musical, doesn’t only have to make sense. It’s harder than it should be, but if you learn it, you make some really good friends

[@teo0444]

what do you mean? I’m so curious because I actually love this language. “musical”?

[@Bompa93]

@@teo0444 every parts of the phrase has to fit with the musicality of the sentence. If you hear, the parts of the sentence, change depending on the words you use. Spanish is way easier because they use less articles and grammatical parts. The first thing you usually do, is learning the verbs and names. And then you learn how to fit articles, etc. my guess tho. I found english very easy to learn. It makes sense it is one of the most spoken language in the world, because the articles are 2 only and verbs are way easier to learn. I love it. Italian has to be spoken cleanly, like if you are singing. It’s hard to explain, I am sure a teacher would do much better job than me explaining it 😂

[@migabri]

Love your channel, really funny but also instructive. Greetings from Italy.

[@SteliosStaROfficial]

The first lady didn't roll a joint 💀 . In Europe its very common to smoke rolling tobacco rather than buying regular cigarettes .

[@JHulse29]

A couple of my friends here in America roll their own cigarettes too, I thought it was a waste of time but they actually are cleaner

[@yellow_bell_pepper]

Also the flavour of the tobacco is better

[@framox2968]

Bruh is cheaper here in Italy to roll than buying the regular cigarettes

[@nonamemcgillicutty9585]

@@yellow_bell_pepper no it's not lol

[@fxly]

Yes it’s very common, 14 out of every 10 Italians smoke 👍

[@hapscop]

dude chill i’m still trying to learn one language and you out here learning another like 😭😭

[@steely6663]

learn to use chill correctly.

[@chairman3427]

Bruh, just just practice

[@joylynch5204]

But he did use chill correctly.

[@hapscop]

Good Day! it’s fine, he most likely wasn’t having a good day so he needed to release it onto someone else. have a good day :))

[@thebigpaff]

@@steely6663 learn not to be a dick to others

[@GuilhermeSegur]

I'm brazilian, and my family came from Italy, so I would like to learn Italian, and this video motivated me a lot Thanks bro

[@dreamteam6694]

Bravissimo! Congratulazioni per i tuoi progressi incredibili!

[@pablodarko84]

I can see what he meant at the beginning, that Italian wasn't as easy as Spanish. I am a native Spanish speaker and when I was learning Italian, I could read it and infer the meaning, but when I tried listening to a conversation, it was hard to understand, I believe it has to do with the cadence and the accentuating of the words, something that takes years to master. Comunque, Io amo l'italiano ❤️.

[@hayd0674]

Why do I feel like whenever he starts learning a new language it’s somehow connected to how much he likes the food 😂

[@lou7207]

@brandon he's not, but even if he is where's the problem?

[@TheG7314]

I think that's how he categorizes it in his mind to remember it

[@dbomba]

As an Italian you did a great job given how hard our language is! Congrats

[@Onsplakbandpensioen]

Hello Xiaoma. Great vlogs! Some are very hilarious. I love seeing how people respond to you when you speak their language. So I bet you get a lot of requests to try and learn other languages, so I'm want to suggest one. I would like to see you learn Dutch. I am from the Netherlands and it be nice to have a conversation with you before and after you learned Dutch. What you think about that? I can refer you to a good teacher and KZbinr if you want. Like to hear from you! Bye.

[@steveramirez15]

Nobody: Xiaoma: Feelin kinda cute today, might learn to speak Gunieapiganese.

[@lucaesposito6896]

😙✌🏻🤣🤣

[@TheMatps]

Inuktitut

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ah, I see you're trying to become a true New Yorker

[@chaim5397]

Hahahah facts

[@zoil148]

🇨🇺

[@joylynch5204]

😂 this is a golden comment and so accurate

[@em1osmurf]

no curtains, one 10x10 room, likely a floor communal bathroom down the hall. $2000 a month unfurnished. ILNY.

[@owens375]

Si lui deve andare a piccola Italia e parla Italiano

[@stefanopagliuca1591]

Well, I have no words ... I'm Italian and I find incredible your smart approach starting the study of a new language. I'm studying Japanese now and I would like to learn an approach like yours to learn it faster.

[@tabifiedler6944]

Mi piacciono tuoi video! Sto provando imparare l’italiano, quindi guardo video come questi per aiutami. Grazie per tuoi video :)

[@lalegende2746]

Me: *Learning Italian for 6 months* I feel fluent! Xiaoma: *I learned Italian in 24 hours* Me: 😶

[@lucaripoli2717]

Nu muovo nu kilo nu muovo nu pacc giro chi pazz

[@washingtonneves2933]

How many hours a day did you study to be fluent in 6 months?

[@charlottelinlin7170]

@@lucaripoli2717 😂😂

[@lalegende2746]

Washington Neves I did about an hour per day, but in the last few months I was less consistent. There were some days where I wouldn’t feel like studying Italian, and I feel like that hindered me from doing as well as I could have. I managed to have two 30 minute conversations on Italki without much strain, but I honestly wasn’t satisfied with my level. Nowadays, I’m slowly starting to build it up again.

[@josecalvo9730]

Ogni persona è un mondo, non paragonati con nessuno, basta che tu sia contento con la tua progressione.

[@EashanKotha]

You honestly inspire me to pursue learning languages. Thanks for putting out such great content!

[@giovannisantostasi9615]

I watched your other language challenge videos and I was impressed but I could not judge how good you were. You did an amazing job with Italian. Your pronunciation is not perfect but very good and in fact, you don't do the usual mistakes Americans do like not being able to pronounce the doubles (words can have so different meanings by just having a double consonant or not) and the pronunciation of t and s that Americans get always right. Also, you emphasize the 3 vowel that gives Italian its musicality. You are really talented in languages.

[@Baffacof]

Wow man, I've been following you for about a year now and I've heard you speak so many languages and seeing you learning Italian (my mother language) is great. Good job by the way, you're really good 💪💪 And i know this is an old video, but i just watched it 😂

[@zhdrums3872]

The trucco dude just literally exorcised the meat pizza demons out of this man over Skype

[@johnnydecomposizione3106]

I hope that worked out

[@kathyperalta8339]

The second tutor was such a cutie. I need his info. He seems like such a fun time for learning Italian. Love that

[@schlossburg985]

His info are in the description! Umberto I believe

[@kathyperalta8339]

high life physical attraction was not what I meant but go off

[@N1sjsjsj]

@@highlife8038 LMAOOOO NOOOO

[@KyanBonusGaming]

Love these vids! Tomorrow when I wake up im gonna go full speed at swahili and get basic conversational level as fast as possible.

[@tucanonefasto8545]

È bello vedere che qualcuno voglia imparare l'italiano nonostante sia una delle lingue più difficili al mondo, ottimo lavoro :)

[@Anonimo-hf3yi]

Onestamente penso che sia una gran cazzata quella del "le più difficili lingue al mondo". Di cose difficili a livello grammaticale l'italiano ha solo tanti tempi verbali e basta

[@TheDorianTube]

Più difficile? Parliamo tutti allo stesso modo con gli stessi 2 vocaboli in croce. Stile hive mind. Perfino i nostri politici parlano come a peppe al bar o il raccatta arancie. C'è il cosi detto Italiano aulico, ma quand'è stata l'ultima volta che hai sentito qualcuno sforzarsi di parlare in modo più raffinato? lol. Io stesso, ogni volta che uso L'italiano invece del Tedesco o L'Inglese, mi sembra che parlo come un uomo delle caverne hahahah

[@brud6295]

l'italiano una delle lingue più difficili al mondo? questo commento l'ha decisamente scritto l'italiano medio patriottico fino al midollo... e no, fidati che non è tra le più difficili al mondo, piuttosto, è tra le più facili. Tutte le lingue del Nord Europa sono più difficili (scandinave, germaniche...), tutte le lingue slave sono più difficili dell'italiano, tutte le lingue dall'asia minore, fino a quelle dell'estremo oriente, sono più difficili dell'italiano, le lingue della regione indiana, sono più difficili dell'italiano, le lingue subsahariane... l'italiano è tra le più facili al mondo

[@lolatex4926]

As an italian I can say that your pronunciation is pretty good for a person that just started😄😄

[@alexanderus202a]

As an Italian, I'm genuinely impressed that you managed to pull off a stunt like this, some Italian kids can't even talk properly (cit.2009)

[@echo9970]

You must be the only Italian that had not moaned about him doing this. Just wounder those that are giving him shit can do what he has done in just 24hrs? Not many at all.

[@Anonimo-hf3yi]

"EEEAHO ME PASSI AAAAAR CANNONE ZIIII" - ragazzino 09

[@damianoabbina9967]

@@Anonimo-hf3yi AO PASSA STA BOTTIGLIA DE KEGLEVICH ALLA PESCAHH SEEH CHIAMO LA GANG CHE FA BANG TUTUTUTU IO PRADA TU NADA

[@Anonimo-hf3yi]

@@damianoabbina9967 SEEEEE O BARISTA DAME NA BIRA IO VENGO DALLA STRADA GUARA CHE CANNONE CHE ME FACCIO TAAAAC SEEEEEEEEE

[@damianoabbina9967]

@@Anonimo-hf3yi SEEEEE GUARDA QUEL NEONATO CHE HO KNOCKATO KEKKO SPARAGLIEEEEEE (goliardia signori di KZbin)

[@alessiomontereali2912]

11:15 don't be surprised man. Fun fact, there are a few swear words/common words that only make an appearance in only the dialects of the northern Italy, where people that live in the southern areas don't understand the meaning of, and vice-versa. If you would like to learn an Italian dialect, I suggest you go based on which ones you like the sound of, but good luck if you're going to learn the sardinian dialect. That's really and I mean REALLY challenging to learn and speak fluently. Ps. I'm Italian and, to me, Xiaoma speaks really well, for having studied only 1 day. ONLY little complain is, be sure of what you're gonna say, we usually don't like people who get stuck on a word because of insecurities, just say "fuck it" and speak your words.

[@fabriziorigutti5424]

"Io penso che l'italiano è un idioma difficile" Me: *waiting for the guy to correct the little mistake* Guy: "Si...decisamente!" Lol ❤️

[@cosettaventuri8953]

What mistake?

[@fabriziorigutti5424]

To be precise 'idioma' is still existing in the Italian vocabulary but is a kind of aulic literary term (in Italy is never used). The truth is that in this specific context 'idioma' is the spanish translation for 'language'. We sai 'lingua'. So the correct version is: "Io penso che l'italiano SIA (congiuntivo presente del verbo *essere*, terza persona) una LINGUA difficile". :)

[@fabriziorigutti5424]

The mistake is really comprehensible, but surprised me the teachers reaction lol

[@bastianse8235]

@@fabriziorigutti5424 yo hablo español es posible entendernos?

[@fabriziorigutti5424]

@@bastianse8235 hola :) decimos que podemos por lo menos intentarlo, porque en realidad los dos idiomas tienen algunas reglas muy diferents, el sonido de la pronunciación es muy diferente también. Como por ejemplo tenemos muchas palabras muy similares. La realidad es que alguien de otra origen (anglosajon sobre todo) que quiere aprender italiano o español se confunde entre los dos.

[@nathanberne5974]

Xiamo: Book an Italian lesson Lesson: comes to an end Also Xiaoma: WOW THAT WAS GREAT WE WERE TALKING IN ITALIAN

[@tmargys]

Ok I’m not Italian, but I can speak Italian, and now I’m in 8th grade, and this video threw me back when I was in 7th grade in Italy, and I learnt to speak in one year, fun times :D

[@MyNameIsPoppyBlack]

Sei bravissimo, ottimo lavoro! You’re doing amazing, great job! 🤩

[@biagiofloridia3372]

Bro sei grandioso, spero vivamente che tu possa andare avanti così. Presuppongo che dopo 4 mesi e passa tu possa capire un commento completamente in Italiano. Ti auguro il meglio per questo 2021 e anche oltre

[@stefanculo]

I love the part that we italians joke and are open about almost everything. It feels like such a natural connection with eachother not hiding oppinions. we can sound mad at eachother but we ate just so into what we say and it feels more real in my oppinion. Thats what i miss the most from italy atleast now when i live in finland wich is almost the opposite

[@maxigol1977]

You're a legend. Bravissimo!! The one dislike is from Rosetta Stone because it's afraid it may go out of business.

[@kirimfire8475]

I just Love seeing true Love for languages and people trying to lear Italian. I'm Italian and i LOVE English, chinese, Thai, korean and other languages. I Love them all, learning about culture and history is just wow to me

[@lorenzobarzan6347]

Italian is one of the most difficoult language..but you're great bro so i know for sure you gonna learn it perfectly as you know mandarin..so much love from Friuli Venezia Giulia-italy

[@jakewilliams5528]

It’s so great they didn’t correct each and every “yo” pronunciation of “io” and other small pronunciations, you would’ve lost your mind! 😂 good job Xioma this was great

[@mistercost]

At this point I’m just waiting for him to announce he is Tesla’s first AI robot

[@Matsuna13]

I showed this to my friend (she’s Italian) and she commented that you spoke it very well in a short amount of time. She mentioned that it is a difficult language.

[@Taromovies]

You’re amazing, never thought that your content is so entertaining, keep on going and maybe one day you gone try Swiss German:-) all the best, Taro

[@giuseppestrangio5674]

Hi, I'm italian and I really appreciated your efforts to learn italian in only one dayyy... and you're doing really well btw. If u wanna know some interesting things about Italian culture, you gotta know that in Italy we have 20 regions and in all of them there are a plenty of different piece of arts, dialects, foods, places...One nation and such a different way of seeing the world all over the country. There's a lot to found and learn here, and I hope you'll find these treasure, maybe coming here soon🇮🇹

[@gaperm1064]

Hello fellow Giuseppe

[@sookjeon5999]

he’s pronunciation is better that me and i been learning Italian around 6 years

[@ilpugliesemilanese2052]

How

[@BourdeoixEterno]

That’s not good, his Italian isn’t that advanced chill

[@Kaizzer]

His speech might sound "good" simply because he knows some Spanish, which can be heard in some sentences. He has an anglophone accent, although much better than the average anglophone trying to speak Italian. Most of his wrong grammar is borrowed from English, and some words from Spanish. Anyway, it's a 100% good start for a 1-day approach to Italian as a foreigner.

[@MIkkk86]

Keep it on bro, your level is good already. Saluti dall’Italia

[@albertoberganton9648]

I don't know if you'll read this, but for just one learning day U did amazing. Don't know if someone already told you but in Italian all the words have an accent or more we don't actually write and some words have two different meanings while they're written the same way like pesca could be pèsca (peach) or pésca (fishing). So far you did a really great job. Thank you

[@edwardnavarrete686]

I speak English, Spanish and Italian... ITALIAN IS THE HARDEST SO IS THE GRAMMARRRR

[@TYGVlogger]

I live in Italy and I can confirm it ahahahahahah

[@illol3755]

Grammar is so hard that even italian natives get confused.

[@snowyvert]

I'm from Malta... and no wtf. italian ain't fkn hard.

[@OnlySkeep]

We fratm vieni in italia ca te insegno u napuletanu

[@AmalijaDreality]

Hahaha, no. Italian is not hard at all. I haven't even studied it and can understand quite a bit. Try Chinese, Italian is a piece of cake

[@AndreaErricoart]

Grande Xiaoma! I was watching you speaking in Chinese and suddendly: Italian! When u have chance come in Naples and we will teach you Napoletan.

[@valerioproterra]

man you are too good and your axcent is incredible !! Molto bene !! ☺️🎉