Learn Italian Syllables and Accents

[@pathorrocks4496]

Giulia: Best teacher I've found on you tube. Clear, concise, to the point, beautiful diction & sound quality & no distractions.

[@italianlanguagehub]

pat horrocks thank you very much! You are very kind! :)

[@ManthosMattheouNYTA]

You truly have a unique and impressively effective way of teaching the Italian language.

[@italianlanguagehub]

Grazie mille! Comments like yours really make me happy and push me to continue to create videos and materials! Your comment really means a lot! Thank you!!! 😊😊😊

[@anthonylecesne704]

Ms. Macchi, you are very good! Very clear, concise.

[@italianlanguagehub]

Grazie mille!

[@marykieran6512]

Ciao Giulia - Are you planning to make more of your delightful pronunciation videos, I hope? I just started teaching a 10-week class to a dozen students here in California and they LOVE your videos to help them get beautiful Italian sounds coming out of their American mouths. You do an excellent job! Have you seen the book FLUENT FOREVER by Gabriel Wyner. He trained as an opera singer and found without correct pronunciation, one will forever speak with a broken language. Getting the sounds right builds confidence to keep exploring the language and learning to actually communicate. We are all so grateful for your assistance getting started on this exciting journey to fluency in the beautiful Italian language!

[@italianlanguagehub]

Mary Kieran ciao! I'm currently working on new videos for Udemy... but they will focus on grammar. This course is on Udemy (40 videos) should you be interested I can give you a special price coupon for your students! :)

[@Eiretraveller]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@italianlanguagehub]

Prego! Grazie mille per il commento! ❤️

[@catherinechiara3914]

Great lesson. Now I know where to stress the accent. Questa lezione e' molto utile. Grazie.

[@italianlanguagehub]

Prego! 😊😘

[@maryem4504]

I don't understand when to put stress what it the rule to follow ? or what is the trick to make it easy ?

[@kimzeck9827]

Great topic! Grazie mille Giulia🌻

[@italianlanguagehub]

grazie Kim! Se ti interessa ho un corso gratuito sul mio sito! www.italianlanguagehub.com/corso-freebie

[@markhernandez7851]

Grazie mille! It helps me a lot! ❤

[@italianlanguagehub]

Prego Mark! I'm glad it helped you! :)

[@algeriancats3740]

Thank you sooooo much for this explanation

[@italianlanguagehub]

Prego! Grazie a te! :)

[@michaeld.3779]

Another thorough, informative teaching. Grazing.

[@joydeep2504]

It's amazing. I clearly understand the stressed syllables when yu've spoken the words. I wish I could understand the same in English words too. Grazie mille

[@italianlanguagehub]

Grazie a te! It takes time but I'm sure you will master all the sounds in all the languages you wish to learn! Do not give up! You can do it! Ciao!

[@johnsonlai6165]

Thank you. Grazie mille.

[@italianlanguagehub]

Johnson Lai Prego :)

[@33RosaDeSaron]

Grazie Giulia!

[@anthonylecesne704]

I believe that I -- or anyone, could learn Italian at a faster and more comprehensive time frame -- having personal classes from you. I really like your method(s). I like that you emphasize certain things by alerting us that something is there to emphasize to the reader. For instance, a word like soppora (I know I misspelled it) has two "p" to alert the reader where the accent/emphasis should be placed. You mention this several times throughout you lessons and it's great; you're great! Could you/would you post the links (or tell how) of where you began, that is, the first lesson; second, etc. I'd like to learn from you in a sequence. Thank you!

[@italianlanguagehub]

Hi Anthony! Grazie ancora! Your comments are too kind! For personal reasons I had to put on stand-by the KZbin videos. ..but I'm currently working on new ones that should be live around May 2020... if you have any suggestions on what you would like to see / study please feel free to write! A presto!

[@anthonylecesne704]

Hello Ms. Macchi, do you have email or should I write you here? My email is [e-mail] Our website is: www.ben-her.com www.antlecesne.com

[@italianlanguagehub]

Ciao Anthony! This is my super new email address [e-mail] if you go to my website www.italianlanguagehub.con you can now enroll in a free course! If you wish to you can subscribe to get new materials directly in your inbox! Ciao!

[@tommytwogloves16]

Giulia Puoi spiegare la differenza tra i segni di accento in avanti e all'indietro sulle vocali? Grazie.

[@italianlanguagehub]

Ciao Tommy! è / ò : queste vocali hanno un accento che si chiama "grave" // é: vocale con accento "acuto". Le vocali A, I, U hanno sempre e solo un tipo di accento (quello grave: à, ì, ù). La lettera E invece ha sia quello grave che quello acuto (è - é). Visto che è molto difficile spiegarlo per iscritto mi prendo nota di questa tua richiesta e farò (accento grave ;) ) un video dove puoi anche sentire la differenza in modo più chiaro. In linea di massima l'accento grave ha un suono più aperto (pensa a queste parole: caffè , così ) mentre l'accento acuto ha un suono più chiuso (prova a pronunciare la parola: perché). a presto! ciao!

[@jontarry121]

Really great explanation thank you! I didn't realise that accents and stress are basically the same thing. I'm curious why a single syllable word like "dà" and "è" needs an accent if there is only one syllable, in that case there is only one place to put the stress anyway.

[@italianlanguagehub]

Ciao Jonathan! Really happy to read that you liked the video and that it helped you! You need to put the accent on "è" (third person singular of the the verb to be... present tense) because you need to differentiate it from "e" (this is a conjunction : the english "and"). The pronunciation changes a little bit because of the accent...and graphically when you read it you know that they are two different things. Same thing goes with "dà" vs. "da"... without the accent it's a preposition ("da casa mia a casa tua") and with the accent it's the third person singular of the verb "dare" (present tense). I hope this helps! If you need further info let me know! You can also contact me by email at [e-mail] or visit my website for a free course on basic Italian sentences and do's and don'ts of Italy www.italianlanguagehub.com/corso-freebie CIAO!

[@jontarry121]

@@italianlanguagehub Thank you so much! Of course that makes sense! Thanks for your help. Ciao!

[@italianlanguagehub]

@@jontarry121 Prego! Ciao! :)

[@ernestkelly1779]

I am really interested your teaching

[@EdinburghTiger]

It’s very importante for the beginners but i always passed this kinda step when i learn foreign languages😂

[@TheSicilianLife]

Why do you pronounce casa with a 'z' sound?

[@italianlanguagehub]

Ciao! Thank you for your comment! In standard Italian the word CASA should be pronounced with a "soft s" ("s sorda" /'kasa/) but there are some exceptions... for example in the North of Italy and in Sardinia the pronunciation tends to be that of a "z sounding S ( "S sonora" /'kaza/). In the central regions of Italy and in Sicily you will hear the pronunciation like /'kasa/. I'm in Lombardy and here we simply pronounce CASA with a "z sounding S". I hope I didn't confuse you too much with this reply! :) Visit www.italianlanguagehub.com for more information on Italian pronunciation! :)

[@TheSicilianLife]

Thank you for explaining. I've never heard anyone pronounce the 's' as a 'z' ~ probably because I've only been in Sicily. :-)

[@italianlanguagehub]

@@TheSicilianLife ciao! You are welcome! Other big “mistake” that we do here in the north is with the vowel E… in Sicily it is usually an open E and in Lombardy it’s a closed E! The correct option is that of the south… 😀

[@auroraastoriserrao8816]

Another clear example can be "prìncipi" (princes) and "princìpi" (principles)

[@italianlanguagehub]

Ciao! Yes! True!!! :)

[@rajb5595]

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[@lifegoeson1990]

how i learn italian please tell me

[@ejames80]

In casa, that "s" sounds like "z"?

[@italianlanguagehub]

Ciao! Yes it's similar to a "z" sound. /ˈkaza/

[@ejames80]

@@italianlanguagehub thank you.

[@priaberkumistipiss]

Giulia please comeback

[@italianlanguagehub]

I'm back! :) posting new videos on KZbin in the next weeks! :) sorry I kept you waiting! You can also check out my free course ... look at the last video I posted : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2ewd6yYYtOgbaM