My Journey Learning *and becoming* Italian (6 Months)

[@nathanieldrew]

Hey guys. Chances are, you don’t speak Italian and therefore this video might not make a lot of sense to you. Fortunately, English subtitles have been added for the whole video. You can either press the “CC” button on desktop or the three dots in the corner on mobile to turn them on. Next week I’ll be back to uploading in English but this felt like a fun challenge (I’ve never done this before) and a little bit unusual, so I went for it. I hope you enjoy the hand gestures. I probably overdid it but whatever, just don’t tell the Italians.

[@joldomort5515]

Love the thumbnail nice job

[@Sara-ck2vn]

Complimenti Nathaniel! Fai ancora altri video in italiano per favore!😍😜

[@paramaduits558]

Nathaniel Drew I think you must have been Italian in your past life 😃

[@viamezo6986]

Can you add the Italian subtitles as well? This is a great study resource :$ Thank you! It's very inspiring :)

[@emiliealongi8774]

Ppppppooopoooooooo

[@ildebrandosimeoni1946]

When you are an italian student and you watch Nathaniel in order to improve your English and he starts doing video in Italian. Not stonks

[@SkippyADM]

Exactly

[@julienarmond9682]

ildebrando simeoni how long have you been learning English?

[@sehabel]

I am from Germany and I learn English and Italian, so this is perfect for me. Unfortunately I am very bad at learning languages and there are so many other things I have to learn for school. It's just not possible for me to learn Italian as fast as Nathaniel does.

[@julienarmond9682]

Marc Schulz Yeah you can practice reading English or just listen to the Italian.

[@andrewsartproject]

Totally true. :D

[@meganqosja4647]

"Mi hanno sempre detto che sembro italiano: sono piccolo, peloso e parlo con le mani..." Hai conquistato tutti.

[@Claudiocreatura]

a me ha conquistato con porcod*o

[@MAURIMAU]

È bellissimo guardare un video americano in italiano ahaha

[@leonardostefani8113]

@@Claudiocreatura si dice porcodio

[@martintena]

I love how when you speak Italian you have like a small Argentinian accent 😂 P.s. Grazie per questi videi! Sto facendo il mio Erasmus qua a Milano (sono spagnolo) e mi hanno aiutato molto.

[@monicarollo2462]

Ciao, video al plurale resta invariato.

[@AlexisDouFlo]

That's because argentinian is literally spanish with italian accent

[@Wwetitanfan27]

che significa erasmus?

[@DvDgr]

@@Wwetitanfan27 sono i viaggi all'estero per studi

[@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96]

@@AlexisDouFlo it's "literally" not, it does have Italian influence tho

[@EmmyHucker]

This is insanely encouraging for anyone out here learning another language!

[@matsyever2979]

Not another language. He learnt Italian knowing already Spanish and English: and that's help a big lot. Learning a language, in a proper way, requires years, not days

[@noonehere4332]

Yo aprendí español por 5 meses, al mismo tiempo que el, si quieres aprender un lengua, solamente necesitas estudiar y comienza hoy.

[@stebi2705]

Perché ci sono 666 like....ok

[@Zerge6095]

@@noonehere4332 Buena gramática; falta puntuación, acentos. I really recommend to you to learn either Mexican Spanish or Spaniard Spanish, they're the most "neutral" accents and you should be fine with it.

[@diegone080]

777 like

[@matteocarisdeo8918]

"La lingua di Dante e di Leonardo Da Vinci stava uscendo dalla mia bocca" Sempre lui: " Ho imparato termini comuni come Scialla e Porco Dio " AHAHAHAHAH sei il mio idolo 😂😂😂

[@martagagner1676]

ᗰIᑎᑌTO?𓂺

[@michelerz8274]

J- Killer 34:12

[@marcovaldinoci8369]

Ti amo fra sei un cazzo di genio

[@dantealighieri9120]

Ciao e prego

[@woocheolshin4496]

Bestemmiare è una cosa bella dell'italiano

[@silviasardo8271]

I'm Italian, I'm fluent in 4 languages and I'm an English teacher. I really enjoy your videos! Just one thing - confidenza is a false friend, what you really mean is sicurezza, fiducia in sé stesso in the sense of "confidence" :) hope this helps!

[@lastwish158]

what other languages do you speak?

[@demoniack81]

Uh... no, "confidenza" is perfectly valid, I'm not sure where you're getting this from. Maybe it's not used in your region? Here in Torino we use it with that meaning all the time. Straight from Treccani: confidènza s. f. [dal lat. confidentia «fiducia, impudenza», der. di confidens: v. confidente]. - 1. non com. Fiducia: avere c. in sé stessi, nel prossimo; infamia è un segno della pubblica disapprovazione che priva il reo de’ pubblici voti, della c. della patria (Beccaria); sicurezza: ha avuto troppa c. nel buon esito; un eccesso di c. può essere causa di sconfitta in una competizione sportiva.

[@luluminh3588]

The saddest part of this video is learning that Nathaniel in Italy is not a series. If you made more italian videos I would totally watch!

[@scaramvsain2393]

"facevo la doppia, non si fa". dopo mezzo secondo "CHE SCEMMO"

[@safiamaguette]

ahahahahahah

[@martinadb4272]

Hahahaahhahhahaha muoio

[@carlozanoletti8051]

😂 vero

[@rovibetina]

Paolo Scaramuzzino HAHAAH

[@aurora3107]

😂

[@rossellaparisi6879]

"sono piccolo, peloso e parlo con le mani" MI SPACCOOOO

[@marcelloascani]

Spero che ti sia piaciuta Milano! Torna presto 💪

[@LolLol-no1hb]

Marcello Ascani portalo a roma

[@lorenzopeverelli7819]

Giovanni Fallea Milano è molto meglio

[@dinouchcamulti-languages1381]

Watch my video and tell me your opinion please 🥰🥰🥰 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5LUmWuLZtdqrJI

[@tomm_accurate3942]

3:50 I've said "Incredibbile" instead of "incredibile" two seconds later "Che scemmo" I'm dead

[@dantealighieri9120]

@Zelindo Turrini no,non ho mai sentito "incredibbile" e sono siciliano

[@marcocappelletti7779]

@@dantealighieri9120 sei fiorentino zi'

[@dantealighieri9120]

@@marcocappelletti7779 se se

[@cherrybullet777]

@@dantealighieri9120 Ciao Dante

[@dantealighieri9120]

@@cherrybullet777 ciaoo

[@emanuele.gualandri]

Ok so, I am italian, and I live in Milan. I have followed your journey and I can honestly say that you are awesome. Italian is such a difficult langauge to learn and speak, your level is just mindblowing

[@dyniax7]

Emanuele Gualandri right? And he speaks spanish fluent as well. Guess i have to travel the world now too.

he speaks spanish, it is not that different for example I speak spanish but not italian and anyway I kinda understand what he says, think he should try german hahahaha

[@Hamza-fr1gj]

Nn e tanto dificile... I learned it while studying in Italy... I am Pakistani and Italian and didn't know anything except Ciao but then when I started studying in Italy for 2 years I learned a lot but them moved to UK for studies.. so have forgotten most of it but still I do understand him

[@DazKilla]

Emanuele Gualandri yes, I’ve been studying the language for nearly 8 years , it’s literally the simple things such as remembering to keep everything as plural / masculine and feminine that always caught me off guard , otherwise I can completely comprehend everything bar some coupled words

[@w1nzton]

@ that's not to say that, what he has learned in a short time is impressive

[@emanuelemilazzo6453]

Sono piccolo, peloso e parlo con le mani, da italiano, sono morto dal ridere 😂

[@theinternationalnerd]

Emanuele Milazzo anche io😅

[@316savior]

Me too !

[@88HaZZarD88]

We little pelosi hands people welcome you

[@francescostabelli7136]

Onesto

[@angeloolmetto5198]

Esattamente ❤️😂

[@lindanot]

"Sono piccolo, peloso e parlo con le mani" is officially the most iconic thing I heard you saying. Keep up the great content :)

[@Davide-gj6lj]

Sembro italiano: “sono piccolo peloso e parlo con le mani” ma é coez !

[@ErCofa]

Deve essere frustrante essere uno scemo nano peloso eh?

[@rickpin_0612]

Lol

[@hayleecs4223]

"Bella raga". Concludendo con questo direi che é uno di noi.

[@angiefort6003]

I had been learning Italian for a whole year, planning for my trip this upcoming July unfortunately fate has a funny way of playing out . Stay safe everyone.

[@abuhead]

Keep learning, Italy is here for you to visit

[@matteovinci2628]

"Mettevo la doppia anche se non c era e mi son detto che sceMMo"

[@BrunoNeureiter]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ciao3311]

hahaha vero😂

[@giovbrutus5794]

Sono morto

[@andryuu_2000]

Al sud si fa spesso

[@KevinPerez-zs4qj]

flaffe fluffi 😂😂😂😂

[@sadatplug4125]

La prima cosa che ho pensato: perche un italiano vuole imparare l italiano? Si, sembri italiano.

[@Anderyo]

cazzata

[@cronky2315]

@@Anderyo cazzata una grandissima minchia, sembra italiano

[@sadatplug4125]

Anderyo È il fratello di Murry lol

[@andryuu_2000]

Pare napoletano o siciliano.

[@Quapadople]

Verissimo...

[@kianmagrone3174]

me speaking broken italian also me understands every single word

[@vincenzot7246]

What means "porco dio"?

[@giulia6253]

@Nicholas Costanza yeah it does and it is very blasphemous (I don't think any other language has these kind of blasphemy 😂)

[@luanb2108]

@@vincenzot7246 It’s a blasphemy. Pretty commom in italian, but not much in other languages The literal meaning is something like “God is a pig” but it’s used more as a curse when you’re angry, like “for fuck sake”

[@monicas2461]

I need to sleep. But I’ve heard that crazy thing about how the algorithms change if more people react to the videos soon. So here I am, not really being able to watch the video, but writing a comment. Your Italian sounds nice!

[@ettoremaiorana4193]

Ho la sensazione che Marcello abbia detto una cosa giusta e non scontata: un italiano che sente un americano anche solo provare a balbettare un po' di italiano se ne allegra. Siamo tutti consapevoli della complessità della nostra lingua e riconosciamo l'eroismo di chi da zero prova ad impararla. Da questo punto di vista l'Italia è davvero amica di chi sta apprendendo la lingua.

[@mood_4738]

Non so, io ho avuto l'esperienza opposta. Conosco sia inglesi che americani che mi hanno fatto notare la stessa cosa: noi Italiani tendiamo a correggere l'interlocutore più di quanto possa succede in qualsiasi altro stati

[@pandy_4766]

Ma pensavo marcello la meme

[@mustaphasamsam3257]

@@mood_4738 da quando correggere è scortesia? Se lo si fa è per fare un favore a chi sta imparando e vuole poter farlo in maniera chiara, corretta e comprensibile

[@Mr_snipr_ghst_Acrw_SMCK]

@@pandy_4766 pure io lo pensavo😂😂😂

[@luanr]

@@mood_4738 10 anni in italia questo non é mai (o quasi mai) sucesso a me

[@Astronometric]

I really respect you. As an Italian, I've tried to learn Dutch to get a job in the Netherlands. I was there for more than a year and I studied their idiom actively for the last 3/4 months of my permanence there, and after a lot of effort I was only able to form short sentences and unable to understand a native talking at normal speed. Then the covid struck and I was forced to go back for economical reasons. Now I am fluent in English and I've learn most of it by myself because I had some terrible teacher in school, but it took me years to be able to hold a real conversation. I really envy those who can learn many languages in such a short amount of time, I really believe that some of us are not wired to be polyglot.

[@TheTTax]

He's a native Spanish speaker, that helps a lot. If you were a german speaker, you'd probably learn dutch pretty quickly too :b He spent 6 months there, and he probably doesn't have a regular job either. It's not hard...

[@eduardoecs4624]

I don't think so. I think that there are people that don't know how to learn things by themselves because of lack of experience. Once you learn the knack it becomes easier. Sometimes the language is just really hard. It depends. But I also think anyone (pretty much) can learn new things. Probably not as quick, but it's possible

[@MatthewDubin]

You know whats amazing, I moved to Italy late June and can't even hold a conversation in Italian. It really shows that if you dedicate yourself to learn a language, you can do it in very little time.

[@roberthardy5171]

He does it full time. Its basically his job.

[@abbybeginyazova7812]

Corbin he also speaks Spanish so it was probably easier for him to learn

[@MatthewDubin]

@@abbybeginyazova7812 I didn't realize that, only started watching some of his videos a few months ago, still catching up. But there are many similarities that would assist him knowing Spanish already and from what I can tell, he knew a little Italian starting out. Thank you for the good information! Ciao!

[@giuse_noci2392]

“Termini comuni come: scialla” “Porcodio” Lui è un patrimonio

[@etlevasulo9433]

che minuto?

[@letalxcrazy9465]

Etleva Sulo 5:02

[@yumikorno]

@@letalxcrazy9465 HAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHHHh

[@aerox70polini]

DerazxX fortnite giusto

[@aversariccardo58]

Ahahahah

[@kaylaautry5348]

When you can literally see the happiness in his eyes when he speaks ;_;

[@konradnoises]

Hey Nate! Research about “double personality” when speaking different languages, you’ll understand what he ment. I bet you can also make a very interesting video about it, speaking the ones you do!

[@AB-xx3jl]

I speak five languages (English, Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese) and it isn't true. You just think in another way because of the difference of the grammar but you obviously haven't another personality. Maybe at the beginning, when you don't know well the language you just think in an easily way, but that's obvious because you don't know words. But, anyways, it isn't true

[@konradnoises]

A B odly enough, I speak those, plus french, and I totally disagree with you. Specially because there are innumerous scientific studies that point a sort of “double personality” in bilingual or plurilingual people. You can search for those studies, they go really in depth.

[@majooleonmagnani5246]

@@konradnoises I'm bilingual and I don't feel anything such as a double personality, I'm the same introvert 16 yo when speaking either language

[@Ermude10]

@@konradnoises I'm not sure what those studies are explicitly saying, but I do believe that naming it "double personality" can be very misleading. I speak 4 languages, Chinese Mandarin, Swedish, English and French. When I think or speak in those languages, the language itself influences how I think and speak due to the grammatical structure, cultural ties as well as rhythm and sound. It doesn't change my core values, but it can change how I express myself.

[@konradnoises]

Ermude10 that’s pretty much it. The language and culture that comes along with each one, has a huge influence in one’s behavior. I used “double personality” in quotes, just to try to sum it up, but you’re absolutely right!

[@miguelcustodio7842]

I've never studied italian and I understand 75% of this because I'm portuguese.

[@rrisriann]

Stonks

[@davide7046]

Brazilian or Portuguese?

[@samudigiambe]

Pensa che io da italiano non ho capito un cazzo di niente di quello che ha detto il tipo

[@samudigiambe]

Jk

[@miguelcustodio7842]

@@davide7046 Portuguese from Portugal, I was actually still born in the Empire before 1999 (Macau handover). It's just because besides Ronaldo we're known to have been great explorers.

[@lizik7189]

3:37 "Cavolo non sopporto più questa lingua" I can relate to this on a godly level lol. But at the same time adoro l'italiano. Come dice Federico Fellini "una lingua diversa è una diversa visione della vita." Io e Nathaniel siamo molto fortunati per aver scelto la visione italiana. Può essere un po' difficile ma è la lingua più bella del mondo🥺 A volte dobbiamo rilassarci e non giudicarci tanto, perché è impossibile parlare sempre senza errori, anche per gli stessi italiani

[@lizik7189]

Zelindo Turrini troppi verbi irregolari 😬

[@eren_fail2374]

Si però se la grammatica fosse più facile sarebbe meglio

[@Khinoci]

Minchia, scrive meglio di me

[@mircomesca4737]

@@Khinoci Esatto, ma perché noi italiani non facciamo caso agli errori come può farlo uno straniero.

[@anataranu5063]

I moved to Italy 2 months ago, able to speak close to nothing; watching this and understanding everything genuinely motivates me to keep pushing towards fluency. Grazie mille per essere una grande fonte d'ispirazione per me.

[@hachir5648]

Nathaniel, il tuo “bella raga” nella descrizione è stato super inaspettato e super divertente ahah

[@albedoria95]

Ammiro veramente tanto la tua voglia di imparare e l'impegno che hai messo in questa tua sfida! Great job mate

[@BenBradyOfficial]

Nathan you have inspired me to live in Italy and learn their beautiful language. Despite living in Ireland all my life, I have always felt this connection with Italia. From when I learnt about Ancient Rome in school or played Assassin's Creed at home 😂 I speak French fluently but no matter how much French I listen to or understand, I cannot imagine it would compete with the satisfaction of Italiano 💙

[@annadelcol2428]

Good luck! You will be great!

[@cyrilux3232]

If ure fluent in french u will learn italian in no time. Good luck!

[@musicAle77]

Vedo che sei un uomo di cultura, anche tu gioci à Assassin's Creed é ti piace la storia dei Romani? Anche a me!

[@r21guns74]

Man, I feel you with Assassin's Creed haha!! As soon as I played AC 2, I was immediately like, "I NEED TO LEARN THIS LANGUAGE AND GO TO FLORENCE." But I agree with you, there's something about the Italian history and culture which draws you in :)

[@NoctLightCloud]

go for it! Motivated and passionate people like you will be welcomed anywhere. I guarantee.

[@graceonyourdash]

Ma tu spacchi!!!! Bravissimo 😱👏🏾 Greetings from an afroitalian girl 😍🇮🇹

[@userxresu]

"Parlo veramente così?! Faccio schifo“ 😂😂 Condivido assolutamente questa sensazione. Sto studiando l‘italiano da anni ormai e quando lo parlo mi capita spesso di dirmi la stessa cosa.

[@soniamarcone1717]

A me piace tanto sentire una persona straniera parlare italiano

[@francescococchiarella]

Da italiano, in questa frase abbastanza complessa non hai fatto errori, vuol dire che stai studiando bene! Complimenti, continua così!

[@miso5968]

@@francescococchiarella vabbe se lo studia da anni non è così strano che non abbia fatto errori. Il difficile in una lingua straniera è sempre il parlarla

[@lilly3001]

Ma nooo 😂

[@cherrybullet777]

Buona fortuna

[@yeahitsammara]

I'm taking my third year in French and I've never had the thought of remembering everything that was taught to me and never had the confidence to speak it, watching this and your last Italian speaking video has inspired me to learn French comprehensively and feasibly have an actual good conversation with my teacher, merci beaucoup!!

[@noorzin1609]

This is the first time I get to watch a video after 15 seconds of being published. I'm very honored and would like to thank my parents, my grandparents, my sisters, and my brother for believing in me. I love La lingua Italiana. Bravissimo!

[@brahim5385]

Lmgharba everywhere lol

[@noorzin1609]

@@brahim5385 Haha that's for sure.

[@alezoe]

Tranquillo, se vieni a Roma "Incredibile" lo dici nel modo giusto 😂

[@matteoteo126]

davero raddoppiamo tutto codddddio

[@sergioaloisi]

Ora mi spiego perchè lo scrivevo con due B quando mi sono trasferito nel Lazio 😂

[@jippalippa]

Teribbile!

[@Alinda1308]

😂

[@keiwanmosaddegh5947]

I'm lost for words. This was simply amazing. Nathaniel Drew. You've done it again. Hands down my absolute favorite KZbinr of 2019, and I'm confident 2020 won't be any different. Keep it up!

[@hermannbarbato]

Hey man, I think your italian is really good for someone who's been in Italy for just three months. Don't be too harsh on yourself! I had a russian friend whose english was far worst than yours after three whole years here. I love the passion and care you put in each one of the things you learn and your videos. Keep learning and in bocca al lupo con l'italiano!

[@АнВо-б9ф]

Maybe it's bcs of big difference between russian and english?

[@hermannbarbato]

@@АнВо-б9ф No, I can tell you my russian friend didn't apply at all

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

Do you speak Russian?

[@hermannbarbato]

@@erturtemirbaev5207 No, but it wasn't meant to be a comparison between English and Russian. I just believe that if you really want to learn anything in life you can make it. BUT you have to apply.

[@gabrieladaniel9687]

I'm from Brazil and here we speak Portuguese. I'm fluent in English and now I've decided to learn Italian. Your videos are a great resource! Complimenti!

[@keegmoo3608]

Your content has opened my eyes and truly inspired me! I am going to try and turn my life around one step at a time by creating 1 habit at a time.

[@zalfadaulah4890]

Me too!

[@hhughes9465]

The good thing about this video, and not being able to speak Italian, is that I have to focus on the video. No scrolling through the comments. Full attention. Very appreciated.

[@andreagreco908]

Sono un italiano e ti scrivo in italiano perché ormai dato il tuo percorso, puoi capirmi. Sei un grande hai affrontato il tutto con molta semplicità e con molta volontà di farlo. Continua così.

[@valentina_montalto]

When you are americano but usi il congiuntivo meglio than italians hahaha

[@bartolomeobisio2741]

*AHAHAH*

[@siliussum]

Quando sei americano e parli meglio degli italiani *stonks*

[@Fatality-g7n]

Ahaha stonks

[@michele8823]

Già hanana

[@beppe2519]

Stonks per gli americani ma NOT STONKS per l'Italia

[@definitelynotkamamber]

i am very frustrated with myself because my fear of speaking and thinking that others people would judge me for my terrible speach killed my passion for studying turkish language as stupid as it is sounds , but after your video i opened turkish core 100 word list and just started it over again, thank u from the russian subscriber

[@vicaleksa]

молодец🙌🏼

[@brouchy2783]

I am from Argentina and I hope I can learn as many languages ​​as you since you have become someone of example for me And the day I learn, I will fly to thank you for that grain of sand that you have brought to my life. Thank you🇦🇷

[@fernandolaporta6253]

Que bien se siente encontrar argentinos

[@Christian-iy4if]

6:17 Un vero Italiano, starnutisce così🤯

[@Mai-bi6nv]

since i am early - just wanted to say that i really appreciate that most of your vids have subtitles, my hearing is absolute crap and i miss half the video without them usually. thank you. also, a question i have had for a while now - why is your logo an ice cream??

[@Cookie-fi5sd]

Hi :)

[@keramaswiguna9434]

I scream

[@rudeburger284]

I'm Italian and, I'm wordless, your Italian is really good

[@GiovanniTotiMedico1994]

Incredibile come sei migliorato! Continua così! Keep it up man! 🇮🇹

[@NielMalan]

The discussion about being perfect in a language reminds me of the quote from Imre Lakatos: "Triviality and certainty are the kinderkrankheiten of knowledge." The idea of speaking a language perfectly is like being certain of a fact. The better one knows a topic the less certain one becomes of its facts. The better one knows a language the more one find there there is still to learn.

[@MassimilianoOrlando]

Your progress and consistency were amazing! And as an Italian, you sound sooo great! Good job!

[@leonklausing5844]

Nathan :Ho imparato già parole tipo.... Giuseppe :"Porco dio" 😂😂😂

[@Clockworks096]

Leon sono morto

[@thegunner12]

Mi ha steso 😂

[@RonPalacio]

this is how italians can be uneducated, blasphemous, ignorants and disrespectful

[@davidebutti1014]

@@RonPalacio i would argue that actually, it's usually educated people that tend to use blasphemy as bad words because it doesn't mean much to them. Uneducated people, STATISTICALLY are more religious and would never say that.

[@RonPalacio]

@@davidebutti1014 fair point lol

[@TheNj109]

I'm trying to learm french at age 24, and this is very inspiring. Thank you!

[@LIFEwithLAM]

I feel your pain!! Learning Russian at 30, haha.

[@iggylow94]

Bon courage l'ami!

[@dearbrave4183]

Hhhhh je parle français I would be happy to help you practice but only if you speak Spanish lol ...coz I've been wanting to learn it

[@TheNj109]

umwali sharon Je vous remercie! maintenant j'aimerais connaître l'espagnol pour pouvoir profiter de l'offre lol

[@LIFEwithLAM]

@@dearbrave4183 Yo hablo un poco español! I would love the practice en francais!

[@cimaq]

At 7:50 you sound pretty much like a spanish person talking italian - I personally find it hilarious, in a nice way obviously! That's really good, you're learning well and you did a lot of progresses during your time in Italy. As you said, keep talking in italian! You're doing it great :)

[@aprillila9942]

I've been learning Italian for a while, and got to have my first real conversation in Italian last year when I visited Italy - communicating in a foreign language is just so magical. Thanks for this video, it was just what I needed to motivate me to keep going after my dream of studying at a language school in Italy and becoming fluent(-ish)!!

[@simonedeiana2696]

“She told me it’s not incredibbile, it’s incredibile” After two seconds: “Che scemmo” 😂😂😂😂

[@Ali-rb3ir]

Aaahh l'ironia

[@otto0627]

Ci avevo pensato anch'io!!! (I also thought about it!!)

[@andriarapiccoli1483]

Mitico!!!! Sono brasiliana e ho iniziato a parlare un po di Italiano dopo 3 mesi che ero in Italia. Adesso sono qui da 7 anni e ancora non sono arrivata al tuo livello. Bravissimo!!

[@gabriella26diva]

I really admire your dedication to learning a new language. Inspiring

[@rubenbiskupec8442]

I'm italian and your progress is really impressive! Good job.

[@ninistories]

I speak Italian and I literally didn't realize you started the video in Italian. way to go

[@LIFEwithLAM]

I developed my love of languages relatively late in life and it definitely doesn't come as easily as it did when I was younger! I spoke English and Cantonese growing up, learned French in school (nowhere close to fluent), and am now trying to add Spanish and Russian into the mix. Wish me luck!!

[@guitarislator3912]

I learned spanish/english and now im trying to learn french and russian ,I wish you goodluck

[@kisstwogays5258]

Good luck

[@falcone5287]

Желаю удачи! (I wish you good luck in russian)

[@LIFEwithLAM]

@@guitarislator3912 Gracias/Merci!!

[@LIFEwithLAM]

@@kisstwogays5258 Thank you!

[@torinielson963]

you’re content is amazing. this is exactly what i need in life. simplicity & clarity. so so important. i can not express how amazing this timing is. i just got called to serve a mission for my church for 18 months in germany so i’ve been freaking out about language study. this really gives me motivation to begin working at it and hope that i will accomplish such a complex task.

[@maiagarlato4671]

Parli veramente benissimo! Sono felice per te!

[@wariotest1]

"La lingua di dante e leonardo da vinci stava uscendo dalla mia bocca" well yes, but actually no

[@kiowna1881]

Beh ha detto "porco dio" quindi parla in modo volgare

[@fabifabifab]

AHAHAHHAHA

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

@@kiowna1881 Nah, è solo veneto

[@andreamiri6923]

@@kiowna1881 non l'hai detto

[@kiowna1881]

@@andreamiri6923 credo di averlo detto

[@vaxel2]

fratello due correzioni al volo: 1. confidence = sicurezza (sicurezza vuol dire anche "safety" in altri contesti) confidenza = quando sei abbastanza amico con qualcuno da prenderlo per il culo 🤪 "Non dare confidenza agli sconosciuti" (lo dice la mamma ai figli piccoli); "Chi ti ha dato tutta 'sta confidenza?" quando qualcuno esagera e ti tratta come se vi conosceste da una vita, ma in realtà vi conoscete appena. Attenzione: non confonderlo con "Chi ti ha dato tutta questa conoscenza?" che può suonare simile, ma sarebbe assolutamente sbagliato 😆 "Non mi sento sicuro a..." oppure "Non me la sento di..." che può voler dire che non hai voglia di fare qualcosa o che non ti senti pronto a fare qualcosa. 2. Can = Saper (fare) May = Poter (fare) I can drive -> (Io) So guidare (verbo sapere = to know) May I come along? -> Posso (io) venire con voi/te? È normalissimo che si traduca letteralmente all'inizio, ma se vuoi fare il salto di livello, prima di pensare all'intonazione (ne abbiamo un milione e se tu hai la tua inglese it's fine, it's something personal!) prova ad imparare le frasi idiomatiche, ti faranno non solo parlare ma anche pensare come un italiano ;)

[@chiaragiulianiniyoga]

Già. Proprio due giorni fa ho scritto sul mio sito "diventa più confidente in te stessa" invece che "più sicura di te", e mi sono lamentata con il mio ragazzo, australiano, della "confidence" che ha con la sua collega. Ho vissuto troppo tempo all'estero lol.

[@AB-xx3jl]

In realtà can significa saper fare che poter fare però comunque gli hai dato consigli molto utili

[@matteoratti4084]

@@chiaragiulianiniyoga Confidente e confidenza in italiano si possono usare come confidence/confidant. Sono relativamente in disuso ma sono assolutamente corretti se usati come "Diventa più fiducioso (confidente) in te stesso" oppure "Mi ci vorrebbe maggior sicurezza (confidenza) in me stesso"

[@chiaragiulianiniyoga]

matteo ratti davvero? Grazie! Allora non mi ero inventata una parola nuova dopotutto...

[@matteoratti4084]

​@@chiaragiulianiniyogasono proprio i loro significati standard, dato che dal latino volevano dire proprio quello :) www.treccani.it/vocabolario/confidente 1: fiducioso 2: sicuro di sé www.treccani.it/vocabolario/confidenza 1:fiducia

[@Tushkarider]

Ciao Nathan! Non fai schifo, direi che parli molto bene, riesci ad esprimere i tuoi pensieri ed emozioni, in frasi complete e interconnesse! Bravissimo! In bocca al lupo con questa sfida!

[@LynnFattal]

I love this so much 🙏🙏 I started learning Italian too (I'm 17) like at the same time you did! And I find this so impressive the progress you made in those 4 months are outstanding 😍😍 you're really an inspiration to persevere 👏 love it love it 🙏thank you for what you do❤️

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

First reaction: OH MY GOD NATHANIEL IS SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE!!!

[@KING-kv6cv]

How good does his italian sound to a native speaker?

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

@@KING-kv6cv My opinion is a bit different than the other two comments here above. I believe he has zero accent. I would never be able to say that he's American while speaking in Italian. Vocabulary is also impressively rich and he's able to use several idiomatic expressions. Really the only thing he could improve is practice: he obviously sounds a bit robotic, fragmented. That could be improved just with keep talking Italian. He did a GREAT job.

[@Hastdupech8509]

@@KING-kv6cv He doesn't sound like a native, but this doesn't really matter. He doesn't pause like an Italian would do and some vowels and also consonants are different from typical Italian accents. But that is not that relevant. You'll always keep something which will reveal the language you're speaking is not your native one, so amen. The important thing is grammar and vocabulary, and he did an amazing job considering that he's speaking a Romance language and that he can handle slang phrases, and I admire him so so so much. He did an excellent job and has brilliant language skills. Things will keep improving for his Italian and I wish I had his abilities in English.

[@mariavittoriagrilli8734]

Dopo aver visto la conversazione con tua nonna non mi aspettavo certo un video con una bestemmia, scritta poi diverse volte nei commenti…con tanto di apprezzamenti. Bel modo di rendere onore alla lingua di Dante!

[@buffdrone4487]

è bello vedere "uno straniero" imparare la propria lingua con una passione del genere! complimenti! bravo ;)

[@miriamricci8403]

“Sono piccolo, peloso, e parlo con le mani”- I’ve found my new mantra.

[@nanaki4783]

Marcello ha centrato il punto. Non importa "se tu straniero" parli italiano, magari in una maniera approssimativa. L'importante è capirsi. Già solo vedere l'impegno che si mette ad imparare la lingua in così poco tempo è ammirevole e straordinario. La perfezione non esiste... è giusto correggersi, comprendere gli errori, ma non bisogna affliggersi se si sbaglia, anzi!

[@nexnexusnex]

5:06 Si vede che tra gli artisti italiani hai ascoltato Massimo Pericolo, sei un pazzo, un fenomeno. Complimenti

[@nonmiricordo2.031]

infatti ahaha 😍

[@emiliastraub7360]

Omg Nathaniel I can soooo relate!!! I am a 19 year old German girl, living in Italy for 10 months, near Rome. And I didn't learn the language at school. Just like for you it was/is a challenge that I threw myself into, out of curiosity and interest. I really think it's fascinating how people (especially Italians) live their lives, think and express themselves, therfore I knew I didn't want to be a tourist but I wanted to emerge myself in this culture to become 'una italiana vera'. I do think that language has a huge influence on our behavior (I mean our thoughts create emotions and then actions which confirm beliefs and so on). It is soo interesting to see how the people here express themselves and therefor get a glimpse of their mentality. And yet it is so challenging for me on the other hand, coming in as a 'straniera' without much talking ability. I absolutely loved the part of the video where your friend said your personality seems differently in Italian. That's what I am faced with everyday. I have to overcome my perfectionism, my fear to mess up. I do feel a little stupid and slow when I am talking,...but it's getting better. And wow you also made huge improvements. It's so inspiring to see your journey with this language and culture😍

[@tavolaluija]

How is it going? 💕

[@tracylynm614]

Half Italian here, and I started learning Italian. I was born in America and heard some Italian growing up while at my grandparents house, but only some words here and there. I can't wait to get to your level! I know it will take time!! Like A LOT of time, study, and patience!

[@microsoftpain]

sto cercando di imparare l'italiano perché i miei antenati lo parlavano quando sono venuti qui, ma non è più parlato. i still have a very long way to go, and the language can be really frustrating lol, but i'd love to bring the language back into my family. it's hard when you don't know anyone that speaks the language in your personal life. 💀

[@kelsigrrr]

This is absolutely incredible. Keep with your Italian! I’m learning French right now and it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done but it’s so beautiful.

[@quentinrichard3568]

Alors ? J'espère que votre apprentissage c'est bien passé. Dites moi ou vous en êtes, ou si vous pouvez parlez ne serait-ce que un peu, cela serait génial. Merci ;)

[@RegularVeteran]

I'm currently in my first year of building my channel and learning Russian, your channel has been a huge inspiration. I loved that this was in Italian and we got to see some of your progress! Thanks for sharing!

[@vicaleksa]

Удачи с русским!

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

Учите русский язык

[@alessandrostempliuc]

Your Italian is “spaventosamente fluente” for a guy who just learned this language in like, weeks? Months? I appreciate your devotion, focus and determination. So inspiring! And yes, you look like an Italian actually 😂

[@bilbohob7179]

Well. He speaks French and Spanish too, and a liitle bit of portuguese. That help a lot!!! He is not the classic anglophone French help him with the grammar and spanish with phonetics

[@GDino33]

Many Argentinians are of mostly European background but mostly Italian ,Spaniard ,french ,German among other Europeans .However it is rare but there was Italian immigration in Mexico even probably where my parents are from ( El Salvador ) my brother might be able to pass for Italian .

[@shady.passionate]

Un piccolo consiglio: usi moltissimo la parola "confidenza" ma in modo scorretto. Infatti confidenza non è la traduzione esatta di "confidence", che è "sicurezza".

[@MikeMJeffyTheMasterHD]

Beh in realtà non mi sembra abbia decontestualizzato confidenza in realtà. 'Avere confidenza nel parlare una lingua' non è sbagliato

[@tetilarosch3673]

@@MikeMJeffyTheMasterHD Non è sbagliato ma non è di uso comune perché usiamo più verbi riflessivi degli anglofoni. Essere a proprio agio nel parlare una lingua suona meglio no? Poi si la sostanza è la stessa cambia solo la forma

[@MikeMJeffyTheMasterHD]

@@tetilarosch3673 vengo da un paesino in cui "confidenza" è abusato in tutto e per tutto quindi forse è per questo che non lo vedo come un grosso problema ahah

[@andryuu_2000]

Tecnicamente sì c'è qualche sfumatura diversa ma sinceramente è la stessa cosa

[@valentinabarnabei7404]

Secondo me il consiglio di Giovanni è ottimo! Infatti dire "confidenza" al posto di "sicurezza" quando si parla in italiano è molto comune tra anglofon* e francofon* (avoir confiance en soi, per esempio). Io stessa, avendo vissuto e studiato per anni in contesti francofoni, dicevo spesso "confidenza" al posto di "sicurezza" quando parlavo in italiano. Ovviamente non è sbagliato ma di certo dire "essere sicura di se stessa" ti fa sembrare molto più parlante nativa che dire "avere confidenza in se stessa" 🤣

[@mememan3799]

I was in Italy, and all over Italy for 2 weeks early this year, it’s an incredibley fascinating place.

[@caileepulido]

I studied Italian in college and finished my minor in Rome...and really felt like my understanding grew even more. However, my ability to speak has always been a struggle. I think you’re totally right about confidence...I think because of my high level of understanding sentence structure and grammar I always knew when I was making a mistake so I didn’t want to speak because it was coming out wrong when on the spot. This video has helped me so much and made me want to try again!

[@corradotraverso2920]

Bravissimo Nath!! Come italiano e tuo follower sono orgoglioso di te!!

[@damondominique]

When you don’t speak Italian, but speak other languages and manage to understand this.

[@rafaelacarvalho4566]

Same, I speak portuguese and Spanish what looks a little bit similar to Italian

[@selenehernandez8279]

Samee

[@barbaramarina1027]

Io ti seguo dal video in cui parlavi con tua nonna 5 lingue diverse e rimango affascinata da come tu lo faccia sembrare così semplice. Complimenti, sei davvero in gamba!

[@JamieTecson]

I'm learning Italian too and it's so hard to keep the motivation when you have no one to practice with. But this video made me want to go back and work hard to learn it again. Thank you!!!!

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

Hi. Where do you come from!

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

??

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

How long have you been learning it?

[@saramassarotto]

Oddio ma sentirti parlare in italiano mi ha fatto emozionare tantissimo 😍 sei diventato davvero bravissimo Nathaniel, complimenti!! ❣️

[@oltrelingua2353]

"learning a language should be fun" well said, that's how I've been teaching and it works wonders.

[@sandigerro]

The craziest thing for me about this vid is that i also started to learn italian by myself 2 years ago and my level is probably half of his. Feels bad man

[@lostgirlclub]

Sandro Schumann mood 😂😂😂 but remember he knows Spanish already and that is a HUGE advantage as the languages have many similarities. So don’t compare yourself. But lol same It`s Been 2 years here too and the progress is slow but still, I’m getting better. Rome wasn't built in a day eh ;) ? (Lol that was cringe)

[@sandigerro]

@@lostgirlclub no worries, made me laugh anyway :D but i guess i shouldnt compare, itll take as much time as it needs, so i shouldnt hurry and worry about it

[@thecrazywtf1456]

Comparison is the enemy of progress. As Emma said don't mid it and keep going foward at your own pace, because everyone is different. In culo alla balena! ;)

[@abcxyz4653]

Also he has experience learning languages! When you’ve already learned the skill it’s easier to do it again cuz you know what to focus on

[@giulianodimitri8156]

Italiani: STONKS!↗️

[@giacomosuerzistefanin188]

Ti ho conosciuto solo oggi, e volevo ringraziarti per la tua forza d'animo! Sei grande continua cosi!

[@EnricoCirotto]

3:18 mai avrei pensato di leggere Fabrizio de Andre e Massimo Pericolo insieme, comunque sei un grande. Stai ispirando molte persone complimenti 😊

[@masterjunky863]

Spesso gli sbirri e i carabinieri Al proprio dovere vengono meno Ma non quando sono in alta uniforme E l'accompagnarono al primo treno

[@maiaotaku]

I really really loved this italian series ! You've encouraged me more and more to pursue my learning of that beautiful language. I wish you'd make more.

[@selene1272]

As an Italian, I must say you speak our language amazingly!

[@conscons6093]

Sei strepitoso! Hai imparato tantissimo in così poco tempo! Non è assolutamente da tutti, ho vissuto all’estero anch’io e ti capisco quando dici che la tendenza a voler essere perfetti diventa frustante! Due consigli per continuare a migliorarsi costantemente (validi anche per i natives) - leggere libri su svariati argomenti, così da arricchire veramente il tuo vocabolario; - parlare con più persone possibili. Ogni persona è un mondo a se’, ognuno ha il proprio modo di parlare, più persone incontri più diventi in grado di cogliere questa varietà, e pian piano farla tua! Se dovessi incontrarti in giro per Milano prima che tu parta verrò a salutarti 👋

[@simonec.2616]

"sono piccolo, peloso e parlo con le mani" italiani 2k19🤣

[@heldenhonig6505]

SimoneC. Italiani sempre

[@PabloAndresDealbera]

piccolo?

[@316savior]

Si si 😅

[@Last2457]

Ma Simone ?

[@simonec.2616]

@@Last2457 MA...CIAO HAHAHAHA

[@heh9392]

This guy has learned 10 times more than what I have with duolingo for the past 6 months. I haven't put daily effort, but weekly in learning, I understood half of the words though of the videos first 2 minutes.

[@agalyakathiravan4658]

Your italian souds perfect in terms of the expressions, and tone.How talented you are ! Your inspiration gave me a thought to learn Spanish🤔

[@ulisescayon5515]

¡Deberías hacerlo! El español es hermoso.

[@Louisleloup123]

A mi me parece que el iltaliano es el muy hermoso.... Pero tengo dudas respecto a mi objetividad porque soy francès 😂 esos dos lenguajes tienen muy similitudes y tanto puntos en comun. Pero es verdad que los lenguajes mediterraneanos son los mas hermosos a escuchar y hablar!

[@agalyakathiravan4658]

@@ulisescayon5515😃¡sí!

[@agalyakathiravan4658]

@@Louisleloup123 Estoy de acuerdo con esa opinión de que las lenguas mediterráneas suenan hermosas, pero estoy interesado en el español mientras escucho canciones en español.

[@Louisleloup123]

@@javierslytherin9898 calma te amigo jajajaja