Collective Nouns in Italian

[@Darktimes17]

Knowing Spanish makes Italian so much easier to learn. There are so many similarities 🥰

[@pax2293]

Yup. The only problem is that if you speak Italian, most of the time people online think you're speaking Spanish... Can be pretty annoying, but also funny

[@skeptigal8899]

It can be really confusing too because some words only differ by one letter, and others are false friends.

[@eudaimonia0221]

Yes! It’s true as long as you aren’t deceived by similar-looking words (imbarazzata and embarazada, burro…) There’s plenty of these examples, but that’s what will make the language fun to learn

[@lv70rouge]

They dont like when you say that

[@pax2293]

We actually do, trust me. The fact that that the Italian word for "butter" is literally the same as the Spanish word for "donkey" is objectively fucking hilarious.

[@jalapenoandbanana]

He knows a lot about Italian stuff, Professor Dave explains

[@PaulaBean]

In Dutch it's the same... people in general are denoted with the word 'Men', and the verb that goes with it, is singular. Example: "People visit the beach because of the sunny weather" -> "Men bezoekt het strand vanwege het zonnige weer."

[@Wolf.51.50]

Hi Dave. I'm italian so i'm interested to know the reason of these videos: do you have any italian origins? You speak a very good italian, by the way. Thanks.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Yep my parents are Italian immigrants! I produced this entire Italian series with my mother, who teaches Italian. Check the full playlist.

[@Wolf.51.50]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains I thought so. Thanks, i will. I'm italian, I live in Italy and italian is my main language, but i'll watch your italian series videos anyway, 'cause they are very well done. Besides, as an italian expression says: "non si finisce mai di imparare"😃

[@JV-km9xk]

Yo Professor Dave, how many videos do still plan to produce? Last I heard, you said you planned on just 121 videos and now you have surpassed that number. Grazie per i video. Mi piacciono tutti, sono molti utili!

[@JV-km9xk]

Yo Professor Dave, how many videos do still plan to produce? Last I heard, you said you planned on just 121 videos and now you have surpassed that number.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I just recently did 7 more so just a couple left to come out.

[@JV-km9xk]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains Oh okay. I have been enjoying and learning a lot from this series for a while and it's a bit sad to see it come to a close. Thanks a lot! You really explain things clearly and concisely which I commend greatly.

[@2BAvalon]

I'm Italian and I'm still seeing this video.

[@unglaubiger5645]

do you think it´s good?

[@3dov4nd3r2]

In short, yes

[@stefanocapogrosso]

@@unglaubiger5645 Very good actually, he uses certain words which are not very common but I'd still give it a 10/10

[@supersarah5673]

No way. Professor Dave used to explain science to me. Now he’s teaching me Italian because my boyfriend is Italian.

[@uTube486]

I learned where Pecorino Romano cheese gets it name at 4:20.

[@pax2293]

Me, an Italian: 👀

[@leol2254]

me, an italian:

[@MrDirtclodfight]

Hey P.Dave! Can you debunk dr. Berg and his keto claims? Please check this guy out. Please and thank you for your consideration

[@Gokulaz]

I have E-mailed you sir

[@21cabbage36]

What does 'putana' mean?

[@2BAvalon]

Puttana means whore, prostitute.

[@tic-tacdrin-drinn1505]

This means you just made an orthographic error.

[@meliel1715]

un gruppo di intelligenza accademica ma incapace di pensare con la propria testa

[@EdyMar77]

ha , Im a spanish speaker , and can understand that perfectly . so similar languages , incredible.

[@BlueShadow777]

Sorry, Prof., but I have to inform you that you pronounced "compagnia" (at 2:31 "una compagnia di ballo") incorrectly. 🙄 Hey... I'll give you a "Like" anyway. 😬

[@matthewscarfo3166]

Come si pronuncia allora? Sei pensando di “compagna”?

[@galileog8945]

Nonsense, he pronounced it correctly. If you are Italian, you have forgotten your language.

[@giuseppepuglisi3980]

Ma che stai a di' ? E' giusto.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Yeah I pronounced it correctly.

[@JV-km9xk]

Massive L. At least you entertained us and hopefully learned from you mistake, bro.

[@tic-tacdrin-drinn1505]

Very interesting. Collective nouns in the singular are not a peculiarity of the Italian language: there are similar words in English: “jury”, “bunch”, “crowd”, etc. In Italian, saying “una costellazione di stelle” is redundant because “costellazione” already says it. The same applies to “arcipelago di Isole”: there can be no “arcipelago” of other things.