Secret Italian hand gestures revealed Daily Mail Video

[@grusberto5]

the funniest thing is that often we Italians use these gestures without even realizing it😂😂😂

[@DykenSM]

it s actually always not just often

[@grusberto5]

@@DykenSM ye u'r right😂

[@joelem2644]

È veroooo

[@erikamiglioranza1559]

yes! when on the phone!!

[@federicofranco4519]

I actually use gestures even if I'm calling someone on the phone

[@stevemcqueen1136]

That's probably 20% of the Italian hand gesture vocabulary.

[@qiqqo]

i think 5%

[@EmaCantoni]

More like 3% 😂

[@federicoarioli5849]

1

[@amedeogiacomini7066]

Dude we are crazy, in some reason on our country you can hold entirely a conversation just with vocal verse and hand jesters

[@ale24m38]

Maybe 10/15% hahahah

[@ana1447]

che nessuno insegni i gesti volgari quelli devono rimanere segreti

[@JoicSeth]

Quelli sono segreti di stato

[@MegaJ-bi8qo]

top secret

[@arv584]

lmao sono i primi ad essere insegnati

[@redbear4350]

Shhhhhh

[@cozzaronero]

Quelli sono altamente classificati dal ministero dell’interno renderli pubblici all’estero è un crimine contro la repubblica e ogni suo cittadino

[@VicTaurie]

2:00 that guy that laughs in the background.... it's contagious!!😂😂😂

[@lubex3486]

He couldn't handle the whole process!!😂

[@1ToBeClear]

Italians are awesome peoples, love them

[@MatryoshkasInsanity]

When i was in Erasmus we (italian) made a game: the other countries had to understand what our gestures mean, and the group that won, won the real roman recipe for the carbonara! It was so much fun to see people going from "what the fuck is this gesture" to getting into our mindset and guessing them right! It was so much fun!!

[@federicomelis7791]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@cristiansalgado5179]

I’m half Italian and this made me realize how many of these gestures I use almost daily. Whether it’s in person conversation, phone conversation, watching something on tv alone or with friends. Back in high school, my friends would get so mad at lunch because I could eat whilst responding or telling a story in hand gestures.

[@teiermyler4926]

The people behind the camera dying laughing makes it much funnier

[@geppettocollodi8945]

As an Italian I know all the signs but never realized how rich is the Italian Sign Language.

[@mangoesboy]

That "let's go" gesture was hilarious.😂

[@TaqUitoCirCus]

I'm from Argentina and we share 99% of these. When he was about to demonstrate "far away" I ended up doing it too lol

[@MrPrajwal_The_First]

Here in India we have 90% of the same gestures with some modifications. It hits you more when you do it with meaning less sounds 😂

[@youtubefacagare]

Be careful in using the "very good looking" one because that's also the sign to say someone is mafia-linked haha

[@fogonthefog]

Warning! Important announcement! The new decree law issued by the Italian government has been released: Important things to know when you travel to Italy for tourism / work / study: Spoken language: No Gesture Linguistics: Yes.

[@i6tir]

As a Greek I was able to guess all of them! 😆

[@Eralen00]

They should send this to all tourists visiting italy

[@ethomas2084]

3:56 he did one he didn't even realize for "many"

[@baco82]

As italian I must say that most southern european people understand my gestures. Perhaps they are more articulated here, but I guess they are mostly the same in Greece, Spain and Portugal. The same with South America. I don't think this is exclusively italian...

[@sabatino1977]

This should be turned into a web series. Lo guardassi certamemte!

[@klaptone9012]

crazy how easy it is to understand whats hes saying at the end without even talking. they say "i am fed up. you?" "yeah me too, what are they talking about? wanna go for coffe?" "okey, whats the time? shh, shall we go? we'll leave silently" and you got there a full blown conversation. sick

[@liquidsnake6879]

A lot of these are common throughout Spain and Portugal as well it's just anglos that don't use them lol, the italian hand gesture though is uniquely italian, never seen it anywhere else

[@calumcain2355]

We don't use hand mannerisms isn't that funny since the money symbol he used is uniquely anglo jewry and comes from the bankers in London..... 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@twinsen1949]

This must be a genetics thing, cause I'm Argentinean of Italian heritage, I don't remember anyone ever teaching me these, and yet I know all of them.

[@valija9060]

Ahahhahaah quando fa la faccia "hey andiamo ??" 😂😂😂

[@betulla5]

Bravissimo! Ah che ridere! Ce ne sono altri ancora...😉

[@thedensexperience6594]

Who is he? Does he have youtube channel? I love the way he explaining, so articulate

[@franci.f.]

ahahahahahah there are so many youtube videos on italians speaking through gestures. I love all of them.

[@phrodendekia]

As an Argentinian, I can agree on every single one 🤣

[@Marle98]

Really? 😂

[@tonybucks5709]

There's so much more hand gesture to learn but words are important too. Ask your italian friend about "porco Dio". Thank me later LOL

[@moxee33]

The beautiful face one is so bizarre! It looks like someone cutting their face. 🔪 I would have been terrified if I saw someone doing that!! 😳

[@Stobus44]

For the ultimate Italian immersion, add an e to the end of every worde.

[@KennedyMister95]

2:30 i'm italian and i totally relate to what he says and how he says it

[@fadiabdallah8388]

Love it very nice, we have a lot of them gestures From the Libanus

[@fiorebella3179]

Grazie mille

[@michaelmcnally1242]

missing "due spaghi"

[@polinese7938]

Those are 95% argentinian gestures too

[@FRamps]

As an Italian, I find this cringe as fuck

[@pavlover1]

As an Italian, I had to learn that people didn't understand my gestures. I still find it hard to believe people don't. Many students ask me "what does that mean"? Or "Why do you do that"? I am always a bit shocked they don't understand.

[@bulidrians2182]

@@hirondelle8734 earth.

[@CB-ob5fr]

Sounds not genuine

[@animadverte]

That was unbelievable also for me. My parents still do not believe me, and suggest that if I have problems with the local language I should just use what they still think to be universal gestures.

[@ana1447]

idem io sconvolta quando ho scoperto che non conoscessero il gesto "andiamo via"

[@andreacolombini7612]

First reaction: SCIOCCKHH

[@michelepella2768]

When he said: "👌👉🖐️👍☝️👈🤙👋🙌" ... I felt that.

[@italian-senpai1213]

👌🏻✌🏻🤚🏻👇🏻👉🏻👐🏻✋🏻

[@mimikyulover3411]

That's basically "ok, right, wait, yes, up/god is looking, left, phone, bye and uhm... Oh, yes, throw me that"

[@michelepella2768]

@@mimikyulover3411 👌Okay 👉 Got you 🖐️ Stop 👍 Yes ☝️ Wait a second 👈 Got you back 🤙 Telephone / Keep it cool 👋 (shaking the hand) A lot / Troubles 🙌 Not my fault

[@mimikyulover3411]

@@michelepella2768 oh yeah, I didn't count orientation of the hands toward the viewer!

[@zango3134]

...ok?

[@accountprincipale2293]

sign language: exists us italians: i can do this since the day i was born

[@cameron9149]

😂

[@JoeARedHawk275]

It’s a joke but the more you think about it, the more you realize how true it is lmao

[@BlazerT48]

Honestly it's kinda wholesome bc the deaf and the mute italians probably wont have much trouble going around italy bc everyone can communicate without speaking

[@davidediblasio613]

@@BlazerT48 to be honest italian sign language is totally different from common hand gestures XD

[@hunterofdarkness8329]

Only the Italian blood can possessed such a unique Gene

[@moiraorfui5564]

I’m Italian and I live in Germany. The funniest thing is I use Italian gestures even when I’m talking on the phone 🙉

[@Gigi-us4jk]

as a foreigner that leaved in Italy for some years let me tell you that I do the same when I speak Italian on the phone. Have never figured out why since they cannot see me.

[@geckolia3823]

Haha. So do I. I'm a German who was considered Italian by Brazilians because I was nothing like the people they met from Hamburg, Köln, etc. - I'm Bavarian...😂

[@moiraorfui5564]

@@geckolia3823 ich wohne in München!!! Wir müssen uns unbedingt treffen 😊😂🤣

[@geckolia3823]

@@moiraorfui5564 haha! Ich leider gerade in Berlin aber nach der Pandemie fahre ich sofort wieder heim!

[@moiraorfui5564]

@@geckolia3823 Berlin ist auch wunderschön, aber München ist München ❤️

[@bentancourtsantiago]

I'm from Uruguay, and we use all of them. We always talk with our hands too. Thanks to our Italian roots.

[@leandroulpio7473]

Everyone in the Mediterranean use the same gestures, even your spanish ancestors, it's just that US people can't know Europe well...

[@maria-hr4nz]

We use some of those here in Brazil too

[@kaynatasghar5512]

Wow I never knew

[@trollogooglr9753]

Prego bro

[@RobertoDonatti]

En Argentina también

[@CheccoYT]

Un ringraziamento speciale a Pino Daniele per aver illustrato i nostri gesti a tutto il mondo. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@raffataia]

Top shitpost

[@nerimordenti7858]

Sbagliandoli clamorosamente praticamente tutti

[@olivierl2172]

@@nerimordenti7858 ?

[@dr-wz4gf]

@@nerimordenti7858 come?? fare??

[@TheTenebraX23]

@@nerimordenti7858 Ma l’hai visto il video?

[@kiafromthemoon]

It was crazy to me finding out non italians wouldn't understand me with my gestures 😂 when i was in a club one night in england it was really loud so i gestured with my hands to everyone that we were leaving and everyone was so confused my world fell down😂

[@emanandchill]

lol :D

[@Stobus44]

Was it very depressing to you when nobody pulled his thumb down the cheek when he saw you?

[@kiafromthemoon]

@@Stobus44 um what

[@Stobus44]

@@kiafromthemoon Does that mean yes?

[@federico_dlz]

@@kiafromthemoon probabilmente il tizio sopra stava tentando di farti un complimento (un po' fuori luogo) lol

[@alexnunez4574]

He aint lying im Mexican American. When I went to England the first time. I made friends with the Italians and they really speak like this hahahahaah

[@alessiodigiacomo3725]

We don't even realize that we do this shit all the time.

[@diegoyuiop]

What do you mean with "Mexican American"?

[@LucaPizzoplus]

@@diegoyuiop I would guess a latino but born in the US

[@forrest1216]

@@pa6lopicasso coz in italian "americano" means from America (continent) and "statunitense" from the US so to us italians the word mexican american sounds bit weird since Mexico is in America.

[@forrest1216]

@@pa6lopicasso in american english, not in italian or spanish, we have two specific words to mean the inhabitants of the continent and of the country. What do you call people living in the continent?

[@ATFound93]

As an italian myself, gotta admit this is probably A1 level, entry/elementary course gestures. It is no secret that to pass an italian exam, you have 4 tests: speaking, listening, writing and gesturing.

[@ecxstasy347]

Is there actually a gesture test? Seriously?

[@fc8058]

@@ecxstasy347 no man, that was just a joke 😂

[@ecxstasy347]

@@fc8058 Hehe

[@ANONYMERZYKLON]

Ahahah wasted

[@eluceanlestelle]

You are right !

[@wparo]

Someone asking an Italian: How are doing today? Italian: I feel 🤏🤌🧏✌️🤔👋🖖💁🤚👌🤭🖐️✋👇👉👍🤛🤫👊☝️👐🤲🦵🤷 but probably because I didn't sleep well.

[@LukinoAndCo]

As italian, I have quality checked this video. The conversation at the end, even if fictional, it's really working. But do not think it as a fully comprehensive guide, there are so many left. But hey, approved!

[@euterphia]

The funniest thing is that when he finishes to “say” the last phrase using only hand gestures, then he unconsciously uses another hand gesture to say “perfect”! 🤣🤣🤣 minute 4:26

[@lucatintor4896]

Esattamente, completamente in automatico.

[@hioo3453]

Also the stomp on the table with the hand that means "The sentence is finished and I'm pretty proud of what I said"

[@YouBlu]

Also the circle in the air is a typical gesture to say "I have finished" or "I showed you all"

[@ivanobiagioni8850]

Il tipo sembra un ibrido tra Pino Insegno e L'uomo Gatto

[@paoloscarantino2450]

E un po' di Costantino della Gherardesca

[@alexallan-musicaaovivo500]

Nice video! Reminds me of the joke:How do you gag an Italian? You tie up his hands.

[@manthonijsz1234]

nice one

[@lobstahrmccoy3962]

Nice joke

[@Baktrianos]

This is proved to be scientifically accurate if I recall right. I also had "experiments" about it. I realized many times that people that use even more hand gesture than others (normal Italian vs ALPHA ITALIAN), or rely more heavily on it, have actual problems speaking fluently, or with the right flow, when they cannot move their hands. "They may ... uuh.. stop. Talking. wait... Ok. As I was sayn'.. wait. Wait, gimme a sec, oke!" With some friends (we are italians in Italy) we tried to collect examples of it: -Having both hands on the car wheel (should always be like that, but when people talk they always lift one hand from it. Unless IE there is a steep curve, in that moment they will silence themselves since both hands are on the wheel for more than 3 sec.) -Carrying a bucket or a shopping bag in each hand. Or a giant wood log with both hands. -Holding the dog leash with 2 hands while he's pulling you -Pouring water/wine or cream/soup into something -Holding the 2000°C oven's iron plate with lasagne/cake on it (with gloves ofc. This one totally destroy your capability to communicate or remember whatever was the argument until you put it on the table and free your hands again. Memory will come back with free hands) -Climbing -Looking in your pockets for something you lost (with both hands) -Being placed under arrest (Lmao jk) All these situations make people who use hand gesture to stutter. Unless they are talking about what they are doing in that moment. The classic situation for me is inviting friends home, talking with them (about whatever argument) while I finish to cook. During certain passages, like pouring stuff or taking things from the oven, I normally find myself short on words or forgetting what I was saying, and I'm the person who started the conversation. We may assume this is due to concentration, but if I can use only one hand on a job/action, I don't block mid-sentence, even if it's something I need to concentrate about. If I look for my keys with one hand, or with both, it's dramatically diverse. I don't know, I'm no doctor, and I'm Italian.. but yeah, we made this stupid list of speechless moments for "hand gesture people".

[@ire8277]

Not even a joke, I had a friend that struggled to talk if you held her still ahahah

[@daniellian3690]

Good one

[@puisquilfautunnom7030]

Finally, an accurate dictionnary of italian hand gestures. There are many more he couldn't cover. Someone should task him to complete it. And thank you for making clear that the hand gesture meaning " 'cazzo vuoi?" isn't associated with the phrase "mamma mia".

[@testohtoby]

"Mamma mia, cazzo vuoi !??!!?" (Da leggersi con l'accento di Super Mario)

[@puisquilfautunnom7030]

@@testohtoby 🤣🤣🤣

[@erikamiglioranza1559]

@@testohtoby ahahahahahha

[@vulcanswork]

Colpo di genio ROFL

[@lucianosamele8920]

As an Italian, I've always thought that these gestures are used in all the Word! At 15, I discovered the truth...

[@Erwin93200]

there are also used in france and other mediterranean countries

[@Alex-mc5yn]

Four of them are used in Eastern Europe and I regularly see them.

[@mohamedoran1746]

Here in Algeria we have almost the same body language I think its a Mediterranean stuff we share 😂😂

[@robertochighine2478]

Brothers of the mediterranean

[@lilacspring2556]

Seen some Greeks do it a bit

[@xXAlphaFrogXx]

Thank Bettino craxi

[@elendilnix]

@@xXAlphaFrogXx Craxi went to Tunisia not to Algeria

[@bill_bardi]

Algeria was an Italian colony

[@francescazecchini3710]

"Something secret" is the best! Just for saying: Don't, please DON'T do the "tasty gesture" unless you are under 4 years old. Please. 😁

[@tentifr]

@neldot most of them tbh hahahqha

[@Saxyct]

That gesture actually doesn't mean "something secret", but something shady or suspicious done without the proper authotization.

[@francescazecchini3710]

@@Saxyct I use it for saying "there is something (hidden) we won't say but you and I both know" 😋 often followed by word "ahummah"

[@paozan4855]

@@tentifr not in Italy lol

[@redphoenix2561]

ho 30anni e lo faccio ancora, anche ai ristoranti 😊

[@Takethis42340]

I think this is the most accurate hand gestures video I've seen so far. Even if there is still quite a bit missing still. Also, is totally accurate too! We need to teach this at language schools abroad. This will make you proficient as a native. :D

[@evangelospipergias9690]

Greeks we do almost the same gestures. Some of them different but the expression with hands is common.

[@leandroulpio7473]

Everyone in the Mediterranean use the same gestures, it's just that US people can't know Europe well...

[@MAAF808]

@@leandroulpio7473 same here (Portugal). All of us have gesture language but you guys made them famous.

[@leandroulpio7473]

@@MAAF808 eu também sou português 😂

[@StephanieTips]

I think Italy, Spain, Portugal and any country where there are people with Mediterranean descent have these gestures :)

[@Twuben]

@@StephanieTips Here in portugal is not as often like it's in italy, we do sometimes use hand gestures tho

[@mimikyulover3411]

The silent conversation at the end, if I got it right is basically "I'm getting bored, let's get out of here! Yeah but what do we do? Idk...what time is it? Uhm.. let's sneak out for a coffee, but be quiet please"

[@HyperIntoTheWeb]

It's more like "let's take the coffee and let's go away secretly" (probably, without paying)

[@mimikyulover3411]

@@HyperIntoTheWeb I mean, we have a bit of a coffee culture tho, so I don't think we'd go away without paying for it

[@HyperIntoTheWeb]

@@mimikyulover3411 that was a joke, and he's clearly smiling while doing it. That's my personal interpretation as a Italian 😁

[@HyperIntoTheWeb]

@@mimikyulover3411 at 4:18 he does that hand gesture that means "without saying that to anyone" so he would go away without anyone to know that 😁

[@mimikyulover3411]

@@HyperIntoTheWeb vengo dall' Italia anch'io😅 non so, devo dire che senza contesto è più difficile, almeno per me

[@mooreandless]

I loved this! Italians are so expressive and they leave you in no doubt as to what they mean!!!

[@mattias9771]

Ahahahaha I'm Italian and I liked so much the video!! It's true, it is something automatic, you speak with your voice, with your facial expressions and with your hands Some time ago, a swiss girl I knew in a b&b was shocked because she realised that me and her Italian roommate were talking with facial expressions without knowing each others ahahah

[@TheFuzeMusic]

the 1st gesture of "no" means "nothing"/"there is no more"

[@markdd87]

Exactly

[@rueberschaer]

This guy is great! Such a good teacher

[@milepessina1405]

I love that even while explaining he couldn't restrain himself from trying to explain with his hands what he was saying. At the very beginning when he says "Entire dictionary" he rotates his hands up and down with the fingers joined together, a gesture that means "entire, whole, total" lol. Or when he just had to keep three fingers up when he was saying three, or 3:56 "many!" and he did the gesture for many while saying so. LOL By the way, for those who didn't understand, here's the conversation he had at the end with the imaginary friend: "Ehy I'm bored, what about you?" "Me too" "What do we do?" "Dunno" "What time is it? What about a coffee? Let's be quiet and leave to go drink a coffee without anyone noticing" LOL

[@ncdave4]

My 5'2" Italian grandmother had a look that she used against her boys simultaneously producing a forked index and little finger. She called the look the "malocchio". These big, burly Italian men would scramble to get away from her if/when she did it. It's my favorite Italian gesture. There's a small paperback book called "Italian Without Words" that shows many of the gestures Italians use.

[@ashrafshelmani]

We use most of them in the middle east, especially in Libya, we share a lot of the hand gestures with the Italians, there's a lot more btw 😂😂 We can't have a coversation without gestures.

[@NOTMARCOSTE]

As an italian the compelling aspect of this video i personally suggest to notice to the non-italian viewer is that the explanation is displayed in a restaurant, after some coffee, various glasses of liquor 🥃 and,i guess seeing the mood of the man, even after a good meal. That environment gives the idea of the joy that could be created around a table with the right person seated around.

[@esztervarga5431]

I like italian language. i think it is beautiful also melody sound. I heard them before. it looks like the person is singing

[@albertbatfinder5240]

One gesture I saw in Italy was really confusing because I don’t think it’s universal. A shop assistant was trying to beckon me to walk towards them down a long corridor that looked closed off. In the Anglo world you’d do that with a palm-up cupping fingers action. “Come this way, come this way”. But she was doing it with a palm down scooping action like she was dragging water towards her. It looked like a “turn around and go back the way you came” gesture, especially when the hand lifted above the horizontal.

[@burkburkburkburkburk2283]

The funniest thing is that there are also others of gestures 😂

[@lauracapotorto5935]

Many others

[@mercurio2990]

le gesture sono un accompagnamento un rinforzo o una sostituzione della lingua, forse sopratutto perchè l'italiano o meglio la gente italiana esisteva prima anche della lingua italiana, fino a credo 60 anni fa o poco piu l'ialiano era la prima lingua nazionale ma solo la seconda a livello regionale o comunale nel senso che la prima lingua era il dialetto locale, quindi 2 italiani provenienti da regioni diverse accompagnavano con le gesture il loro dialogo per capirsi meglio.

[@lorenzosoro453]

Esatto, uno dei motivi principali.

[@leandroulpio7473]

Le gesture???

[@Hastdupech8509]

Da dove vieni? "Le gesture" mi fanno pensare a un Paese di lingua inglese

[@Gianni135]

As an italian myself i never realized how many gestures i know and use every day

[@aretorta]

Many of these gestures are also quite common in Portugal, interesting.

[@leandroulpio7473]

Everyone in the Mediterranean use the same gestures, it's just that US people can't know Europe well...

[@bergrugu]

want to see another interesting thing? riesci a capire quello che dico anche se scrivo in italiano

[@franci.f.]

@@leandroulpio7473 Leandroif you visit Italy you will see that in Italy everyone moves their hands a lot while talking. My foreign friends laugh a lot because it's not common (neither in Europe), in Spain and Portugal they don't move their hands as much as we do.

[@leandroulpio7473]

@@franci.f. I actually don't need to "visit Italy" because I live here, and it seems to me you are mostly referring to southern Italy that perhaps you know better. As far as I know, in Portugal they use hand gestures as much as in northern-central Italy, even if they are less varied.

[@franci.f.]

@@leandroulpio7473 I am not from the south

[@Les-recettes-de-meli]

As an algerian, we also use the same gestures, and it also can be the same thing for others around the glob

[@mrmervinjminky1536]

I’m Scottish but I genuinely understood all these gestures instinctively 😂👍

[@Estenshi]

Soy de Buenos Aires, Argentina y excepto la seña del pulgar bajando por cara, uso TODAS! Por supuesto no somos conscientes de cuando las usamos, simplemente está en nuestra cultura y recien ahora me pongo a pensar todo lo que implica/significa una seña. Me resulta super raro como la gente que está con él se ríe de algo que para mi es tan normal jajajaj

[@FedeLazza]

I´m from argentina and have italian ancestry, we use almost all of them.

[@musicmanic8586]

It's funny and true that for Italians every place they show you is so so far away when it's actually maybe around 300 m away. And when it s further than that they tell u to take a cab or the buss. So I ended up ranting a bike to go 1 km to visit a church. I was so confused and I still laugh about it to this day... 🤣 I love itlay tho very much

[@nomecognome-1912]

For 1km you could take a walk and appreciate the italian landscape 🐫🤣😉

[@musicmanic8586]

@@nomecognome-1912 but they said its much further :)))))) I thought it was like at least half an hour away

[@angela64355]

Whereas the British say ‘it’s just 10 minutes up the road ‘ and then you find yourself walking for miles.

[@DeltaPi314]

Rest In Piece Pino Daniele. Great guitarist you were, didn't know you were also funny.

[@francescadibonito2083]

La cosa bella è ch noi usiamo questi gesti anche quando parliamo al telefono, e chi ci guarda ha l'impressione che stiamo litigando con una persona immaginaria

[@tanet]

While traveling in vietnam i would ask for food doing a typical gesture that would work all around europe but they thought i wanted cigarettes 🤣

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

Very funny! 🤣👌 We have practically the same in Portugal. Mostly used in the North between friends lol

[@dorothrrystyles9403]

He gives me very Mr Bean vibes, especially the face during the “shall we go” gesture lmao

[@danisteffen-translations]

As a granddaughter of an Italian (in São Paulo, Brazil), my grandpa used all of these gestures. And the "boca chiùsa" expression too.

[@emanuelebelle3943]

Not many know but Italy is one of the most mixed colture on the planet , as proof of this we speak between 400/500 dialects and we are just 60 millions. Also we are a very young country, before each part was under the control of different countries. Basically when the country was united nobody spoke the same language and that is why we developed an universal hands spoken Italian

[@endrsgm]

there is the joke about the italian prisoner who had his hands tied and was taken for questioning. after hours of beatings they returned him to his cell without having said a word. the rest of the cellmates wanted to know how he could resist so long. he said... resist? resist what? i couldnt talk... .they had my hands tied.

[@xygnusx5067]

This made my night.

[@nobbystyles4807]

reminds me of a few i learned in greece, you have to understand the native language to get them but theyre massively important for everyday speaking.

[@ShinyFood]

the silent conversation at the end lmao too real

[@ndaruarrow9427]

Thanks for another Italian lesson 🧏

[@blackdragone]

Small correction, the first "no" sign actually means "nothing". You do it to say "nothing" or "nothing left" in relation to money or anything else. Beside that, this is one of the most accurate and complete videos I've watched on Italian gestures :D

[@eliselee2750]

For some reason the money sign suddenly started going around in primary school and everyone used it even though we are in asia ,knew nothing about italy whatsoever and no one even knew who started it😂

[@rosem6604]

lol! I'm Israeli. A couple of years ago I brought my American hubby to live here with me. I have to teach him a lot about gestures, tones of voice, phrases, etc. I think the Mediterranean is surrounded by folks who say a lot with their faces and hands. I love it :)

[@simplysoulenergy7248]

The cussing gestures are even more entertaining...plus some region has it's particular extra gestures, I'm from Rome and my father is originally from Sicily...some gestures differ slightly in that they are more dramatic. It's interesting because some gestures that I found in Sicily I have also found in some Arab countries and that I think it's because of the Arabic influence in the south of Italy

[@blablabla2847]

Can you imagine playing Sharade in Italy ? It would lasts 3 minutes

[@feurigerStern]

This totally cracks me up. It is so true!

[@emmylou-ks1md]

Oh my god, there are so many more... the shaky semi-rotating hand that means " almost" or " not really". Moving your hand past your shoulder means " a long time ago" or "forget about it, it's too late now". Clenching your fist with the palm up and the arm in front of the person who's talking means " you're taking too much time, make it simple", but if the arm is bent and your palm faces your face it basically means "yeah, right" sarcastically. Bending the left arm arm with your hand clenched in a fist while the right hand touches the crease where the arm bends (difficult to explain) means "go f... yourself" or "the hell with it, no way!". Of course, facial expressions are crucial. Most of those gestures wouldn't make any sense if the person doing it had a blank neutral expression.

[@TheBigCastle9]

Quella della shaky hand mi piace un sacco me l'ero dimenticata. Aggiungerei anche mettere il dorso della mano sotto il mento e tirarla in avanti per dire "non me ne frega niente" oppure tenere le mani verso l'interlocutore con i palmi verso l'alto e scuoterle vigorosamente per dire "ma che vuoi da me ancora??". Ovviamente tutti i gesti quando è possibile se fatti con due mani aumentano l'intensità del significato 😂😂

[@lilmeowmeow5246]

@@TheBigCastle9 adorooo😂

[@ThePinkus]

0:23 with nuances distinguishing them, the first prevalently meaning "Nope! There's none!" and the second "Nope! I'm not gonna give it to You!"

[@BGomez-tk7lu]

In Spain we do some of these too but usually in a much smaller scale and with little variations. I'm pretty positive we learned that from our italian cousins

[@sunclaude]

After this the german deaf community decided to adopt the more expressive italian vocabulary.

[@carlo6257]

As an italian, I must say that this is very accurate

[@jetaddicted]

Italian French here: French and Italian sign languages look just a lot like each other. Save from the finger in cheek for “good”, which the French express by rubbing their hand on their belly in circles.