Why do Italians sound Italian? | BRITISH REACTION

[@NyalJAWC]

Do you guys want more videos like this? 🇮🇹❤️

[@serra89lore]

sei un Bel Dio

[@malhulenders]

You should do the reaction to Benigni. The gentleman who speaks in the video and says "I forgot the speech". It is very important in Italy

[@mattialonigro7054]

Yeahhhh, the next could be for example versace (in English it is pronounced versacee) I don't know how to explain the correct Italian pronunciation in English because it is very rare for an Englishman

[@rufus2o]

Yes Bro! and we wait to hear you speak in Italian 💪🏼🤣

[@NyalJAWC]

@@mattialonigro7054 I understand what you mean

[@emanueladellamico8963]

We do not add an “A” at the end of each word finishing with a consonant, but, as in Italian we pronounce every letter in each word, we say M A N and pronounce the N …which for you sounds like adding an A at the end (don’t know if I was clear enough though 😅)

[@gioelemaccarrone3881]

Title: why italians sound italian Bored me: great question

[@NyalJAWC]

Hahaha 😂

[@David9994L]

as an Italian with this video I died laughing because so many things are true

[@NyalJAWC]

Glad you enjoyed it 😂

[@sabinafiorentini3298]

BellO - singular masculine BellA - singular femmine Belli - plural masculine BellE - plural femmine 😂

[@NyalJAWC]

Okay damn I didn’t realise there was more 😂😭

[@nicoladc89]

auto - female Canada - male aspirapolvere - male singular

[@robynho1158]

I believe that the Italian accent is eternal 😂 I have been living in the UK since 1997 and I still having it ... this is what British people tell me all the time 😂 I know that you can follow courses to learn how to reduce it but who care... people here love my accent so I keep it.

[@NyalJAWC]

Haha yes, keep the amazing accent 😂🙌🏽

[@stefanom3500]

The issue with Italian is that, aside from dialects, we have a limited range of sounds both in consonants and vowels in formal Italian, for example the only time we pronounce the H sound is when we laugh, otherwise it's always silent, tuscans use a lot the H sound in their dialects instead of the K sound. We have only 7 vocal sounds in formal Italian and the neutral 'eh' sound that we tend to put at the end of many foreign words to complete the sillable according to our way of talking is just a habit. We have many words that end with a consonant but they are mainly L, N or R. We tend to abbreviate some of our words sometimes by removing the last vocal to give more "musicality" to the sentence. There are a lot of tiny accepted grammar variations whose only purpose is to make the sentence flow more smoothly when spoken.

[@sacotafiruta2348]

🤣 🤣 🤣 Beautiful language, very musical pronunciation! My problem with Italian language... doubles consonants!

[@NyalJAWC]

Hahahaha

[@robynho1158]

This is very true, especially when you are in Italy and have to pronounce the word “anno” 😂😂😂

[@Nico-ky3po]

@@robynho1158 hahahaha anno means year but ano means ass hole

[@lucianorosarelli-xr5lr]

@@Nico-ky3po sometime it's an ass hole year if u are unfortunate

[@monican.3859]

I love your love for Italy❤️❤️❤️

[@NyalJAWC]

Grazie ❤️❤️

[@brunop7977]

To be honest the video picked up people who can neither speak Italian properly 🤣 having said that your Italian is good

[@NyalJAWC]

Hahaha, my Italian isn’t the worst, I would hope it would be okay at least 😂

[@brunop7977]

@@NyalJAWC it’s good, you frequently nail the pronunciation… the real point is that you are 80% Italian and 20% Brit. Your Italianihood is in you attitude 🤣🤣🤣🇮🇹🇬🇧

[@kr5754]

we dont add an A, like we dont go out of our way to add the A at the end, its just that we stop making the last letter's sound before we stop making the sound as a whole: for example "man" we dont say "MANA" on purpose but we say "MAN" and since in italian you pronounce every letter you see (opposed to many languages like french and english aswell) we pronounce the N which gives the "a" sound at the end a bit

[@NyalJAWC]

Ahhh I get what you mean bro 😂

[@robynho1158]

Very true, we speak as we read and yes we don’t speak like Matteo Renzi at all 😂😂😂

[@Nico-ky3po]

@@robynho1158 hahaha

[@RikyeTeo]

Here we are 🇮🇹👀😂

[@NyalJAWC]

Ayyy my bros 😂🇮🇹❤️

[@zaqwsx23]

"Fatto" means "done" but it is also the word for a stoned guy. Someone who took a drug.

[@NyalJAWC]

Ayyy thank you, and haha I never knew the second part 😂

[@lucianorosarelli-xr5lr]

also a guy who have drunk a lot ( wine o beer or whisky )

[@tic-tacdrin-drinn1505]

'fatto' also means "fact", but in which part of Italy is it used for a stoned guy?

[@zaqwsx23]

@@tic-tacdrin-drinn1505 It's standard Italian but it's a slang word.

[@mattialonigro7054]

Thank you for ur Great passion for my country❤

[@NyalJAWC]

Prego bro 🙌🏽

[@fabiofizzardi2457]

Wtf was the first point, we don't say mana, it's just the n that has a different sound in italian

[@kr5754]

fatto means done (verb) like "ho fatto la spesa" "i have done the shopping" OR in slang it can mean high "sono fatto" "i'm high"

[@biagiopepe5945]

I think it's a generalization. It always depends on the language skills of an individual.

[@NyalJAWC]

Yeah that’ is very true too

[@simonabuonocore8548]

It isn't exactly an -a at the end but more of a schwa sound that enables us to pronunce the consonant at the end. Because it's true, we do have a problem with words ending in consonants, just because Italian gives a different sound to each and every letter of the alphabet and this is very strict. While in English there are thousands different sounds to vowels ( and sometimes consonants). For example the h in English can be either silent or have a sound. Eg. an hour or a house. To keep it simple in Italian we have very little phonetic rules, but too much grammar to memorize. On the other hand English has fewer grammar rules, but an infinity of phonetics to get used to.

[@Nico-ky3po]

Bravi ridete pure, non hai idea dell'ansia che mi genera provare ad imparare l'inglese! 😭 diventa impossibile già dai due anni quando ti insegnano a pronunciare le lettere dell'alfabeto Italiano

[@HamelinSong]

Non ti preoccupare. Nessuno si aspetta una pronuncia perfetta all'estero. Il problema degli Italiani è che si vergognano a fare pratica! Buttati, Non ti morde nessuno! 😊 Nel frattempo ti consiglio l'app "Tandem" tantissimi miei amici (e ragazzi a cui faccio ripetizioni) ne hanno tratto beneficio. Rilassati e in bocca al lupo per i tuoi studi

[@Nico-ky3po]

@@HamelinSong grazie per i consigli! Darò volentieri un'occhiata all'app

[@francescotumiatti6373]

Fatto is a verb. Means Do or Make Fato is like Destiny

[@auroraptn]

My English pronunciation is so bad, I know a lot of vocabulary, but I wish I could speak better 🥲

[@genny6544]

"fatto" means "done" but Also "High" 😂 for example "sono fatto" means "I'm high"

[@NyalJAWC]

I’m going to be using that all the time 😂

[@ParoXXIV]

Nel video hanno scelto gli unici due italiani che non sanno inglese comunque 😂

[@NyalJAWC]

Ahaha I didn’t realise 😭

[@proprio_lui342]

Ti ho detto che ti trovo sotto tutti i video🤣

[@ParoXXIV]

@@proprio_lui342 Probabilmente siamo 2 persone con gusti molto simili e seguiamo le stesse persone

[@proprio_lui342]

@@ParoXXIV secondo me siamo la stessa persona solo che tu viaggi nel tempo ✨

[@ParoXXIV]

@@proprio_lui342 Interessante, però non potremmo incontrarci, sarebbe impossibile qualsiasi evento che ci colleghi quindi no. Che tu posso essere me di un altro universo anche, i tuoi atomi non possono stare in questo universo, ti disintegreresti

[@kr5754]

with the s & z sounds its different everywhere in italy because in the south people just say the S sound with every word even if its SM or SL, while in the north they make more difference between the sounds

[@Florence-kn3dq]

😂😅soo true!! Very funny video🤗

[@NyalJAWC]

Hahaha ayyy 🙌🏽

[@pixelAZ_]

This video will be trigger some italians, myself included! (I'm italian, too). Tralasciando Renzi e Benigni, che...vabbè... È interessante vedere queste cose, perché da madrelingua ad un altro dai per scontate alcune differenze grammaticali fra italiano ed inglese (tipo la cosa delle doppie nel caso di parole come *Difficult* o *Dinner* [siccome in italiano le doppie di pronunciano come una coppia di lettere, in inglese sono pronunciate come se ce ne fosse una sola, quindi *Difficult* in inglese si pronuncia Di *f* icult, mentre noi italiano pronunciamo come si legge, cioè Di *ff* icult]) ENG: Leaving aside Renzi and Benigni, who...whatever. It's interesting to see these things, because from one native speaker to another you take for granted some grammatical differences between Italian and English (like the thing about doubles in the case of words like *Diffucult* or *Dinner* [since in Italian the doubles are pronounced as a pair of letters, in English they are pronounced as if there were only one, so *Difficult* in English is pronounced Di *f* icult, while we Italian pronounce it as it is read, i.e. Di *ff* icult])

[@elsinina]

Fatto can mean "done" (adj.) or "fact" (noun)

[@BMart-gf7zw]

You are the first English speaker that I hear that is able to pronounce a double consonant at first attempt. Anyway, "fatto" means fact if it's a substantive, "done/made/created" if it's a verb, but also "high/on weed" 🤣

[@NyalJAWC]

Ayy thank you 💪🏽

[@simonabuonocore8548]

The double consonants are extremely important in Italian, either for the pronunciation value and correct grammar purposes. Since primary school we are thaught to write them correctly, so if you mess those up it is a huge mistake you can be bullied on for ages! That's why we exaggerate them at all times! But let's be honest, why would have words with double consonants is you barely pronounce them? ...just kiddin'!

[@oyarichi2549]

Fatto mean done like “ho fatto un disegno”

[@ParoXXIV]

4:23 is "done"

[@susannabonfatti2743]

Se sapeste come come ci fanno ridere inglesi o comunque anglofoni che vivono in Italia da decenni ma non sono ancora riusciti a pronunciare correttamente le parole italiane !

[@giannifois8948]

“Fato” means fate/destiny, “fatto” means done

[@alexgti79]

ahhaha so funny video!

[@johnnydecomposizione3106]

It's not like "man-a" but more like "ma- NN"

[@a1e846]

React to Blauer - Paky

[@ParoXXIV]

Mai sentito nessuno dire man-a

[@sabinafiorentini3298]

I napoletani. Suona tipo man-ə Mentre ero in vacanza studio riuscivo a distinguere l'accento regionale anche se parlavano tutti inglese 😂😂

[@Nico-ky3po]

@@sabinafiorentini3298 io sono della campania e per paura dico "ma" XD

[@simonepunzo4890]

@@sabinafiorentini3298 Chissà se erano davvero napoletani. Io non li ho mai sentiti parlare come dici tu. Benigni, Renzi, e altri parlano così ma non sono di Napoli

[@Valagh]

In compenso gli americani con lo slang non dicono sister ma sistaH 😆✨ penso che gli inglesi (o comunque, chiunque parli una lingua diversa dalla nostra) abbiano un diverso modo di fare "pause" tra una parola ed un'altra, di conseguenza non capiscono che quella A percepita nell'esempio del video é un allungamento di riflessione, per così dire. Come dire "ehm" o "mmh".

[@ParoXXIV]

@@Valagh Anche secondo me, stava dicendo man and e ha allungato and

[@Marle98]

Mi mette felicità questo ragazzo

[@simonabuonocore8548]

I have to say I don't agree at all with the over correction of out/hout...I think it was just that guy...and it is also due to our habit of pronuncing every and each letter with their own sound. So the guy had a little brain blank as he didn't know how to pronunce both os in the two words, while he should have connected both sounds in one.

[@robertorusso1460]

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[@aldocuneo1140]

I presume, but i am not compltely sure, that italians speak italian as italians because they are italians.

[@elektraguiderdone8042]

Please react to "Maracaña" by Emis Killa and "Giovani" by Irama with the translate, I beg you please. You have to hear this songs. If you want to hear a new singer listen to Mr.Rain

[@diegoyuiop]

Citizen-zen 🤣

[@riccardomarcelli6125]

I'm italian

[@tony91166bis]

fato = fate or destiny ---- fatto = done / grosso = fat or big

[@maelkteam]

Wow, useful for me

[@lorenzobertin1025]

non è sempre vero , molti venetofoni all'estero vengono scambiati per ispanofoni . In ogni caso , sono stereotipi visto che anche noi assimiliamo gli anglofoni a Stanlio e Ollio o alla romantica donna inglese di Montesano

[@adolfodelfrate6069]

ok amico è semplice inglese è una lingua pigra. però dopo tanto vino anche a noi scende giù la lingua ed è più semplice anche per noi, ma nel mio paese si dice che stai sfarfallando ( lingua moscia)

[@gulikart-disegnoeillustraz9832]

🤣🤣 we italian are funny

[@gianilmigliore6840]

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[@Prod.TOMMYTALLER]

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[@G.L.80]

Can t use Renzi for this one. It is a crime!

[@lucianorosarelli-xr5lr]

da ergastolo

[@luigibacchetti6539]

fatto=fact/done

[@gabrielebianchi8976]

I think an aspect to take into consideration is the education system. I have been lucky to have a class to join a middle school that allowed to have twice the the English classes 'standard classes' had. Some Italians do never have a chance to be thought English by a native speaker, and, therefore they will never get into contact with a "native spoken English. Another aspect that I loved from my classes is that we had two teachers. One was allowed to teach and grade students on grammar in her own classes, while the second one grades the students on the basis on the spoken and written contribution given in her own classes with no overlaps. This drives me to the second point, it's hard to pick a language in a class of 25- 30 students and, if your teachers do evaluate you on grammar while you are speaking you are naturally encouraged to speak as few as possible. A typical student ends up, eventually, with a non exercised grammar, poor vocabulary and minimal conversation skills. During interviews this shows up as, under emotive pressure, your brain is occupied in shuffling your English vocabulary, grammar rules and making some sense of the sentence. Then, no one is willing to listen to someone that takes too long to make a point, so, also inadvertently, sentences and up having which I call "break-fillers" e.g. Ehmm, added vowels , elongated consonants e.g. Man --> Man(nn)ah. I actually find quite funny when someone puts emphasis an a word with no apparent reason - you can literally feel there joy: "Yes, I've found that word! ".

[@giorgiofluidos]

Wow 0 dislike 🔥🔥🔥

[@valentinaaloisi9487]

Fatto means did

[@silviamarzolla8229]

No .. vabbè .. ma Renzi e Benigni non si possono proprio sentire 😣😖 fateli tacere .. sono terribili !!!

[@rominam.7365]

Sono italiani del sud anche quando parlano in italiano parlano così con la pronuncia della lorovregione

[@simonepunzo4890]

Sei ridicola, nord sud ancora con queste fesserie. Gli italiani del nord fanno degli errori colossali già in italiano e non si capisce nulla. 0