Why do Italians sound Italian? | Improve Your Accent

Understand why Italian speakers have an Italian accent when speaking English with the help of Matteo Renzi, Monica Bellucci, Gino D'Acampo and others!
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00:00 - Intro
00:13 - Adding Extra Vowels
00:57 - The R Sound
01:35 - Double Consonants
02:36 - The H Sound
03:33 - S vs Z
04:27 - The GOAT Vowel
05:07 - The FLEECE and KIT Vowels
05:38 - Conclusion
Disclaimers
1. The example speakers in this video have been chosen because they exhibit the highlighted accent features to such an extent that it is easier for the viewer to hear. If speakers with "less strong" Italian accents were chosen, it would be harder for non-phonetically trained viewers to understand the points in the video.
2. Not all native Italian speakers will have the same accent features (or these features to the same degree) as those in the video. However, I have taught many Italian speakers who do have accents similar to the those in the video (even young people and even people who have lived in England for many years).
3. There are many accents (and dialects/languages) in Italy. When an Italian from Sicily speaks English, it will sound different to someone from Milan speaking English. There isn't just "one Italian accent", but this video summarises some accent features that most Italian speakers have (either when they started to learn English or even now after speaking English for many years).
4. I have not shown all potential accent features that Italian speakers may have.
5. Some topics have been simplified for a general audience.
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Speakers in the video
Matteo Renzi (politician)
Monica Bellucci (actress)
Gino D'Acampo (chef)
Roberto Benigni (actor)
Gianni Pittella (politician)
Antonio Conte (football manager)
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Slide Guitar 1 by Redafs, Bamboo Swing, B8 by InspectorJ, Cartoon Bounce by Alexir, Wind swish swoosh 2 by daalvinz
Background Music: Inevitable from KZbin Audio Library

[@ImproveYourAccent]

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[@gabrielesolletico6542]

4:21 Honestly, I can only hear a S sound.

[@adithyan9263]

why do they use h when not needed but dont use h when needed

[@tomm_accurate3942]

Italiani: 64 milioni Italiano nel video: Renzi Ma porca puttana

[@maguettendiaye8527]

ESATTO HAHAHAHA

[@gxstsfr]

😂

[@rrroberrtaaa]

Gli stranieri fanno di tutto per sfotterci 👍

[@nadiagne7875]

First reaction : sciiioookkkk

[@rime.petrose]

Esattoooooo

[@nickname2732]

L'inglese di Renzi per rappresentare l'intera Italia é un tocco di classe.

[@CodeIrminsul]

Benigni È sicuramente peggio di Renzi.

[@samuele4001]

Non c'entra niente il loro livello di inglese, sono usati per marcare i tratti distintivi che indicano un italiano quando parla in inglese.

[@dariobenzi7163]

Avrei dovuto parlare io.

[@valentinafabbri6213]

No ma infatti non ho parole !!!! Prendere quel discorso di Renzi privo di senso con parole inventate mi pare una cagata pazzesca

[@antusFireNova64]

SHISH!

[@tommasocesarato3831]

No one: Absolutely no one: Italians when they see their flag: *sì ora questo video è sotto la NOSTRA giurisdizione*

[@Momo_Kawashima]

@Katsuki Bakugo si

[@EmanueleX]

True, I can't tell you how many times I have seen videos of creators that have nothing to do with Italian and there are not Italian comments, but as soon as Italy is ever so slightly mentioned then the comment section is just ciao

[@EdoardoMaggio]

volo

[@michelaferrari262]

BAUAUAHHAUAJSH

[@aurorabassani5446]

Esatto

[@johndillon5290]

I live in Italy, my wife is Italian and at home we speak English all the time because she deals with people from all over the world in English. Her accent is very beautiful. You can tell she's italian by the pronounciation, but it's not as exaggerated as Matteo Renzi. For some reason she is embarrassed by it but i keep reminding her that the problem is in her head, people love her accent, it's only her with the problem. Anyway i would like to see a video on English speakers speaking Italian, it would help me improve my Italian pronounciation. Every time i go into an Italian bar or restaurant and speak Italian, i normally get a response in English.

[@Kagura130589]

That's such a sweet thing you wrote about your wife. I think many Italians are very conscious about their accent when speaking English because it can be very thick and so recognizable. Thank you for reassuring us that, if we put some effort, we don't all sound like Matteo Renzi when we speak! :D

[@smashedlittlek]

I feel embarrassed about my accent too..people often say that is sexy or cute but when I have to listen to it on a voice message I find it dreadful!!! I’m not that bad as this video( been living in london for the last 20 years) but still I have not managed to loose it completely!!! It is so annoyed!! I am aware that everybody has an accent, being from Ireland or wales or london or wherever! So one day I will have to surrender to it and learn to embrace it!!!

[@alessandrorossi5992]

what a beautiful love declaration to your wife❣

[@ParduzTube]

To me (an italian), what reveals you as an english are the "R" and vowels pronounciation. If you learn to keep the vowel "monotonic" (so, not "evolving" in two or more different sounds) you've already done 40% of the job. Saluti da Bologna :)

[@fabmorga64]

Mr Renzi is NOT using Italian ad native speaker!!! He has used the word “giusto” in the meaning of “nothing , per nulla” . It was a conference about the minority left wing of PD . The journalist reported that he made a new approach to the minority of his own party (2016) when really he said to them f.. off!!!!!!!!

[@makysafairy]

Me, an italian mother tongue , finding this video in my home: *_Oh yeah let’s see why do I sound so Italian_*

[@emy2750]

IO:

[@Mei-tk6gk]

a quanto pare ci è passata in mente la stessa cosa, lol

[@artbyglochan1988]

"native language" not mother tounge

[@thebigpaff]

@@artbyglochan1988 mother tongue is correct too

[@Francyrobot]

Uguale

[@M_i_c_h_a_e_l_]

2:43 "There's no /h/ sound in italian" Well boys we did it, toscana is no more

[@palix2417]

Attento che Toscana è Tuscany in Inglese

[@TenToChiTo]

La gorgia è un fenomeno fonetico esclusivamente toscano, non influenza il sistema fonologico italiano. Quindi non esiste il suono [h].

[@M_i_c_h_a_e_l_]

Ma avete davvero risposto in modo serio ad un commento meme? Qui non è il "oh stavo scherzando", qui è proprio un meme conosciuto unito ad una peculiarità regionale italiana E dai un po'

[@dopeliffe]

Quick question: why don't you guys say Happy instead of "appy"? If you learn english they must tell you the H does have a sound in english or let's say a different sound from italian. The accent is not a problem, italian accent is cool!! It's the pronunciation that you guys need to improve, speaking in general of course.

[@M_i_c_h_a_e_l_]

@@dopeliffe H in italian exist but in a different way. The sound is like a lack of oxygen and only for word with the h at the beginning (hamburger hotel happy happen ect), word italian doesn't have but use in normal day (like hotel or hamburger)

[@vincecomuna]

You know... my husband is italian.... and I freaking adore their accent. It's the cutest thing in the world. I'm not english myself, so when we met we had to use EN as a common language to communicate.... and god, I loved the "adding -a" at the end of words. 😂

[@user-wc4lb5ij6i]

Are you gay

[@chaennelchaennel]

@@user-wc4lb5ij6i mind your BISINISS

[@skaty1527]

@@chaennelchaennel Business

[@MrMaximino92]

秋梨 What’s your problem you weirdo? Go to see a psychiatrist .

[@IdkIdc-tw9ct]

That's really cute :') As someone with a lot of friends outside of Italy (my native country), I think accents are great! They're so fascinating. More importantly, they're part of us. No one would shed their face or change their name just to fit in in an another country, so why should anyone feel pressured into changing their accent? That's my opinion at least, everyone is free to do as they please with their life🤷‍♀️

[@CC-fx3xb]

This is actually very helpful for Italians who want to improve their English pronunciation. Thank you!

[@andybiancoblu1437]

Well, we could improve but it's so funny to see you English people getting mad for pronunciation 🤣 and of course, why should we mask our Italian accent, is there something wrong with it? I mean, as long as you can understand the speaker, I don't see why erasing what is an extra information about the speaker himself.

[@user-fy1xv6nu3f]

@@andybiancoblu1437 I mean.. im learning italian right now and i know native speakers who would be happy if non-italian speakers tried to imrpove and mask their accents because it would make it easier to understand. I think accents are prefectly ok but adding vowles and sounds that arent there, non the less wouldnt be proper, so as she said, this is good for people wanting to improve. If you dont then thats fine, the comments not refering to you.

[@damianoabbina9967]

@@user-fy1xv6nu3f yea mane but SOMETIMES in some countries like France, for example, for us even ordering a dish is a big issue because if they recognize you're Italian they won't give you the order until you'll pronounce that dish's name correctly, like dawg c'mon dats ridiculous

[@andybiancoblu1437]

@@user-fy1xv6nu3f Sorry, but you are wrong. In Italy we have a lot of foreigners constantly speaking with their own accent and it was never a big deal, as long as grammar and logic are met.

[@dxmaxoxo]

Yea. He helped me a lot.

[@TheVector89]

"Why do Italians sound Italian?" Italians: "E da me che voi? io te posso canta' na canzone"

[@betdown2]

Perché sono sotto il cielo sbagliato

[@simonemaccarrone2401]

FIRST REACSCION: SHOK.

[@ghira86h]

For him I could say y foreign taking usa guys and UK ones sound too much English when talk italian? Ma a noi non c'è ne fotte un cazzo e li capiamo lo stesso senza fare video insulsi

[@mirkoclay2357]

Hahahahah

[@rupom5881]

Ha scelto gli esempi migliori 😂😂😂

[@kinglebronisthegoat]

Title: "Why do Italians sound Italian?" Italians: "hmmm interessante"

[@aid4nski215]

giorno giovanna!

[@herabros883]

Buongiorno

[@user-iw6rf5ce7p]

Giorno stai popo zitto, che quelle poche parole che dite in italiano, le sbagliate pure😂😂

[@herabros883]

@@user-iw6rf5ce7p poracciò

[@user-iw6rf5ce7p]

@@herabros883 eh si

[@nahhhhno]

"Why do italians soun italian?" Ah yes,the Floor is made out of Floor.

[@antonioruggiero7763]

Renzi is the most famous example of english in Italy. After this news i can die

[@javiercarnero5717]

Title: “Why do Italians sound Italian” Me: I don’t know probably because they are Italian.

[@assunta4318]

you won it all AHAHAHHAHA love that

[@eleoonorasole4846]

Idk like, I am Italian and its just my accen, I can't control it..

[@luchidashi]

@@eleoonorasole4846 yes me too

[@eliapadovano8860]

Big brain time

[@memesjaja938]

😂😂😂😂

[@giacomopanzacchi1438]

"why do italians sound italian?" "perché gli inglesi hanno un accento inglese?"

[@ericfiumano4694]

in realtà sì. L'inglese americano, britannico, australiano e sud-africano sono decisamente diversi.

[@didonegiuliano3547]

@@ericfiumano4694 intendeva quando parlano italiano

[@giovanniacuto2688]

I have an Italian friend who studied English and phonetics at university in the UK. I first met her 45 years ago and you could not tell from her accent that she was Italian. She has been back in Italy since 1980. Her English remains excellent but inevitably her pronunciation of English has now reverted to Italian pronunciation

[@tiniq7494]

Fr 💀

[@SparklyOrangeSoda]

Vero, io parlo spagnolo e il mio paese è una destinazione turistica, giuro che non si sforzano nemmeno di parlare spagnolo, si aspettano che tu parli con loro in inglese.

[@user-iz7hz3fo1z]

Italian accent is the most beautiful in the world ..I'm Jordanian born and raised in Italy ...when I came back to my country people made fun of my Italian accent in English .... Even if it has been a long time since I left Italy ...this strong (beautiful) accent is hard to eliminate or hide .. Love for Italians they are the most charismatic people in the world

[@puchokoffie8152]

You're Russian

[@edsouza1214]

HaHAAHAHA

[@thekingsamar5781]

I'm actually proud of my Italian Accent

[@lola58248]

Io no :(

[@thekingsamar5781]

@@lola58248 Ti potrei chiedere il motivo, se me lo permetti?

[@lola58248]

@@thekingsamar5781 è solo che vorrei avere un accento inglese decente, tutto qua :( non mi piace il mio accento italiano, per niente 😔

[@thekingsamar5781]

@@lola58248 Si fiera di essere Italiana

[@marcoashley8681]

@@lola58248 same

[@giovanni0330]

Gli Italiani che si sono trovati questo video nella home. ⬇️

[@JacopoTauri]

Dio boi

[@gabrielemignemi8892]

Ehilà

[@PperPORCHETTA]

hanno proprio preso i migliori a parlare inglese.. mancava solo salvini ed eravamo apposto

[@riccardorusso7162]

alie

[@piermariamontalto6563]

@@PperPORCHETTA non voglio offendere gratuitamente ma penso che non sappia mezza parola

[@Stokaiserrr]

Random video: *contains italian in the title Italians: *"Chi cazzo ci ha nominato?"*

[@AzzurraTerranova98]

Ahahhahaha é vero🤣

[@idk-xi4my]

Onesto

[@gregory8117]

Esatto

[@emi-hj7fn]

AHAHAHA

[@leggendoleggendofrancyguid7732]

👍

[@igorgiusti2269]

You don’t know how many English teachers I had in my life and none of them ever explained any of the things you have. I wish they had, It makes it so much easier! I especially found helpful knowing that English has 20 vowel sounds!

[@_blossom_2208]

My bf is italian and I think his italian accent while speaking english is adorable, he's afraid that I might not be able to understand but I can. He's a sweetheart haha

[@gaez7803]

Imagine Americans discovering that Italians don't talk like Super Mario

[@GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc]

They'd be so surprised, because that's literally what they think all the time when they hear the word "Italian" or something else related to Italy

[@gaez7803]

@@GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc Ahah vedo che sei italiano anche te

[@Anne-mv1qk]

Saranno tipo sconvolti e delusi allo stesso tempo haha

[@Dragonero11700]

It s not mario, hahahahhaa

[@assunta4318]

@@GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc hai vinto tutto

[@freshotto]

- "Why do Italians sound Italian?" - "SHISH"

[@normanquore1783]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@C4MMU5]

*sHish

[@lidia6052]

😂😂😂😂 😖😖😖😖

[@shrektheswampless6102]

DDD SHISH INTENSIFIES

[@annamariapaulmichl3277]

Hahahah I was looking for this comment😂

[@shisharr]

i’m italian and i have a russian accent from watching tv , my papa always gets very annoyed . so thank you

[@Donknowww]

@@henrymorrisss Hello greetings to russia from italy☺️ Yes we have probounciation in common thats true! :) I think our cultures get along very well! Very cool that you are learning italian :) I wish you lot of success! By the way how do you pronounce the letter 'h' in russian?

[@moomoo7946]

When I moved to the U.K. from Italy many years ago, I became so obsessed with improving my English pronunciation that I completely lost my Italian accent - to the point that native Brits can no longer tell I wasn’t born here. I wish I’d never bothered and had kept my accent! 😕

[@tomb.2224]

bro, i want to do this to my italian. How did you do it?

[@laurapavone3513]

You worked hard, and of course you did a great job, not all Italians are able to do that. You wanted to be understood and made it easy for everyone to do that. To me it just means that you are very comunicative and you are good at using your voice to comunicate.

[@giuseppealbori8367]

"Why do Italians sound italian?" Me, an italian:" Why do english people sound so english?"

[@Vox5919]

Why do French people sound French?

[@Detachedpoet224]

Why do people speak?

[@Vox5919]

@@Detachedpoet224 why people are people?

[@CapoCongo]

@@Vox5919 why are you askin?

[@Vox5919]

@@CapoCongo why are you asking me why am I asking?

[@pietrosmusi2410]

Matteo Renzi was the best part, he is the example of how not to speak English

[@johnnyjoestar1184]

Ogni italiano odia Matteo renzi. Ci rende ridicoli davanti a tutto il mondo

[@michaelvickers5390]

Verissimo

[@angelodicarlo7026]

Almeno lo sa.... Quasi nessuno della nostra classe politica ne ha una minima conoscenza

[@GiulioIannella1]

Ahah Gesù cristo renzie

[@johnnyjoestar1184]

@@angelodicarlo7026 ma a te quello sembra inglese?

[@figure6758]

"Why Italians sound italian?" OMG THE BEST QUESTION EVER IT CHANGED MY LIFE TO A WHOLE NEW ONE

[@user-pg9tl6hr8v]

As an Argentine person, I have almost the accent and the gesture with the hand. So it will be easy to learn Italian 💅🏽✨

[@user-ww1rc2be1g]

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: KZbin: hey Japanese guy do you want to see why Italians English sounds Italian?

[@auroraragazzoni4533]

How in the world did you end up here? 😂😂

[@weonanegesiscipelibba2973]

he's using this meme format. he's either a larper or a west-born halfie

[@abcdefgh8830]

@@weonanegesiscipelibba2973 lol yeah I don't know any Japanese people who watch videos in English and also comment on it....unless they're raised in the west or have moved there

[@RenatoRamonda]

Fun fact (that you may already know): Japanese and Italian are VERY compatible, sound/pronunciation wise. Aside for a few tricky consonants (like R), most sounds are the same :)

[@sybariticcupboardrat3763]

@@RenatoRamonda I totally agree. I'm not a language expert, but to me Spanish and Italian sound phonetically similar to Japanese. I think that's why it's called romanji when Japanese is translated phonetically for English speakers. The romanji translation is kind of using the Latin (Roman) rules of pronunciation.

[@filippogambarota2387]

fun fact: english people are obsessed with English pronunciation but I have never heard an English person fluent in a second language, especially italian

[@leticia8202]

As a foreigner residing in Italy: Italians do the exact same thing with their language. They obsess with some quirks of foreigners' pronunciation while the only language they speak well enough is Italian...

[@theneedforspeeder9575]

You haven’t heard. But i have

[@azzurra-6442]

@@leticia8202 not really we don’t really care, we just hate when someone (usually i saw some americans show) say that can speak in italian then say a bunch of stereotype things like fettuccine or spaghetti and don’t even pronounce it well, we don’t really care about the accent, at least people that I know (sorry for my english its 2.00 am here and im really tired ahahha)

[@leticia8202]

@@azzurra-6442 I believe you that you don't care and your friends are nice, mature people who don't care as well, but it's 9 years I'm here in Italy and there are quite enough people to allow generalising who care way too much and are also rude about it. Usually those are people who either know Italian only and not that well as they like to believe, or at most speak one and a half language and rarely use their second language outside of school, so they don't know how it feels to have actual conversation and navigate your life using a foreign language, but still are quick to judge and complain. People who speak other languages quite well, like you, are much less likely to judge others' mistakes even if they don't make them themselves, that much I noticed

[@BioTheHuman]

@@leticia8202 Mmmhh actually I've never seen italians obsessed about accents or pronunciation. They try to correct you on double consonant sound, "gn" and "gl" one, afar from that, they're not so strict 🤷‍♂️

[@DammnDeejay]

Whoa.. this is somehow making me understand things that I’ve been stomped on for years!!! Thanks!!!

[@georgeshenouda1629]

This. Video. Was. Perfect. Nice explanation, understandable, examples, proof. Keep going

[@Seraltonyus]

Meanwhile people with english as first language when they try to speak italian: "Moma mmia capucino buone, fettuccini alfredo e pizza con salami"

[@eleonoraf7817]

They don't even try

[@laufert7100]

Fetucini e piiza, questi sono sbagliati nel tuo

[@rockybalboa2484]

piza, non pizza. non c'e' verso di fargli fare le doppie.

[@rockybalboa2484]

il trauma quando scoprono che la pasta alfredo non esiste ahahahhahahahhahah

[@maddy_playzroblox9791]

I’m trying to learn Italian because my family and I are Italians and I want to be able to talk to my great-grandfather because he can’t really speak English

[@samuelbeltrami5647]

Video: *contains the word "italians" in the title* Italians: WE HAVE BEEN SUMMONED

[@justcallmeleonardo]

*WHO HAS AWAKENED ME?*

[@davidecanova4450]

AHAHAHAHAH Confermo :')

[@kosta22024]

Oui im the french spy

[@kosta22024]

Not really I'm italian

[@shiy4njack763]

Exacly

[@jennieherring6179]

i live in italy and i am helping some o my amici learn to speak English better. This video helped a lot. Thanks. I would like to see more .

[@Rammestare]

Great video! As an Italian living in England it's really interesting to discover these grammatical differences!

[@mamymimma]

I'm Italian, and I found these examples of Italians mispronouncing English so hilarious 🤣

[@michela204]

Verissimo 😂😂

[@valy993]

Che vergogna in alcuni tratti 😂😂😂

[@carmeloterramagra7135]

@@valy993 non vergogna semmai ilarita' , abbiamo una fonetica diversa, comunque loro( gli inglesi) fanno ridere molto di piu' quando parlano in italiano tipo stanlio e ollio doppiati. Lui e' davvero molto bravo nella spiegazione degli accenti

[@uzKantHarrison]

Però devi dire che Monica Bellucci era ok

[@Dancis07]

@@uzKantHarrison non mi pare che lo fosse, in quel video

[@massimilianosurricchio5657]

Io: leggo "Italians" nel titolo e clicco Sempre io: mi trovo come esempio Renzi che parla inglese AIUTO.

[@nocomment00]

Ciao, sono un finto Italiano. Non badare a me

[@Randaches]

Guarda, "shish" a parte, ho visto persone parlare in inglese moooolto peggio di Renzi.

[@PP-py]

Vero? Sono rimasta scioccata.

[@YaoiHoshi]

Ti capisco, se questi sono gli esempi...

[@kamaka5541]

@@Randaches oddio...peggio di Renzi è difficile

[@frankeddine]

You have just described my struggles with the English language. Thank you

[@JadeDegrade]

Thanks for this videoooooo! You have a new subscriber! Love from Italy🥰

[@jacksonpollon9568]

Vabbè, parliamo di come gli inglesi parlano l'italiano? "Gianny Versacy". Right.

[@jacopo8100]

hahahaha

[@osmanmeyredi4960]

Pappardelle = papardel

[@frankpujo8073]

Bravoooo

[@gianlucaaloisi408]

bruscieta per bruschetta

[@imfinewithit8457]

@MAS 96 conteh

[@PazzoTrette]

Mancava solo "don't say cat if you haven't in the sac"

[@rafven7594]

"If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike"

[@csilla1703]

👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Letixia94]

AHAHAHAHAH 🤣

[@SevenRedSuns420]

@@rafven7594 because you ride......her?

[@vittoria2382]

Sometimes may be good sometimes may be shit

[@alexmisterpianoman]

Very interesting analysis. I think this may improve my Italian language speech as an English speaker.

[@calogerohuygens4430]

You showed true love for italian language.

[@kevin-uy3yh]

Renzi is both the worst and the best example of an Italian speaking english

[@misscleo378]

He was my favorite one to watch. My philosophy is, if a person can understand what you’re saying then you’re doing pretty good.

[@gengiskhan6359]

Renzi is just the best example of the worst

[@dariobenzi7163]

Giorno in jojo ha un accento migliore

[@eleonora.mancini]

We are not like him, he's special

[@valeriogalli6380]

@@eleonora.mancini he’s not special, he has a fucked up english. And that’s beautifully 🤌🇮🇹🍕.

[@martino1571]

2:41 Toscano enters the chat.

[@lucarosi6161]

AHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[@sonolameta]

😂

[@chalmskinhelmett6578]

sto ridendo più del dovuto ahah

[@thatsaysalotabout-man9547]

Oh icchè che tu disci, oh nini

[@thatsaysalotabout-man9547]

@Alexa Tri Firenze, nel resto della toscana sono prevalentemente i vecchi a parlare in dialetto

[@xdavix2578]

Ringrazio come sempre la bellissima home di KZbin per regalarmi queste perle di saggezza grazie.

[@silliestforreal]

this video has been really helpful for me by the way, thank you :)

[@ricplays5905]

Answer to the title question: they sound italian because they are italians.

[@donabbondio5081]

Ric plays thanks dude

[@naoko707]

technically the truth

[@Rocxfan]

youtubers trying to get views and make people more self-aware of the way they speak "well yes, but actually, no"

[@mariabalcan5260]

That's not true I have a great American accent even though I'm Italian 😌

[@micchirichiello83]

Accurate!

[@YTSirBlack]

People around the world: Matteo Renzi Italian memers: Mr. Shish

[@simonedagostino9358]

Capisco, anche lei è un uomo acculturato

[@mariiagoth7474]

Mr. Shish 😂😂👌🏻bellissimo

[@serenapalleschi7821]

Is not Matthew is Matteo

[@YTSirBlack]

@@serenapalleschi7821 matthew is matteo in english

[@ren_9435]

@@YTSirBlack It's MATTEO, not MATTHEW, even if you are American or English

[@L1nk2002]

In realtà l'esempio di renzi è benigni penso sia perfetto. Il fatto che parlino così male in inglese deriva proprio dalla pronuncia e dall'accento fortemente italiano, quindi sono degli esempi perfetti.

[@federicolopezmusic]

This video was actually very helpful!

[@chiara-934]

Renzi is an horrible example, he makes us laugh and for us he's so embrassing

[@jamesramirez85]

Per me è piu imbarazzante di maio in inglese....

[@Maaltosio]

@@jamesramirez85 Fra tutti e due non saprei dire chi sia più imbarazzante ahahah

[@jamesramirez85]

@@Maaltosio parliamo del berlusca che parla francese negli anni 90😉

[@giuliodaltritempi]

Fidati che qui a Londra ce ne sono tanti che parlano come lui...

[@GoodMusicManiac999]

@@jamesramirez85 Ma lo parla bene. La differenza è quella

[@ShoTxBliTz]

Why do Italians watch Why do italians sound Italian? BOH

[@ultimus7600]

calma , non offendiamoci (il titolo peraltro è scherzoso); io l'ho guardato perchè praticamente corrisponde al titolo: "i principali errori di pronuncia degli italiani" ed è quindi utile

[@marco.castiglia]

BOH is a single pronounced vowel. You are the imposter, and I am the pope.

[@copernicofelinis]

To sound less Italian when speaking English?

[@danyacc5149]

🙏🏻 ma io che cazz' ne so scusi 🙏🏻

[@marikaserasini2315]

Because I'm curious😄😄

[@alancecco]

I am italian and I can tell you that you are a great teacher!

[@emem_nrd237]

I'm learning Italian so this helps with my pronounciation, thanks!

[@noelle2654]

Italian people saying "sh*t" instead of "sheet" is all I wanna hear every single day.

[@gretavicinelli7064]

i’m italian and i’m laughting my ass out for this comment

[@michela8539]

I'M CRYING PLEASE

[@claudiofiero8523]

I can make a video for you lol

[@chiaramariafrandina2893]

isn't so funny if you're in front of your professor during an exam...

[@Urururu39]

i'm Italian and I'm crying 😂

[@Giannifan1]

For the same reason english sound english when they speak italian

[@TheCarloCarlone]

I know someone from England who speaks italian. She went to a store asking if they had any peas without preservatives, wich she translated it to "avete i piselli senza preservativi?". The problem is that "piselli" (peas) is also a slang word for penis (like willy) and "preservativi" are condoms not preservatives. So yeah, but sometime pronunciation is not the problem and it's even more hilarious

[@arnold666heartagram]

When Terronian people speak English they sound Terronian not Italian

[@edoardodamasco4407]

@@arnold666heartagram and from what country comes the terronian? I'm afraid i've never heard a nation with a name like this

[@theracingzone2241]

@@edoardodamasco4407 I'm "terronian", terronian are people that lives in the southern italy

[@micchirichiello83]

Yep! Case closed!

[@rezzoc91]

My first language is Genoese, a regional language, and some of these don't apply to me directly (no geminates, presence of more vowel sounds and diphthongs closer to French, and some words do actually terminate with consonant like "bon", good) but we have more quirks like a nasal accent, a singing tone and others. You can really distinguish us from the others if our first language is not Italian

[@felipedalbelo5314]

Amazing content! Congratulations for your creativity of make such complex cultural habit into easy tutorial. I am italian-brazilian and speak 5 luanguages. Very challenging.

[@thecipper6220]

I was waiting for “SHISH” moment. I’m disappointed 😒

[@leogiolaj]

bAHHAHAAHHAHHA

[@M.M.4.4]

Non ho mai capito cosa volesse dire con shish hahah

[@ChristianSaccani]

@@M.M.4.4 she. Solo che si è incartato col verbo dopo e da lì è nato il mito.

[@matteofabbris7877]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnmTdIawma2qnZI

[@cosmodrome9478]

@@M.M.4.4 Stava parlando della madre che piangeva davanti alla tv (e già qui se ne uscì con un favoloso "my mother cry IN the tv") e a quel punto per dire "she is" o "she was" se ne uscì con SHISH!

[@pile333]

We italians pronounce all the letters of the words. That's our vocal imprinting. Spelling usually makes no sense to us; it's practically useless.

[@ilyanzolliani2432]

pile333 Fenomeno naturale perché al contrario dell'Inglese la nostra lingua è fonetica e e non ha suoni complessi.

[@andreaarienzo5505]

@@ilyanzolliani2432 esatto, le parole le pronunciamo come le scriviamo

[@elle1530]

Non è propriamente vero. L'italiano non pronuncia in maniera differente dalla fonetica le vocali. Abbiamo però i gruppi consonantici, che sono propri solo dell'italiano, nello specifico GNomo, luGLio, SCemare. Io conosco diverse lingue, e non trovo troppa difficoltà a livello fonetico nelle lingue che hanno regole fonetiche rigide. Ad esempio in tedesco, benché abbia un sacco di suoni che in italiano non esistono, le pronunce dei gruppi vocalici o consonantici sono sempre quelle, non variano da parola a parola. L'inglese presenta più difficoltà proprio perché non ha regole fonetiche così rigide, soprattutto perché essendo parlato in diverse nazioni ha pronunce differenti a seconda del paese.

[@29Linkin09Park92]

@@ilyanzolliani2432 Volendo semplificare moltissimo è perché l'alfabeto latino è stato creato sopra la "nostra" lingua, quindi comprendeva i simboli per tutti i suoni necessari, mentre nel caso dell'inglese è stato adottato, e quindi adattato su dei suoni che non erano previsti in quell'alfabeto.

[@gonzalo_rosae]

and so do Spanish lo stesso con gli spagnoli

[@shwetabhshankar5421]

THIS WAS SO GOOD!

[@Eileeleedon]

I play an Italian character at my local RenFest, and so many people, including a few Italian speakers actually thought I was from Italy. I remember watching this video and really thinking about everything I was saying and how I was saying it for a few months leading up to my audition, as well as sending it to an Italian friend of mine. Needless to say, these tips are VERY helpful and accurate.

[@starmisaa]

This video: not for Italian Italian people: oh yeah let’s check it out I’m Italian too :)

[@alice-df]

As an Italian, it was fun to watch and educational too!

[@caterinabalint7931]

I love your name and I'm italian lol

[@elebruni4429]

eheheh

[@ashildrtheswift3028]

It actually is, he literally asks people to share it with their Italian friends

[@User-jm7up]

Why not for Italians? It's very interesting for Italians too

[@nothing415]

Nothing : Italian when speak english : Resto del mondo - first reaction ScioCh

[@chiaral2814]

😩😩😩😩 what a shame...

[@xxgioxx7688]

first reaction: shish

[@cristianlonigro]

in anmaind evrifinc is totalli connected wid de iuchei

[@TessaNightfox]

Scioch BecÖoouze🤣😂

[@gonzalo_rosae]

siocc!!! scioc becauussse

[@Gavin_Martin_Official]

I have to sing in Italian accent for a school play, hopefully this will help with pronouncing the lyrics. Thank you so much!

[@sofii2398]

I watched this video before and after studying Linguistics and now I can say that I understand something about my pronunciation

[@claramocchetti9114]

nobody: Renzi: "first reaction SCIOK, becossss"

[@capwillard9156]

becauuuusseee

[@alessiofabbiani8335]

In our mind everything is totally connected with U. K. Abusely🤣

[@ItzEm666]

We don't add an "a" at the end of the word, we prunonuce the final consonant stronger than the others

[@usernamemaybe]

E. M. We do add a sound called in the International Phonetic Alphabet shwa...it’s like a “uh” sound, and it is due to our use of vowels at each syllable

[@adryanashannevega3508]

Esatto

[@andryuu_2000]

aggiungiamo una vocale indefinita tipo la ë di mammëta in alcuni dialetti centro-meridionali

[@user-pt6pi9uc6z]

Yes yes yeees

[@corallo65g]

I agree, we don't add an 'a' ......like some Asian population does

[@AirGuitarHero71]

Thank you. Really useful!! 🇮🇹

[@RedsReads]

This is so detailed, I can't even tell the difference in those examples so it's probably right. Some of those clips aren't good representation though, sometimes people don't believe I'm italian because I don't have such a thick accent.

[@rabbit7261]

italian: they are not into ending words with consonant preposizioni: am i a joke to you?

[@ottobass9193]

Lol

[@hitch3367]

Infatti AHAHA

[@SiroMartini]

E infatti le preposizioni sono sempre seguite da una parola. Quindi le leghi alla parola successiva e non termini mai di parlare senza una vocale.

[@temavero2124]

Immaginati contare quante parole nel dizionario italiano finiscono con vocali e quante con consonanti. Poi fare il confronto con quelle inglesi e vediamo cosa viene fuori ahah

[@yamcha_fiorellocantatu6884]

italian dictionary: "si"

[@heyrossieofficial6054]

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: I’m an Asian (Vietnamese) watch why Italian sounds like Italian at midnight 😌👀

[@shinelorenzomarino5626]

🤣 🤣 🤣

[@shinelorenzomarino5626]

Beautiful Vietnamese if I can say in Italian, bellissima

[@niga3]

@@shinelorenzomarino5626 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKarao2Cetx_e8k

[@whsprLenYT]

@@niga3 holy sh- you fricking killed him dude

[@niga3]

@@whsprLenYT kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKarao2Cetx_e8k

[@kalligatorGR]

We definitely need a vid like this for Greek as well!

[@ivantrabucco6433]

Spiegazioni veramente chiare, complimenti

[@LaPaesanaAllegra]

Benigni più che italiano ha un marcato accento toscano! PS: SHISH 😂

[@streetadvisor8127]

Idem per Renzi. Se mettono loro come esempio ci credo che siamo presi per il culo 😂

[@pocket9738]

Pure in inglese ci manca la c LOL

[@massimilianozheng2799]

Suvvia ragazzi Oi Oi

[@LaPaesanaAllegra]

@@massimilianozheng2799 Oimmena!

[@marasmagiallogallo2519]

Da toscano trasferito a Rimini confermo, impossibile mascherarlo

[@iamboly]

omiodio hanno preso come esempio RENZI. shish.

[@paxthebiarooaceer]

S h i s h

[@fanteria2]

SHISH!

[@IlariaDeLorenzi]

Shish is the new sigh

[@luigibeccali2840]

I had never thought about the /z/ sound we make when pronouncing words that start with sm o sl! To me it had always sounded the same but you are totally right! You never stop learning..

[@laurapavone3513]

Not every Italian pronunces SL or sm as a Z sound, I don't. Perhaps I should study Italian elocution 🤷

[@Carmen-qt7lx]

I don't know why but it sounds really beautiful!

[@mattiacannarella9334]

The "th" sound is also new for Italians, we often replace it with "t" or at least "f"

[@siriokds]

Like cockney

[@valentina1219]

Exactly. Even in elementary school the way they teach you to pronounce the "th" sound is very awkward. I've been speaking English for 6 years and i still mess it up sometimes :)

[@GoodMusicManiac999]

Took me lots of practice but at the end I mastered that (the tip of the tongue has to touch upper front teeth)

[@edoardoricci134]

That’s true

[@iTube22100]

Perhpas you would say "d" not talking about the "t" of "two" pronounced "chu" (ciù in Italian) while the "t" of Mr Trump becomes ctramp like they pronounce in Trampani (that's a town in Sicily) !!

[@crisal1473]

"why do italians sound so italian" italians who can speak english: Renzi: Shish

[@Sofixx6510]

I'm a Italian that can speak english

[@crisal1473]

@@Sofixx6510 idem

[@effeerrelittlemouse9700]

BRUH!

[@dissapointment630]

I have an English and Italian accent and I can switch between them idk how

[@nvaranavage]

My grandfather always said the word theater as teatre. And tree when saying three. I loved listening to him talk....i miss his voice. Edit:. Even though I'm now 42 I decided that i wanted to learn my mother tongue was when I realized why he spoke English the way he did.....it makes me feel much closer to my heritage than ever before, learning the language just makes growing up within an Italian family that much more meaningful. I experienced the music, food, culture and history as a child, adding the language has brought it full circle.

[@elistyles8352]

sono italiana e questo video mi ha aiutata molto. grazie.

[@mezza513]

Devo dire che ho trovato questo video abbastanza interessante. E' stato molto chiaro nello spiegare esattamente quale sono le parole, consonanti,vocali e accenti che rendono l'accento "italian" così caratteristico. Non capisco perchè nei commenti alcuni si debbano lamentare, prendendo questo video come una enorme offesa. Mi sembra anche stupido esordire con: "ee perkè gli inglesi non parlano bene manko loro l'taliano"

[@farawithouth1091]

A dire la verità gli inglesi non parlano nemmeno loro bene la loro stessa lingua 🤣🤣 figurati un italiano o straniero che sia 🤣. Come d'altronde esistono molti italiani che non sanno l'italiano usando solo o prevalentemente il proprio dialetto, gli inglesi sono uguali.

[@frenesiavolante]

Ok ma che usiamo la Z al posto della S è la prima volta che la sento una cavolata del genere

[@farawithouth1091]

@@frenesiavolante non in italiano ma in inglese con le parole con le lettere sm o sl

[@oleksandraderzhylo2566]

Siamo italiani dobbiamo sempre lamentarci di qualcosa 🤣

[@Carlo_B]

Ho conosciuto degli scozzesi i quali mi hanno detto che certi film americani parlano un inglese per loro "strano" e quindi non ci capiscono quasi niente. L'inglese è la lingua più parlata al mondo (insieme al cinese) e ha tantissime varianti. L'inglese britannico è diverso da quello degli USA e quello degli USA del Nord è diverso da quello degli USA del sud, etc. etc. Quindi come si può pretendere che un italiano, per quanto sia bravo, possa parlare un inglese "perfetto" o quasi, se nemmeno tra madrelingua inglese a volte si capiscono? Si potrebbe dire la stessa cosa per uno straniero che vuole imparare l'italiano. Io ad esempio vivo in Liguria, e certe persone di altre regioni di Italia non le capisco molto bene quando parlano in italiano. Saluti

[@vincenzocannova6611]

Io: leggo il titolo del video Sempre io: “first reaction .. shock!”

[@margheritam9262]

AHAHAH SHISH

[@betagroobox]

it's pronounced Sciocckk!

[@bricktrooperproductions]

Sciock Beecæs

[@iasmins5250]

Ahahahah muoiooo

[@rickwazowski9171]

SCIOCC, SCIOCC BICOZ

[@rozetalami6289]

Lui è stato molto bravo ed istruttivo nel spiegare grammaticalmente perché l’italiani pronunciano una lingua estera nella maniera che lo sentiamo. Questo vale per Spagnoli , francesi etc. Io non lo trovo offensivo ma istruttivo nel capire le varie sfumature a livello di lettere e pronuncia.

[@Envysick]

As Italian I think you're completely wrong about adding a vowel if the word ends with a consonant. That's more a Japanese thing that actually adds a vowel after every consonants sound. The main difference between English and Italian I think it's the way we "read". Here we're used to read every single letters of a word and so we do that even for english words. But we don't add new letter we just read the words as they're written, so if u say something like "Thinking" for exemple: we actually prounounce the ending "g" very strong, but English people are used to say it differently, it's something more like: thinkin' without the g. We even read the "Th" at the beginning, for us it's something like a strong "T", because "h" is a very different sound for us. It's all about that. I can even do reverse exemples, like the sound "gn" in italian. We say Gnocchi because we read strongly the "g" and the "n", but you don't. English people says: Gh-nocchi (which is completely wrong), because you have to read it more like a "Niocchi". Btw our language it's full of words ending with consonants so I don't think you have a clear idea of what you're saying about it.

[@DamTec]

The final -a sound is maybe more like a /ə/ sound but it exists. You can say we pronounce the final letter stronger but it's the same concept, just be more open-minded. It's a video for non-italian speakers and probably we sound that way to native speaker ears. And yes, we have words ending with consonants but we link those to the next word so the sound doesn't actually end with a consonant anyway.

[@samchan1031]

but you have to speak the english in english way, not the way you want. understand?

[@hot_name_here69]

~ *There is no H sound in italian* Me living in Florence: Am i a Joke to you?

[@T42282]

Una hoha hola hon la hannuccia horta horta🤣

[@sognidelchianti2920]

You've no idea how English accent sounds in italian... It's scary.

[@L490sr]

Why? I’m an Arabian who also speaks English with an American accent, now I’m learning Italian and I keep forgetting and talk with an American accent even tho the R sound in Arabic is similar to the Italian one.

[@vickeo]

@@L490sr haha, i feel you! I'm a spanish and english speaker and am learning Italian and I sometimes start mixing things up 😅, but knowing Spanish does helps

[@steveneardley7541]

I was studying at the Marciana, and an American professor from Alabama was often there. She spoke Italian that was grammatically perfect, but her accent was completely undiluted Alabaman American. It sounded horrible but everyone understood her. She was well-liked because she was such an outgoing eccentric.

[@L-mo]

I am a native English speaker learning Italian and Italians always compliment my accent when I try to speak; maybe they are just being polite? ;)

[@karenshokry3292]

@@L490sr me too

[@rinsim]

Taking examples from Renzi and Antonio Conte is like "sparare sulla croce rossa"! I was aware of many of these features of the Italian accent, but not about the "SL" and "SM" which of course I do when I speak!!! OMG!

[@massimomagliocco9754]

You are right in saying that we often do not pronounce your words well but, always remember, that you write with our letters....

[@marthasenha927]

Tutti gli italiani che prendo in giro Renzi quando sanno benissimo che il 60%degli italiani non sa neanche salutare in inglese 😂🙃

[@lampadinabruciata6172]

puó darsi ..peró il 60% degli Italiani non ha ricoperto la carica istituzionale di Presidente del Consiglio😂🙃

[@SantaCelest1na]

c. iori avete entrambi ragione 👀😂

[@Kenar.E]

Perché il 60% degli italiani è composto da vecchi.

[@CristianTraina]

@@lampadinabruciata6172 a me interessa che un presidente del consiglio sappia fare bene il presidente del consiglio. E non sto dicendo che Renzi l'abbia fatto bene, ma sicuramente l'inglese non è uno dei miei metri di giudizio

[@lampadinabruciata6172]

@@CristianTraina certo..peró ,visto che un presidente del Consiglio, ha anche un ruolo di rappresentanza in ambito internazionale sarebbe gradita la conoscenza almeno dell'inglese..onde evitare di fare sempre la figura dei buzzurri peracottari😶

[@rykalyx9915]

L'inglese maccheronico is an art! 🇮🇹

[@k0185123]

thanks! it's very helpful!

[@starchoko1215]

Me, a native Italian speaker who doesn’t have an accent because I’m bilingual and speak also Finnish so I’ve always known how to switch accents according to the language I’m speaking : 👁👄👁

[@gs7828]

English always has accents, like Italian. Depends which regional English you choose, same as from which Italian area you come from.

[@starchoko1215]

@@gs7828 ofc there is always some accents but I meant a very light accent wich isn’t still either Finnish, Italian, British nor American but probably a mix of all till the point you can’t really tell it’s an accent of an other language. Hope this helps to clear what i meant :)

[@masterjunky863]

So basically you are a beautiful frozen mediterranean beach

[@coozye9306]

Im italian and my 5 years old sister speak english better than renzi

[@andreaemanuele7293]

*year

[@wakeinjunenrico]

*Speaks

[@gregory8117]

*I'm

[@user-yk7kd4cb2z]

قلبنا حصة املاء

[@sandrabianchi8840]

Non è una bella cosa. A 5 anni dovrebbe parlare perfettamente ITALIANO invece della lingua dell'impero invasore.

[@chia6072]

"There's no h sound in italian" as long as youre not from Tuscany 😂

[@CrimsonRaven51]

Sono Tuscano.

[@3iidusk]

@@chia6072 **Toshano

[@Alessietto_03]

@@3iidusk 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@-sofi-4738]

Sono l'unica toscana che non sa dire "una hoha Hola con la hannuccia horta"? Mi impappino se ci provo. 🙃

[@alessandromiragoli2068]

Ocio, perché tra gli esempi c'è Benigni.

[@soupp7168]

I just love accents so much