Mentre imparavo a pronunciare queste parole sul cibo, non sapevo quale cibo stavo imparando a dire?

@@thomasbeckman4241 Ciao Thomas, intendi che non conosci alcuni dei cibi nominati?

@@ItalianTeacherValentina Esatto, sono molto nuovo a capire l'italiano, comunque imparerò. E sono molto grato per il tuo insegnamento. Anche se saprò come pronunciare questi cibi al momento non so cosa siano.

Google them! 😊

I am sharing your videos with people in my expat group. Thank you.

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Ahah! I'm glad it was so helpful, then!

Thomas, grazie a te per il tuo messaggio! Sapere che le mie lezioni sono utili e apprezzate è una grande motivazione per me! :)

Noted!

Grazie a te, Jessica! As I always say, vowels are the pillars of correct Italian pronunciation, they make ALL the difference (and they can also completely change the meaning of a word). Brava for noticing it yourself!!

I'm glad it did, Mary! And I have a whole playlist on Italian pronunciation with many videos like this one: kzfaq.info/sun/PLaeKp_sNLJVz3LzjT277KwTNWc9EgySYd

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So glad to hear that, Kyle!

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è un piacere, Joshua!

Ottima idea! Added it to my list!

Grazie a te! Benvenuto! (*welcome)

😄 Exactly one of my purposes for this video!! 😉

😄😄 You've got the fundamentals, Harvey!

/n/ is the standard "n" sound in Italian. We have a sound similar to /nye/ with the combination "gn" as in "gnocchi"

@@ItalianTeacherValentina Thank you Ma'am Stella!!! 🇵🇭

Yes, I think your spellcheck corrects you because it's probably set on American English. Try to change that to Italian and it will correct "pignoli" (or not, since "pignolo" is actually a word but means something like "fastidious" 😅)

ahah, brava!! Bisogna sempre mettere in pratica quello che impariamo o ripassiamo :D

Yes, absolutely!

Benvenuto! And thanks for your feedback :)

@@ItalianTeacherValentina prego😜

Well it is bruschétta in correct italian, not bruschètta.

The "g" is pronounced as "j" in "judge". I'll add that to the next round

Rule of thumb (that I just learned from a comment in these threads): the combo g+i is pronounced as a soft g (American English, as in "page") Bongiorno = bone-jor'-no Parmigiano = Par-maj-ya'-no Similarly, "ci" is always said as "shh" sound, in English Ciao = Shaow ... never "See-ow"! ... sometimes "Chow"

Ahah glad you enjoyed it, Eleonzo!

Molto interessante! Thanks for sharing!

Same here as a Romanian ☺️

Benvenuto! *Welcome!

Interesting!

Chudi, sad but true: most people have no idea about the origins of the languages they speak. All Latin languages have many words adopted from Arabic, so it’s not mere coincidence to hear Igbo sounds. The African coastal regions are the passports to the world. Please tell me that you do know that “Blackamoors” (Moors) ruled Spain and parts of Italy and France during the so-called Dark Aged, which spanned over 700 years. The Catholic Church had destroyed all of the schools, libraries, and museums in Rome and Greece because they were labeled centers of “idol worship” since they were not teaching Catholicism. If you haven’t visited Spain, please study its architecture online. Most of the Moors’ great buildings still stand. That knowledge came from Mali, the Ivory Coast, and Nigeria. We think that Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are “rich.” Not one being in all of western history has come close to the wealth of Mansa Musa, who funded many public projects with his wealth; he also adopted scholars and artisans from other countries into his empire, so those people’s languages and cultures had an impact on Western Africa. The relationship between Africa and Europe has been covered thoroughly. What I’m more interested to learn is why Japanese and Igbo sound so similar.

Good point. I always want to yell at people (TV characters and News reporters) who can't get that "ci" together is pronounced "shh". Can't remember the biggest offender-word, but an example is "specious" as in a specious argument. I think all "ci" syllables should sound like "shh" and not create another syllable. There seems to be a concensus that it should be pronounced, "spee-cee-yus" rather than "spee-shuss" which follows the rule above.

@@youresoakinginit2113Where did you get that tidbit? I doubt that anyone who actually uses the word “specious” thinks it’s pronounced “spee-cee-us.” Please check dictionary pronunciations. It is “spee-shuss.” Also, I think an example of the kind of word you were looking for is “Medici,” which Americans pronounce “Med-ee-chee” instead of “Meh-de-shee.”

😄 No worries, Averleen, it's never too late to learn!

Not yet! :)

Yeah, you are right about that. Reminds me of Native New Yorker Joy Behar, from The View (whom I love a lot!), when she tells about making her famous Lasagna. She pronounces the word "ricotta" as "ree-goad" or "ree-goat". 😵‍💫 I learned something of value from the vlogger here, that the Italian language ALWAYS pronounces ALL the VOWELS!! including the final "a" in RICOTTA! 😊

This is unfortunately a common misconception. Many people think that the "i" in "g" is kind of built-in, because when we say the "g" in the alphabet we actually say an "i" sound with it, and that makes people (even Italian kids!) feel confused. But the "i" is NOT built-in in the G, the G is kind of neutral and then pronounced differently depending on what comes next. In this video I explain how to pronounce the C correctly and the same rules apply to "G": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p6uoZ5ShtLPVZWQ.html

The letter i in that word doesn't act as a vowel, but rather as a soft sign for the letter g. As you know, if it was written "Parmigano", the letter g became hard g, like in the English word "go". How do you make it soft? By adding the letter i after the letter g. So, "Parmigiano" is pronounced with soft g (like in the English word gel) because there is the letter i after that -as a soft sign, not as a vowel, and since the letter "i" doesn't act as a vowel, you don't pronounce it

I'll keep that in mind for a secound round :)

How should it be pronounced? I would probably say, "Lot-tay" and not "lot-teh"... (FWIW, I think latte is not that common a beverage in Italy) The pronunciation in Webster's Dictionary is "lă'-tā"... the Google Translation Service pronounces the Italian word (which means "milk," btw) "la-tay" in a rather strong Italian accent.

I have a dedicated video with all types of pasta: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZila9J0udScemg.html

No idea how I knew how to pronounce this, but Google Translation says ""tal-ya-tel'-lee. The g is silent. I was right! 😊

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The "g" is pronounced as "j" in "judge". I'll add that to the next round

😄😄 The fondest appreciation and gratitude from native Italian speakers for not butchering the language 🥳🥳

@@ItalianTeacherValentina , did not really expect a reply to an old video, so grazie mille!

Double "z" is alwyas pronounced as in "pizza" , so it would be "pit-zell-eh" (don't forget to pronounce the ending "e" = "eh") 😉

She said there are no wasted (my word) vowels, that they're all pronounced. I think we should say it exactly as it looks, "man-na-kot-tee." Definitely not "man-na-goat" or "man-na-goad"... or even, "man-na-kood"!!! Unless, apparently, you're in Brooklyn! ♡

Interessante! Do you mean sicilian-americans? I am sicilian myself and in my dialect (Siracusa) we usually don't. I've heard that more in neapolitan dialects though.

😅 Oh no!! Just practice a bit, if you do you will do better than 99% of their clients!

Ciao, sorry but I don't understand what you mean exactly. Could you elaborate more on that?

I speak a little English and Italian. I want to learn a little bit of Italian because I live in Italy. I don't know what Calzone looks like.

@@user-yc6cj3wf6x I see! Next time I'll try to add a photo then. Meanwhile: a "calzone" is like a pizza, but is folded on itself. If you google it, you'll find loads of photos! (and btw is super yummy! :D)

But this is Italian.

@@lynnscott9657 my comment was for her not the viewers or readers. She kept saying "English speakers", where she meant American speakers. Notice that all her comments about the mispronunciations are American since this is how Americans pronounce the words they see (if never heard it from an Italian native). The reason why Americans mispronounce foreign words is due to them not being keen on attempting to find out how such foreign words are pronounced by their foreign (native) speakers, and their insistence on correcting even those who learnt and pronounce it correctly (happened to me many times esp with the word ricotta). I don't blame the uneducated or unseasoned Americans bed people tend to learn from others (usually their mothers or sisters or the waiters and waitresses. What makes things worse is that the French have a word for parmigiano which is parmesan, so American write it like the French but pronounce the s as j (parmejan), hence the American pronunciation of parmigiano as parmejan. Another example is calzone, Americans read it as cal.zone the American English way cal + zone (silent e), and when they hear it once they sound the final e as ee. Americans are very funny when it comes to pronouncing foreign words esp the French words, so don't blame them when they don't sound the final vowel in Italian words since in English the final e is silent so English speakers either drop it or sound it wrongly

@@biloz2988 I am American. I have a doctorate in Spanish literature. During the coursework, however, I also studied linguistics. I began studying French in high school and studied one year of Italian in university (Vassar College, considered a highly selective place to study). I’m well acquainted with all of these pronunciation issues. Yes, America is a place that has many linguistic influences. Food words have been translated so that they are pronounced in many ways. Still, broo shet ta drives me crazy. I just want to hear broo sket ta. I mean, we don’t say zoo chee nee, we say zoo kee nee.

@@lynnscott9657 I agree with you and I'm glad to hear from someone keen about linguistics. I love languages and try to learn how different words are pronounced in their mother tongue, otherwise they lose their lure. We can tell if a person is sofisticated culturally from the way they pronounce different words (among other things).

😲😲😲 Terribile!! 😂

@@ItalianTeacherValentina eh, ma dovresti saperlo bene. Io a momenti litigavo con uno che aveva detto "maicol éngelo".

Funny, I clicked the translate button on a string of Italian food words they had been saying right, and everything remained the same, except "parmagiano" was translated "parmesan." Parmesan is that junk in the green container!! I think it's not even legally actual cheese in America. For sure not in any other country!! 😅

Ahah I understand the pain 😄 Yes, most people don't realize Italian "z" is actually pronounced as "ts"

For the longest time we pronounced gnocchi as either ga-notch-ee, or almost worse: "Yonkees" 😅😅😅 This in my DH *very American* Italian fam.

Ahah that's really interesting (and fun) to know!

The spelling "manicotti" is correct, it's the pronunciation that's wrong. As I explained in the video, you need to pronounce every.single.letter in Italian, especially ending vowel, so do not skip the ending "ee" sound! ;)

Ah! You are right, that is a struggle!! Why not teaching them the correct way? Many of my students do that 😅😅

that's funny, happens to me too, but I insist and explain to them I know the correct pronunciaton of italian words

I think you just have to risk it, and press on with the correct way. They will begin copying YOU eventually. You could even say you started saying the correct pronunciation because people were always correcting you or making fun of you when you were saying it wrong. Eventually you'll win them all over♡

Then teach the staff at the restaurant….don’t bend to being incorrect…do it politely and calmly….don’t attack the waiter, but bring them along…

Some Italian can't rolls their Rs either! And believe me, what makes a huge difference is not Rs as much as vowels pronunciation ;)

Please refer to this other video of mine where I go over this exact question: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNtzlc5qmdeYdok.html