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sayitaliano · 2 years

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Podcasts Italiani

Here's Google Podcast link (you can find many on Spotify and iTunes as well)

Lo Zoo di 105 - famous Radio 105 program, you can listen to all the "Zoo"'s episodes here

Tech.is.it - All about technology, with guests too.

Valorizza il tuo tempo - About managing time, organizing and being productive (spotify)

Oceano - podcast that helps getting rid of anxiety through visualizations and emotional control (spotify)

Marco Montemagno - (he's on youtube as well) he talks about digital communication and online business.

Ciao, Internet! - about the web and how to navigate online through haters and other stuff

Radio 24 - All about the news (Worldwide)

Everyeye - (related to the website) is about videogames and everything related to that world

LiberaMente - psychology podcast filled with ideas and suggestions on how to free your mind

Muschio Selvaggio - presented by the rapper Fedez and the youtuber Luis Sal. They talk about whatever with many different kind of guests (chefs, singers, actors...; it's on youtube as well)

Parliamo di cose - invented by the youtuber Jacopo D’Alesio (Jakidale) he funnily talks about the randomest stuff ("Let's talk about things" in fact)

Alessandro Barbero - the very famous history professor (he's often on TV as well) tells about the most interesting history facts

Scientificast - (related to the website) is about science, and explains scientific stuff in an easy way.

Morgana - about important and standing out women, not just Italian ones though (and not only real ones: even stories's protagonists)

Pilota - about TV series' and movies

PMConfidential - podcast on how to become a "professional human being"

Ad alta voce - related to Rai Radio 3's program in which are read many international books (apple link)

Parole di Storie - fairytales in Italian

Audiofiabe per bambini - fairytales in Italian

Audible - Amazon's podcast with books

MORE (FREE) AUDIOBOOKS:

LiberLiber (collection here) LibriVox (has books also in other languages) Storytel (+ app; has books in different languages) Progetto Babele LibroAudio LibriVivi

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fritalianblr · 7 years

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hey! i've recently started to learn italian with summer language challenge so how should i start? i've never learnt a language by myself so i have no idea. pls help 💕

Hi ! As any other language we learn, I think the best is to start to learn the alphabet, pronouns, how to introduce yourself, how to make a simple sentence, the most common verbs, the most common vocabulary.

By searching on Tumblr with the ‘italian langblr’ hashtag, you will surely find many posts about it to help you. I suggest you to follow @sayitaliano, @langsandlit, @sciogli-lingua, and some other Italian Langblrs I follow & reblog, because they’re almost all native speakers and have better posts about grammar etc, than me.

They’re also many websites and apps to help you. I think most of the LangBlr community would suggest you Duolingo, an app to learn languages. I don’t like it that much and don’t use it, but it’s still helping if you’re a real beginner.

I can suggest you some websites that are made for beginners ► Iceberg Project, The Italian Experiment (this one as got real beginners lessons that can help you to start).

I still can help you a bit !

Ok, so, starting with the alphabet (link with audio), it’s the same as in english, except Italian don’t use the letters “j”, “k”, “w”, “x”, “y”. They only use it for foreign languages words. The link I provide is really good, I suggest you to have a look at it for the full explanation and pronounciation, ‘cause I suck with describing pronounciation XD

Then, you should know the basic pronouns. Not that italians don’t use pronouns with the verbs like we do “I am, You are, He is...”, ‘cause the verbs are all conjugated differently at each person, so you already know the pronoun.

Io - I

Tu - You (sing.)

Lui - He ; Lei - She

Noi - We

Voi - You (plur.)

Loro - They

How to make a basic sentence, by introducing yourself. As I said, Italians don’t use the pronoun before the conjugated verb, except to insist on something. To introduce yourself, the 2 auxiliary verbs, “be” and “have”, conjugated at each person :

To Be - Essere

I am - (Io) Sono

You are - (Tu) Sei

He is - (Lui) È ; She is - (Lei) È

We are - (Noi) Siamo

You are - (Voi) Siete

They are - (Loro) Sono

To Have - Avere

I have - (Io) Ho

You have - (Tu) Hai

He has - (Lui) Ha ; She has - (Lei) Ha

We have - (Noi) Abbiamo

You have - (Voi) Avete

They have - (Loro) Hanno

To introduce yourself, you can say, as simply as in english : “I am Zorume” ► “(Io) Sono Zorume”. To introduce themselves, italians use the verb “chiamarsi” (si chiamare, but contracted). It’s a reflective verb, and can be translated by “to be called”, but in english, you would translated it by “my name is ...”. “My name is Zorume” ► “Mi chiamo Zorume”. The question sentence to ask someone’s name is “Come ti chiami ?”. As you can see, the question word is in first, and the verb doesn’t change form in questions. You just have to put a “?” at the end !

Chiamarsi

Mi chiamo

Ti chiami

Si chiama

Ci chiamiamo

Vi chiamiate

Si chiamano

The auxiliary verbs are not regular, but Chiamarsi is. There are 3 groups of verbs in italian. The verbs in “-are”, “-ire” and “-ere”. There are few irregularities, but I find them easier than in english actually X). Chiamarsi is in “-are” (remember : si chiamare). All the verbs in “-are” will have this conjugation. “-o” for Io; “-i” for Tu, “-a” for Lei/Lui etc...

To keep on introducing yourself, I’ll give you some sentences. I think there are better LangBlrs than me to explain you in details, and, most of all, explained WAY BETTER than me. I tend to be really messy, I think you saw that !

(Io) Sono una ragazza. - I am a girl. /ragazza = girl ; ragazzo = boy/

(Io) Ho venti (20) anni. - I am 20 years old. /avere with age, not essere, like in english !!/

La mia mammà si chiama Cathy - My mom is called Cathy. /mammà = mom ; pappà = dad, don’t forget the “ ` ”, pappa without it means “the pope”/

Ti amo. - I love you. /Amare = to love/

Sono nata il diciasette (17) Novembre milenovecentonoventasei (1996). - I am born on the 17 November 1996. /Italians don’t put spaces in big numbers like this, yeah, it’s horrible !!/

Vado alla scuola. - I go to school. /Andare = To go. It’s an irregular verb. ; Scuola = school/

I hope it helped a bit, don’t hesitate to ask questions, and follow many italian langblrs, they will all help you and give you precious posts. If you can, go to a library and find some textbooks too, school is still a really good way to start a language ! Do not hesitate to go on YouTube, there are plenty of channels to help you learn italian, and you will have pronounciation and accent ;)

Have a nice day ~

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sayitaliano · 3 years

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Ciao! Spero stiate bene. Ho una domanda sulla pronuncia della lettera "s": questa cambia a seconda della posizione della "s" in una determinata parola? Cioè, mi sembra sempre di sentire che la "s" all'inizio suona più soft (?) mentre che quando va in mezzo suona un po' più vibrata. Non so se si capisce quello che intendo dire, scusate e grazie!

Ciao! Sto bene, grazie, e tu? Ti rispondo in inglese, così anche chi non ha una grande conoscenza dell'italiano può capire qualcosa in più. You're not wrong, there are in fact (at least) two different ways to pronounce the letter "S" in Italian. In one of them, the S is called sorda (deaf), and you can hear it in the word "sole" (sun) and it's a bit more hard (the sound is ‹s›), while in the other, it is called sonora (voiced, vibrating -> if you put your hand on your throat when you pronounce it, you can hear your vocal cords vibrating. It's almost like a "szz" sound or ‹ʃ›) and you can hear it in the word "sbaglio" (mistake). This last one is a sweeter "S", let's say. So it's not just the position of the "S" changing its pronunciation, but there's more.

How to pronounce the letter "S" Tongue position

To be honest, even us Italians have problems with the correct pronunciation of these two "S". Sometimes, if you hear an "S" sorda whistling a little too much, it's because the position of the tongue isn't perfect: the tip of your tongue should hit the lower part of your mouth, just below your teeth, while the part right before the tip, should be close to the palate. If the tip of the tongue isn't very low, the "S" starts whistling a little too much.

History

We do also have problems in pronouncing the words with the correct type of "S": this happens because most of us haven't been taught in school the proper prounciations, and we don't know about the rules; we just go with the pronunciation that we hear while growing up, and it changes according on the Italian area/region we live in. This happens because of Regional Languages having a huge influence on our Italian pronunciation, but also because Italian, that originated from Tuscan (and from the old Latin, that used only the "S" sorda), started spreading mostly through written words: this way, people from other regions weren't really sure about how to pronounce those words, and just went with whatever way sounded most right to them (or they were more used to). Anyway, let's see a few rules about the correct pronunciations of this letter. I'll add an audio/video too, hopefully it can help you better (had to split in two bc I talk too much, sorry - links at the end).

When to pronounce the S as "SORDA" ‹s›

1) If it's followed by a conosonant "sorda": C, F, P, Q, T. e.g. scuola, sfornare, esperimento, squalo, storia... 2) If it's at the beginning of a word and followed by a vowel. e.g. salto, serpente, simpatico, sordo, suono... 3) If it follows another consonant. e.g. orso, senso, falso... 4) If you have a double "S". e.g. passo, rosso, messa, missile, assurdo... 5) If the "S" is at the end of a word. e.g. gas, rebus, virus...

When to pronounce the S as "SONORA" ‹ʃ›

1) If it's followed by a consonant "sonora": B, D, G, L, M, N, R, V. e.g. sbatto, sdentato, sgombero, dislessia, smalto, bisnonno, Srebrenica, sveglia... 2) If the "S" is between two vowels. e.g. asino, poesia, esame... There are exceptions to this, though: -> words' couples each of whom has a different meaning/refers to something specific; and according on this, the pronounce of the "S" changes. e.g. Brindisi (city, sorda), brindisi (cheer, sonora); fuso (object, sorda), fuso (past participle of fondere, sonora)... -> the words COSA and CASA. They can be pronounced both with the "S" sonora or "sorda". The most correct pronunciation is with the "S" sorda (because it was the original Latin's pronunciation), but the most common one nowadays is with the "sonora" one. -> if you have a word that is actually made of two words and the "S" is at the beginning of the second word (still between two vowels). e.g. girasole (gira+sole); asintomatico/a (a+sintomatico/a); asimmetrico / asimmetria; disegno / disegnato (disegnati, disegnata, disegnate) / disegnare: this last words' group is pronounced with the "S" sonora in many regions (I do that too cause habits yk, lol), but it's actually a wrong pronunciation.

Conclusion and suggestions

The letter "S" was born with a sorda pronunciation (with little to none exceptions) in old Latin but it evolved, as seen, also in the sonora pronunciation in the whole country (and in Europe too). Let's not forget that it is also part of the groups of letters "sci/sce" (read: ‹š›) as can be heard also in other European languages (it can be found in other forms according on the specific language: sch, sh...). Aside from these, as stated in the beginning of this post, there are also Regional Languages variations that have a specific influence on the pronunciation of the S, not just as in the difference between sorda and sonora: think about Emilia Romagna's famous "S" called salata (salty) and more similar to a ‹š› sound. To be taken into consideration is also the so called "S" blesa or zeppola (lisp, sound as ‹th, dh›), which is a pronunciation's problem typical for this letter (but it can be overcome through a specific work, if one feels the need to). Not to forget that in some Regions, the "S" occasionally takes on a pronunciation that is halfway betwen the sorda and the sonora ones (as seen for "casa" and "cosa" in particular). If you feel like your pronunciation isn't always on point, don't worry: as I said, we too might not always use the correct "S". The most important thing is that you know the general pronunciation of the word you want to say: this is what we need the most to understand you. We really don't mind much about single letters' pronunciations (also because we don't even know them ourselves!). So, especially if you are a beginner, focus on learning Italian words and translations first. Later on, you can find a way to learn this letter's pronunciations too, if you feel so. And to do that, I can suggest you to practice (find words and check them with the rules listed here) and listen to actors' talking: most of the times (except when they speak regional languages like in Montalbano, to say one) you can generally hear the perfect Italian pronunciation, as they are few of the ones who have to go to a pronunciation school before starting to act. This way, you'll be even better than an Italian in no time (or at least some of them. Well, better than me for sure!).

Videos: Part 1 https://youtu.be/2JnJL7wJMqc Part 2 https://youtu.be/rTNbrVB0eDw

Hope this helps you!! Have a great day/night <3

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sayitaliano · 2 years

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Intonation and writing in Italian (Italian melodic curves)

Italian language depends a lot on punctuation: a sentence might change meaning according on the position of one single comma.

As if this wasn't enough, the same sentence may be read with different intonation according on the intention we are pronouncing it with or what part of it we want to stress more (maybe bc there's an implied comparison we want to make, in regards of the dialogue we are having).

When we pronounce words, we generally read them in groups, as if the ones included betwen commas were part of their own little (but still important, compared to the whole sentence's meaning) world. Not just the punctuation but also the way we pronounce a sentence, the duration of the pauses between words and syllables, might change the meaning of a sentence:

-> E.g. Let's see the sentence: Rispondo io (=I'll answer). 1- If you pronounce all together "ri-spon-do-io" it means you're going to answer, 'just because' (maybe you're closer to the phone or the door, or you jus wanna be of help/kind... whatever). 2- If you pronounce it stressing the subject io "ri-spon-do IO" it means YOU are going to answer cause YOU want to answer, and nobody else should.

While reading though, as already stated, we give a different intonation to each bit according on our intentions. -> E.g. Let's see how many meanings the sentence "Sabato andiamo al mare (on saturday we're going to the sea)" can have, just according on the intonation we give it while reading it:

1)to inform – Sabato andiamo al mare (you straight tell your parents/friends about your decision/plan)

2)to ask – Sabato andiamo al mare? (you ask your friend/family/whoever if they wanna come)

3)to express a surprise – Sabato andiamo al mare?! (you weren't informed, but your friends/whoever counted you in anyway and they just told you)

4)to express joy – Sabato andiamo al mare!!! (YEEEE!! Let's all jump of happiness, you need a break and you love the sea)

5)to encourage – Sabato andiamo al mare (come on, just a few days left and then you and me can relax on a beach)

6)to promise – Sabato andiamo al mare (no matter the weather or any other inconvenience, nothing will stop us: we.are.going.there.)

7)to end a speech – Sabato andiamo al mare (you told the whole plan of your week and this is what you are going to do on saturday)

The intonation of the voice changes also between affermative sentences and questions (differently from English, we write them the same way, and we just add an question mark at the end of questions): -> If you just state something, the intonation decrease a little, while if you are asking something, it increases. Sabato andiamo al mare. Sabato andiamo al mare?

We also tend to stress, increasing the tone, the most important words in a sentence (especially if we need to compare them to others). SABATO andiamo al mare (not on sunday) Sabato andiamo AL MARE (not on the Alps) Sabato ANDIAMO al mare (meaning n.1: you and me, you are coming with me; meaning n.2: "we go, we're not sure we're coming back" - it might also be a joke if someone asked you when/what time are you going to come back)

The intonation also changes according on our emotions: An higher tone means: excitement, enthusiasm, anger, command... A lower tone means: surprise, sadness, resignation, bitterness...

Keep in mind that we often can recognize the area from which another Italian comes from thanks to the intonation (speaking accent) they use, as it changes a lot from region to region (but even between smaller areas). I use to go on Forvo and spot regional accents in many different voice' recordings.

Maybe you could try that too? If you do, let me know!

Here a video with the pronunciation of the Italian sentences I wrote:

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sayitaliano · 2 years

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Italian School video 5/5

Focus on different high schools and not mandatory schools (University and similar) in this video! Subs on youtube.

If someone has something to add or ask, feel free to do that too ofc :)

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sayitaliano · 2 years

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Oh, btw, the videos about school are just 5,tomorrow the last one will be published (I forgot how to talk properly sorry)

Waiting for your Christmas' asks!!

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sayitaliano · 2 years

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First School Video is out. This is a general video, and ofc if any Italian wants to add something or anyone in general from all over the world wants to give their opinion, you know you can. :)

Read the description also, to have a few more bonuses! I'll add some other general infos in the next videos too.

Subs ITA/ENG on YT-

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sayitaliano · 2 years

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Second school video out on Youtube today!

I'll be talking in particular about kindergarten and elementary school :)

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sayitaliano · 3 years

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"Sayitaliano Answers - 3" video! (eng/ita subs are on youtube, let me know if they work properly!)

You can find the questions I'm gonna answer in this post.

Feel free to ask for whatever kind of curiosity you may have and would like me to talk about, be it about me or Italians/Italy in general (I might be a little oblivious, so feel free to let me know and remind me!)

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sayitaliano · 3 years

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SayItaliano Answers Serie - 6 This time I'm talking about school (but I'll record a specific video soon) and how I got into foreign languages, which ones I speak (try to, lol) and how I started.

Questions I am ansering in this serie are here Subs are on youtube (ita/eng) - let me know if they work properly! Feel free to ask whatever question that comes up to your mind.

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sayitaliano · 3 years

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Second to last Sayitaliano Answers video! Last one will come out on wednesday. Questions I am ansering in this serie are here

Subs are on youtube (ita/eng) - let me know if they work properly! Feel free to ask whatever question that comes up to your mind.

You can hear me stumble over my words and saying random stuff here!

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sayitaliano · 2 years

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Last Sayitaliano Answers video! Questions I am answering in this serie are here

Subs are on youtube (ita/eng) - let me know if they work properly! The serie ended, but feel free to ask whatever question that comes up to your mind.