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[sayitaliano]

Which is probably another way to answer to this question: why are you following this blog? :) If your reason (or what you'd like to see more on here) is not listed, pls feel free to add it in comments/tags, thank you!

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I posted 411 times in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Hi there !

Sorry for the lack of "original" content on this blog, I'm only reblogging from my favs langblrs right now haha.

Depression as kicked in and I've got many other things to do. Still, I go nearly everyday on tumblr so do not hesitate to send an ask about French language and/or culture, or request a vocabulary list on a special theme... There's no problem at all. I will answer ;)

Have a nice day people ♥

11 notes • Posted 2021-03-24 13:19:14 GMT

#4

do you know loic suberville? he's a youtuber who makes funny shorts about languages French seems to be his favourite target 😜

Hi ! Oh yes I've seen his videos on Twitter ! It's reaaaally funny !

Thanks for this ask, I never thought about sharing his videos here, as I see them on Twitter only XD

Here's my favourite one. It's about "oeuf/oeuf" (egg/eggs in french)

So yeah, go check his TikTok or YouTube channel, his videos are pretty funny. Maybe not as a complete beginner, but when you know French a bit, it's really so fun haha !

13 notes • Posted 2021-05-04 16:55:34 GMT

#3

Joyeux Poisson d'Avril à tous·tes !

Je suis très forte pour rire aux blagues, pas pour en faire, donc vous n'aurez pas de poisson d'Avril de ma part !

I'm really good at laughing to jokes, but not to make them, so you won't have any from me today !

a joke - une blague

April Fools - Poisson d'Avril (lit. April's fish)

En France, la tradition du 1er Avril, c'est de découper dans du papier des poissons, de les colorier, et de les coller ensuite dans le dos de ses camarades le plus discrètement possible. Les blagues sont aussi récurrentes, évidemment. Il faut toujours faire attention aux annonces faites un 1er avril.

32 notes • Posted 2021-04-01 12:02:54 GMT

#2

Hi! Do you think Duolingo is a good place to start learning Italian? I'm moving to Italy late September to study and i don't speak a word which terrifies me a little :') Thanks ! and i love your blog ❤️

(Okay so Tumblr doesn't put a notification to tell me there's an ask ? grmbl that's not helpful dear Tumblr....)

Hi there ! I hope I'm not answering this super late... And thank you I'm so glad you love it ❤️

I personally dislike Duolingo a lot. The problem is, the exercises use sentences that often don't make sense. It just stupidly put words that form a sentence together but that's not sentences you will actually use, most of the time.

Still, there are a lot of people who use Duolingo. I think it can be helpful to really *start* learning the language, but I'm not sure you will be able to learn it well and use it afterwards.

Okay so, actually, there are not a lot of apps and websites that will really help you learn a language. I'm starting to realise that the hard way... What I can suggest you :

Follow @sayitaliano and @langsandlit, go through their posts, you will find a lot of vocabulary and beginner friendly posts.

I would suggest these posts : one, two, three

Try to immerse yourself. Listen to italian music/podcasts, watch italian movies (with subtitles since you're a very beginner, of course !) etc...

Learn (almost) everyday. It doesn't have to be long sessions everyday. 30 minutes can be enough if you really spend those 30 minutes in italian learning. Make yourself a planner, try to stick to it, but of course don't blame yourself if some days you just cannot.

Try this : https://ncase.me/remember/ to learn and memorise efficiently everything. With flashcards and spaced repetition.

Maybe try this too, a method to learn by immersing yourself in the language (just like babies do to learn their mother tongue), but actually I've literally just found it so I don't know if it's worth it yet or not : https://refold.la/

Also, don't worry too much about not being able to talk italian. I've been to Roma before learning italian and mostly, people were really nice and would talk with us in english if we couldn't say it in italian.

And : talk with your body haha, it does work !

I hope this will help ! That saying, you can still try Duolingo or other apps like this, but if you really want to learn italian and being able to use it in Italy, I suggest to try the ressources I linked.

Good luck with your course, I hope you will like Italy !

53 notes • Posted 2021-08-11 10:34:05 GMT

#1

How to tell you... We've been WAITING for those.

"Le Visiteur du Futur" is a French webserie with 4 seasons (all on YouTube there's even english subtitles folks !), there are also novels and other things... The webserie ended in 2014. Now the film is in production. Expected for the "post-apocalyptic future of 2022".

"Kaamelott" is a TV serie which aired between 2005 and 2009. The 1st movie (it will be a trilogy) was supposed to be released last year but, COVID, you know. This summer, 21 July 2021, we will finally get it. It's been a whole decade since the last TV episode.

I'm DYING y'all this is so amazing !

(If you didn't watch Le Visiteur du Futur, do it. It's on YT, free)

100 notes • Posted 2021-03-27 15:18:20 GMT

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Quarantine Tag Game

I’ve been tagged by @sayitaliano ♥

1. Are you staying home from work/school?

Yes, I’m a student.

2. If you’re staying home, who’s there with you?

I’m at my parents’ home, so my mom and my little sister.

3. Do you have pets to keep you company?

Hell yes ! 3 cats, 2 dogs, 2 horses and 1 donkey ! I have to go out to take care of our horses and donkey, so I’m quite lucky.

4. Who do you miss the most?

My boyfriend, and my closest friends that I already wanted to see before the confinement so...

5. When was the last time you left your home?

I “leave” everyday to take care of the horses & donkey. Real leaving, I had to go to the vet for my cat.

6. What was the last thing you bought?

T-shirts and CDs from 2 of my favs bands ! All the merch from the first band arrived right before quarantine, and the second band is still incoming.

7. Is quarantine driving you insane or are you finally relaxed?

I’m relaxed. I needed a break, so so so hard. I can do things that make me happy, like drawing, watching movies, go see my mare... I’m sad I can’t see my lover and my friends but well, for my body and mind, quarantine is quite cool actually.

8. Are you a homebody?

Depends. I can stay home, but to feel alive and good, I definitly need to get out once a day at least.

9. What movies have you watched recently?

I updated myself to the Marvel movies. I watched the Thor trilogy (RAGNAROK IS SO GOOD OMG), and Doctor Strange.

10. An event that you were looking forward to that got cancelled?

Seeing my friends ? :(

11. What’s the worst thing that you’ve had to cancel?

SEEING MY FRIENDS AND HAVE A PARTY ! Sorry, I really wanted this, for once. I need a night with my friends, watching videos and chatting, like we used too before.

12. What’s the best thing you’ve had to cancel?

Going to school ? I guess. Because I’m just too tired for it right now.

13. Do you have any new hobbies?

Not really new, but I’m getting back to digital art after a few years out of it.

14. What are you out of?

I forgot to take some comics I wanted to read at my flat, I forgot some clothes too, and 2 of my notebooks where I write in Italian and Japanese, eh...

15. What music are you listening to?

Lot of things. Recently I got to BandCamp and they got really nice punk music so sometimes I listen to it. Otherwise, my fav bands.

15bis. What shows are you watching?

Legends of Tomorrow, Harley Quinn.

16. What are you reading?

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, in english (I’m french), for the first time. Finishing some comics (Black Canary, Harley Quinn...), re-reading One Piece.

17. What are you doing for self-care?

Getting out. Mostly. Also my mom cut my hair and I plan on testing some natural home-made recipes to treat my hair a bit.

18. Are you exercising?

Exercising ? What is this ? I don’t know about it. (I hate exercising)

19. How’s your toilet paper supply?

Fine.

20. Have you made any changes to your hair during quarantine?

Oh, already told this, oops ! My mom cut my hair two days ago. It’s much better.

I---- don’t know who to tag, sorry XD Feel free to do it folks ♥

#quarantine tag #quarantine

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2 x 11 questions tag game + Bold stuff tag game

And we got tagged by some lovely people, thank youu ♥

1 - tagged by @sayitaliano

What’s your favorite beverage? least favorite?                         Orange juice / coke

Name 3 things on your bucket list. To learn as many lenguages as possible,to travel europe, to have a cat haha

What attracted you to learning each of your target languages? Not a reason in specific, i think each lenguage has something that other doesn’t, also learning them you can understand their culture and also have access to more information

Who are your role models or inspirations?  @yourfavwolf for sure, i love the way she thinks and the things she stands for, also she is the sweetest person ever and even tho i don’t know her personally she has a big influence in the person i am today

What do you do when you’re feeling down in order to cheer yourself up? Whatever distracts me from thinking, usually talk to my mom or watch series

Opinions on social media? Love it? Hate it? Not sure, i think i am in the middle, social media can be whatever you want it to be, inspiration, a curse, blessing, etc

Do you already have childrens’ names picked out? Yes, but I’ll talk with their dad. I like Lucas, Amelia, Felipe, Kylie, Cindy

If you got to do-over one moment, what would you choose? A bunch of random things hahah

Do you want to be famous? If it means i can meet rihanna and halsey, then yes

What do you do when you can’t sleep? Go into my phone until i start getting sleepy

Not really a question, but…go learn 5 words in your target language! Oohh, that’s hard

lindeza - prettiness - belleza xodó - girfriend/boyfriend - novia/novio apaxionada - in love - enamoradx coração - heart - corazón sempre - always - siempre

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2 - tagged by @sayitaliano

1. Do you like spicy food?                                                                            No, i hate it so much

2. If you could move somewhere, where would it be and why?

Idk probably somewhere in Europe

3. What kind of learner are you (visual, auditory..)? I think a little bit of each

4. What was the last photo you took? No idea

5. What’s your cure for hiccups? Hold my breath 

6. Do you have a motto/ quote you live by? Be kind but take no shit

7. Share your favourite meme or funniest joke. How do you call a mexican that lost his car?

Car-los

8. If you were to change your name, which one would you choose? I would love Khloé because my mom’s name is Kelly so I think they are alike

9. What’s the one thing you regret buying?                                                  A looooot of food in the cinema that i didn’t end up eating hahahah

10. What food do you crave often?                                                          Fries, doritos and churros

11. Describe your ideal day.

Being with my best friends doing crazy things

My Questions: using again some old questions nobody answered yet. 1. What is one thing you have to do but hate to do??

Clean my room 

2. Let’s suppose I’m visiting your hometown: what should I do/see first?

Well, I live in Venezuela so i think you should go to the parks or some iconic places 3. What’s your biggest dream? Is it the same you had when you were little?   As for right now i don’t remember 

4. Tell me a line/quote from your favorite book/song/movie                          ‘‘The eyes chico, they never lie’‘

5. What’s the first word you learnt in the language you’re learning/have learnt? So a lot of my friends are portuguese but the first thing i learned was ‘’eu ñao se nada’’ which is ‘’i don’t know anything’’ and in portuguese i would say the happy birthday song HAHAHAH @sayitaliano 6. Is there a very old memory you want to share?                                        Hmm, one time i almost drowned in a pool trying to get water in a cup but luckily my older brother saved me  7. Do you talk to yourself? What do you usually tell you?                                    I really don’t do it at all 8. Let’s suppose you have a terrible memory (as me), and you need to take a note: do you take a pen and write it down or do you write it on your smartphone?                                                                                                        I write it down in a book or something 9. Do you like to swim?                                                                                      No, i hate it  10. What’s your biggest passion?                                                              Culture, lenguages and other people 11. Do you have a particular bad habit?                                                               I compare myself and lot and bc of that i have really low self love

Tagging: see below

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3- tagged by @sayitaliano

1st rule: tag 9 people you want to get to know better: i don’t really know so if u want to, do it

2nd rule: bold the statements that are true

appearance - i am 5'7 or taller - i wear glasses - i have at least one tattoo - i have at least one piercing - i have blonde hair- i have brown eyes (only one tbh) - i have short hair - my abs are at least somewhat defined - i have or had braces

personality - i love meeting new people - people tell me i am funny - helping others with their problems is a big priority of mine - i enjoy physical challenges - i enjoy mental challenges - i am playfully rude to people i know- i started saying something ironically and now i can’t stop saying it - there is something i would change about my personality

ability - i can sing well - i can play an instrument - i can do over 30 pushups without stopping - i am a fast runner - i can draw well - i have a good memory - i am good at doing math in my head - i can hold my breath underwater for over a minute - i have beaten at least 2 people arm wrestling - i can make at least 3 recipes from scratch - i know how to throw a proper punch

hobbies - i enjoy sports - i’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else - i’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else - i have learned a new song in the past week - i exercise at least once a week - i have gone for runs at least once a week in warmer months - i have drawn something in the past month - i enjoy writing - i do some form of martial arts

experiences - i have had my first kiss - i have had alcohol - i have scored a winning point in a sport - i have watched an entire tv series in one sitting - i have been at an overnight event - i have been in a taxi - i have been in the hospital or er in the past year - i have beaten a video game in one day - i have visited another country - i have been to one of my favorite bands concerts

my life - i have one person that i consider to be my Best Friend™ - i live close to my school/work - my parents are still together - i have at least one sibling - i live in the united states – i have hung out with a friend in the past month - i have a smartphone - i own at least 15 cds - i share my room with someone

relationships - i am in a relationship - i have a crush on a celebrity - i have a crush on someone i know (not sure though) - i’ve been in at least 3 relationships - i have never been in a relationship - i have admitted my feelings to a crush - i get crushes easily - i have had a crush for over a year - i have been in a relationship for over a year - i have had feelings for a friend

random - i have break-danced - i know a person named jamie - i have had a teacher that has a name that is hard to pronounce - i have dyed my hair - i’m listening to a song on repeat right now - i have punched someone in the past week - i know someone who has gone to jail - i have broken a bone - i have eaten a waffle today - i know what i want to do in life - i speak at least two languages - i have made a new friend in the past year

[sayitaliano]

Buongiorno!! I have been trying to learn a little Italian for the past six months or so, and have been doing so on Duolingo. It’s okay, but I’d really like to improve my vocabulary and read more in Italian. So, do you have recommendations for easy books? I thought about looking up translations of English language children’s books, but I thought I’d ask you if you have any childhood favorites or ideas for what I might read to improve my language. Grazie!

Ciao! For as much as I see Duolingo a way to keep yourself engaged in your learning, please be aware it holds many grammar mistakes here and there. So I suggest you to check your infos also on somewhere else.

To answer you, on my other tumblr (@sayitalianohome)'s first post, you can find: -a link to the grammar masterpost with all my posts about grammar rules (and some reblogged ones); ->a link the to resources masterpost where you will find books of different levels (not sure the links are all working cause there are old ones and are too many and I haven't checked them recently), apps, websites, videos, youtubers, articles, stories, audiobooks and children (short) stories too (even international ones with the English text near the Italian text, which could be of help); -loads of vocabularies lists' and words uses' posts (these have their own masterposts on that same tumblr). -you can also take a look at my youtube channel (search for sayitaliano; btw the link is somewhere in the homepage here) cause I think I had uploaded a few videos of me reading Italian Christmas stories last year (with the text) and you can find the translation on this blog too (I think the link is in the description box of each video). I put all the links on @sayitalianohome to make it easier for you to navigate this blog as it seems from the app you cannot navigate on @sayitaliano (but from the computer you can actually: just check the top bar in the homapage)

Sorry if I don't add all the links here but right now I can't, and there are just a few posts on my other blog so I think you'll be able to find all you need by yourself. If not, feel free to ask me again for the links or anything else!

Maybe listening and repeating can be an even more useful job for you, both for improving your pronunciation and your reading skills (some words may hide a tricky pronunciation: maybe a random accent that is not written or another rule. I'd suggest you to listen to Italians speaking too, if you aren't yet) Ciao! :)

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[sayitaliano]

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]

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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Haunted Houses - Case Infestate [Halloween Special] ENG/ITA subs on youtube

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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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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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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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Second school video out on Youtube today!

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

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Hey! Come state?

Ho finalmente registrato due video sulla scuola (come funziona e la mia esperienza), ma a un certo punto mi sono chiesta: avete domande sulla scuola? Fatemi sapere!!

I finally recorded a couple of videos about school (how it works and my personal experience), but I suddenly wanted to ask: do you have questions/curiosities about Italian schools? Let me know!!

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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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Second "answering video".

All about sayings and tongue twisters... try to listen and repeat them ;)

Are these kind of video okay? Let me know!

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Ciao! Come state? Oggi proverò a registrare due video: quello sulla scuola e uno sull'intonazione (ho già scritto il testo). Se avete altre richieste, ditemi ;)

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