Sofie, I watched this video almost daily several weeks before our trip to Italy. It was so helpful and actually was enough to converse with almost everyone. The people there were extremely friendly and appreciated the effort I had taken to speak their language. I think it helped make our two week trip easier, and a lot more fun. Grazie, Janie
Giusto! I was surprised how good her accent is given how she speaks English. That California "accent" is hard to take. Americans seem to be unable to speak without a fake smile. There ARE other facial expressions.
If you like italian language and you want to learn more about our language you should listen to italian music. Like Annalisa Scarrone, Francesca Michelin, Giorgia (singer), Erica Mou, Emma Marrone, Fabrizio De André (dead, but a true genius with streets and schools and places with his name), Cristina Donà, Francesco De Gregori...they are some of many.
One of many great bands are the “The Giornalisti”, you can hear a couple of the songs and see if you like that. If you have Spotify you can search for songs... Sorry for the language but I’m not english and I’m just twelve years old. 😆byee
Thank you so much for posting these useful words and phrases. I got to use them on a daily basis to my Italian friends and they love when I say them! You’ve pretty shoulders as well!
thank you very much. I am Italian and Lebanese. Mainly Italian though and my friends always ask me to speak Italian to them but I was only taught English and i am just now trying to get down the basics of Italian.
My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
In terms of your Italian accent and your presentation, you epitomize the ideal Italian. As an added bonus, your mastery of the English language is phenomenal.
True. I noticed that it's used not only int german language countries but even in France and also in eastern Europe. I thought they were similar words but they were not actually, since it is a linguistic influence of italian immigration in those other european countries.
Davvero bravissima. Hai spiegato molto bene tutte le varie differenze. Potresti fare molti video del genere per insegnare l'italiano agli stranieri interessati ad apprendere la nostra lingua 😆 Una bacio
When I visited Sicily, everybody that we talked to would say "Ciao", even people we didn't know. It's interesting that people in Rome are more formal, than in other parts of Italy.
Love Italian! I went solo travelling round Europe and stayed in Milan, Naples, Positano and Sorrento, will be back one day to visit more Italian places!
I visited Italy for the first time earlier in 2017 and had only learned prego as "you're welcome", which was so confusing when waiters would bring food and say prego, I was thinking "was that a really sarcastic 'you're welcome' because they had to bring it to me? Was I meant to do something else and I annoyed them?" so I would definitely recommend anyone else learn multiple meanings of words like prego too!
Erin Bridges : The word "prego" is interchangeable. In the case of the waiter, he was being polite in serving you and. Sofie explained the term exceptionally well.
Sofie you should teach Italian to english speakers. All the Italian teachers I see on TH-cam are native Italian. I think it might be easier to learn from someone like you who has English as their first language.
i had to watch this twice because the first time I was distracted by your sheer beauty. But thanks for the lesson! First time italy coming up and i dont speak a word... hope the people are friendly.
Thanks for simple tutorial, It is useful not to those going to Italy, but for those who interested to learn other languages, like me, I will definitely practice your simple words, Thanks for sharing, -- Like
Louise you are too kind! Thanks dear! I'm actually not wearing any foundation in this video 😳 I did use my vlogging camera rather than my DSLR canon for this video and I prefer the quality! Thanks so much dear 💕
"Ciao" derives from "schiavo", slave. When you greet someone saying "ciao" a few hundred years ago it meant "I am your slave". (Today, try not to take it literally...)
Your italian is awesome, almost like a mother tongue, i'm serious (i'm italian). Your pronunciation of some words is slightly "southern". And you are one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen, on top of that. :) Bravissima!
Ha una pronuncia tendenzialmente meridionale (calabrese-siciliana) per il fatto che apre tutte le vocali. Però credo sia anche più facile per un anglosassone poichè pronunciare le "o" e le "e" chiuse è un problema per loro perchè non hanno questo suoni singolarmente, ma sono solo presenti in alcuni dittonghi. Poi nell'inglese britannico la o chiusa non esiste neanche nei dittonghi. Per esempio in italiano "dove" si pronuncia [d̪oːve], un siciliano direbbe [d̪ɔːvɛ], un americano [doʊveɪ], un britannico [dəʊveɪ]
Thomas Rossi si e brava ma ogni volta che qualcuno che non è Italiano prova a parlare l’italiano fanno quel accento stereotipo lol però va bene , Sono madre lingua in Inglese non ho mai vissuto in Italia in vita mia prima dell’anno scorso perciò ho visto delle persone che provavano a parlare . Lol but it’s fine .
Hi there you know what i really want to italian even though im a pilipino, the apps in play store are good but there complications until I look to this video and how actual italians really used the word correctly.
In Greece we say bye as ciao sometimes. Funny thing is when I hosted an Italian girl she explained it to me with the few English she knows :) #unafatzaunaratza 🇬🇷🇮🇹❤
These will take some practice. I am beginning to realize why Italian is known as one of the romance languages (especially when spoken by a lovely lady).
This is so helpful!!! Thank you!!! Are you fluent in Italian? I'm planning to visit in summer 2020 so I'm trying to learn a few things each day to hopefully have a decent vocabulary when I go.
Hi I am part Italian but I live in Australia. I would love to learn the language of my country but I don’t see my Nono enough for him to be able to teach me. My dad used to speak it fluently as a child but he no longer does. One thing I have noticed when learning Italian is the expression in the sentences is very different English. Is this something that also needs to be picked up when learning Italian? Expressing the words and sentences in a specific way???
It’s interesting that you said that about ciao because when I was in Italy, most strangers greeted me with “Ciao.” I just ended up using it most of the time I was there to say hi or bye.
I’ve been here for a month in a coastal town in Calabria and cannot stress enough that most people don’t speak any foreign languages or will only understand a few words (if you accentuate them enough). I’m lucky enough to be speaking Spanish and French and have been improvising my way trough Italian communication with a lot of effort but also having many dead ends where either of us couldn’t find a way to each other understood. 😂 I’m picking up a few words everyday, ... “va bene?” (How are you? ) is helpful for reoccurring meetings.
Get a translation app on your phone. I find it useful when I don't know a Hebrew word or even a Russian one. We have a lot of Russians and Ukrainians here. I type in the word and then show it to the person in the correct language.
Wow you understand 60% French huh 🤔 mais c’est genial je savais pas quand tu parles l’espagnol tu pourrais comprendre 60% Francais t’as compris j’espere
Your Italian is great, no doubt. But remember Italians count differently. They start with their thumb as most Europeans. I asked clearly for two tickets in Paris (and showed two fingers...with thumb makes three!)...and received three (at the Eiffel Tower). I went back with no problem! Grazie per tutto!
That s true but we use thumb for 3 ( while Americans do 3 using index medium and ring and holding thumb and pinkie together) and 5. So when we say 2 we show index and medium and hold ring and pinkie with thumb) Ciaoo 😉
I watch formula 1 and every week I'm obsessed with learning a new language depending on where the race was that week😂. Yeah I'm now obsessively learning Italian after Monza. Grazie for this video . Lol
I'm going to Italy and Greece in June with my friend (she a sophomore and i am in 8th grade) and I have to learn I some Italian and she has to learn a little bit of greek but so far I only know like 5 words
i’m 13 and have family in italy and i’m still learning italian and they all adore it when i speak to them each year a little more
Sofie,
I watched this video almost daily several weeks before our trip to Italy. It was so helpful and actually was enough to converse with almost everyone. The people there were extremely friendly and appreciated the effort I had taken to speak their language. I think it helped make our two week trip easier, and a lot more fun.
Grazie,
Janie
How are you doing
Italian language is so beautiful ,I started to learn it and I like it .Thank you for your video.
Are you Croatian?
@@josephcusumano2885 do u
I want to learn tooo!!! Guide meeeeee
Nope, but im italian.
@@Maah1234 ciao
Quanti italiani stanno guardando questo video?😏
Fabio Pistoni siamo in 2.scometto che guardiamo per la stessa ragione
Sono Americano qui studiare Italiano
Siamo in tre. Peccato che si vede poco....😝
Io
Lo sto guardando solo per vedere cosa pensano i british di noi italiani😂😂
I'm Italian I give you a tip, when you say the words put more expression for the rest it's fine not to be Italian you're good hello from the Italians
Elisa Tucci How is Italy right now
Ciao a tutti l'italiani da il persono chì non posso parlo o scrivo molto più l'italiano.
I learned Italian can you plz help me ..
Giusto! I was surprised how good her accent is given how she speaks English. That California "accent" is hard to take. Americans seem to be unable to speak without a fake smile. There ARE other facial expressions.
My friends get annoyed when I speak Arabic, so I’m just gonna learn some Italian to annoy them.
Lol
Lmao what a mood 😆
Yes
Would love to be friends with this one and annoy 'our other friends' with our half learnt Italian 😂
Learn the language for you, not for anybody else
Grazie mille Sof 🤗❤️🇮🇹
Altrettanto bella!
If you like italian language and you want to learn more about our language you should listen to italian music. Like Annalisa Scarrone, Francesca Michelin, Giorgia (singer), Erica Mou, Emma Marrone, Fabrizio De André (dead, but a true genius with streets and schools and places with his name), Cristina Donà, Francesco De Gregori...they are some of many.
Nice
One of many great bands are the “The Giornalisti”, you can hear a couple of the songs and see if you like that. If you have Spotify you can search for songs...
Sorry for the language but I’m not english and I’m just twelve years old. 😆byee
il popolo italiano ama molto parlare il francese e il francese è la seconda lingua parlata dello stato italiano
Thank you so much for posting these useful words and phrases. I got to use them on a daily basis to my Italian friends and they love when I say them!
You’ve pretty shoulders as well!
thank you very much. I am Italian and Lebanese. Mainly Italian though and my friends always ask me to speak Italian to them but I was only taught English and i am just now trying to get down the basics of Italian.
My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
Chi è italiano e sta guardando questo video??😂
Io 😂✌️
Nu eu.
Io
Io 😂🤘🏾
lo 🤘😂
In terms of your Italian accent and your presentation, you epitomize the ideal Italian. As an added bonus, your mastery of the English language is phenomenal.
You make learning Italian fun! I wished I watched this sooner. I'll practice it while I'm on my Italian trip. 😃
In Germany a lot of people say "Ciao" for goodbye as well. I found that kind of strange haha
True. I noticed that it's used not only int german language countries but even in France and also in eastern Europe.
I thought they were similar words but they were not actually, since it is a linguistic influence of italian immigration in those other european countries.
And in the Uk!
Jodi's Expat Life Our CIAO has become international ! ;-)
Even in the states too, I guess!
in germany??? really???
Davvero bravissima. Hai spiegato molto bene tutte le varie differenze. Potresti fare molti video del genere per insegnare l'italiano agli stranieri interessati ad apprendere la nostra lingua 😆 Una bacio
Sii mi piacerebbe! Grazie!
Per i migranti 😂
Proponetelo a Salvini
Sono d'accordo!
@@sofiesworld hi sweet sofia i want friendship with u😊
When I visited Sicily, everybody that we talked to would say "Ciao", even people we didn't know. It's interesting that people in Rome are more formal, than in other parts of Italy.
Such a beautiful language, proud of my heritage
Love Italian! I went solo travelling round Europe and stayed in Milan, Naples, Positano and Sorrento, will be back one day to visit more Italian places!
Something about you when you speak Italian, makes it easier for me to learn. I wish you could teach me personally.
Nicely done 👍 👌😊 😎💪 👊. Thanks for sharing.
This is a too beautiful teacher, God bless you my beautiful teacher.
Thanks a lot, my new Italian friend & great teacher. With love & respect.
Grazie Sofie, I'm going on a global summit school trip to Rome this Thanksgiving week. You're a big help with all of these tips & tricks!
Thank you very much! This was super helpful.
I visited Italy for the first time earlier in 2017 and had only learned prego as "you're welcome", which was so confusing when waiters would bring food and say prego, I was thinking "was that a really sarcastic 'you're welcome' because they had to bring it to me? Was I meant to do something else and I annoyed them?" so I would definitely recommend anyone else learn multiple meanings of words like prego too!
Haha! Exactly!!! Thanks for sharing, Erin! xx
Erin Bridges : The word "prego" is interchangeable. In the case of the waiter, he was being polite in serving you and. Sofie explained the term exceptionally well.
Hello beautiful how are you
I’m new & my family is Italian so I wanna know thank you 😊
Sofie you should teach Italian to english speakers. All the Italian teachers I see on TH-cam are native Italian. I think it might be easier to learn from someone like you who has English as their first language.
I agree this was the most helpful video!
Please make more videos for this kind of lesson, wanted to learn more basic italian words as im working with italian people. Gracias!
I'm spanish and I'm watching a video in english about italian expressions... Damn
Ahahaha🤣
I'm Italian.. why am I watching this if I nearly speak it fluently?
Me too Spanish native, but I'm from Panamá xD I
looooooved this!so cool and so pratical! i took some notes. thank you so much!love from portugal
thank you for watching🥰
Sono Inglese, provando a imparare Italiano! Sono 14, eccitata andare a Italia! Amo Italiano linguaggio, sì è difficile. Grazie. Per questa video!! 💓
hai 14 anni, non sono 14.
i had to watch this twice because the first time I was distracted by your sheer beauty. But thanks for the lesson! First time italy coming up and i dont speak a word... hope the people are friendly.
Oh my god ! Imagine walking in a class and she is your teacher !! My god she is very beautiful. I would never be able to go to the black board !
As an Italian american this really helped thanks
Thank you for the lesson in Italian. I have been really working hard to power study. I forgot so many verbs. We will be in beautiful Italy May 2019
my nona and nonu mostly speak Italian and don't speak much English this makes it a lot easier to say some simple things to them! thx
Going to Italy in October and this video is SOOOO helpful. THANK YOU
Yay! Glad you found it useful! 💖
Thank you much helpful, gracias!
Brava Sofie, hai colto tante sfumature non facili 😘✌🏻
Grazie mille 😘😘😘
Hey thanks a lot. I'm learning current italia language.
Thanks for simple tutorial, It is useful not to those going to Italy, but for those who interested to learn other languages, like me, I will definitely practice your simple words,
Thanks for sharing, -- Like
thanks so much for watching!
Very Useful video thank you
Hello, I'm Italian...very good accent! Bravissima 😁
This video is sooo helpful. Thank you so much
Most beautiful video you've ever done - new camera or new foundation?? Flawless!
Also - I loved this video, super fun idea :D
Louise you are too kind! Thanks dear! I'm actually not wearing any foundation in this video 😳 I did use my vlogging camera rather than my DSLR canon for this video and I prefer the quality! Thanks so much dear 💕
Hi Digital
very helpful, thank you🥰
You are awesome. Great channel Sofie. Where do you live in Italy?
I used to live it Rome like ger
She said Rome
Rome😑
Your a stalkerrrrr
Mesmerizingly beautiful!!!
Thank you for sharing this - I will rewatch if I go to Italy :)
Thanks for stopping by Sonia! xx
I went to Italy when I was 1 and had my 2nd birthday there. My nonna and nonno really want me to learn Italian so here I go.
I would love to travel to Italy! I; however know a great deal of the language!
Grazie 🙏🏻 I'm going to Florence in March and this video seems to be extremely handy 🤗
"Ciao" derives from "schiavo", slave. When you greet someone saying "ciao" a few hundred years ago it meant "I am your slave". (Today, try not to take it literally...)
Ciao, master
no it means how can i help you
I think its (SIR) for "SLAVE I REMAIN"
Ma che cazz...
Giuseppe Antonelli Infatti ahahah
Good tips! I used most of these during my trip in 2016 and it realllllllllly helped a lot!
Awesome!
Your italian is awesome, almost like a mother tongue, i'm serious (i'm italian). Your pronunciation of some words is slightly "southern".
And you are one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen, on top of that. :) Bravissima!
You are too kind, thanks Thomas! My fiance and his family are from Calabria, so that could be where I get my Southern twang from :) Have a great day!
Ha una pronuncia tendenzialmente meridionale (calabrese-siciliana) per il fatto che apre tutte le vocali. Però credo sia anche più facile per un anglosassone poichè pronunciare le "o" e le "e" chiuse è un problema per loro perchè non hanno questo suoni singolarmente, ma sono solo presenti in alcuni dittonghi. Poi nell'inglese britannico la o chiusa non esiste neanche nei dittonghi.
Per esempio in italiano "dove" si pronuncia [d̪oːve], un siciliano direbbe [d̪ɔːvɛ], un americano [doʊveɪ], un britannico [dəʊveɪ]
vomits
Thomas Rossi
si e brava ma ogni volta che qualcuno che non è Italiano prova a parlare l’italiano fanno quel accento stereotipo lol però va bene , Sono madre lingua in Inglese non ho mai vissuto in Italia in vita mia prima dell’anno scorso perciò ho visto delle persone che provavano a parlare . Lol but it’s fine .
English is the best
Sono italiana/i'm italian😂
Very good teaching thank you
Hi there you know what i really want to italian even though im a pilipino, the apps in play store are good but there complications until I look to this video and how actual italians really used the word correctly.
I really enjoy your tips of Italian words.
Evvai ..sono 25 anni che vivo in Italia e le conosco tutte ste Parole !!!! Grandeeeee
grandi traguardi
Loves from sri lanka.. This video help me a lot.. Thank you sister 🙏🏻recommended you and already subcribed..
I just bought a classic Fiat 500 (Cinquecento), hopefully this will help me learn Italian quickly 😊
Bravissima! I really enjoyed the video!
In Greece we say bye as ciao sometimes. Funny thing is when I hosted an Italian girl she explained it to me with the few English she knows :)
#unafatzaunaratza
🇬🇷🇮🇹❤
One of the good things in italian that you say what you read
It isn't like french for example
And that's make it easy language
These will take some practice. I am beginning to realize why Italian is known as one of the romance languages (especially when spoken by a lovely lady).
Grazie Rick!
Sofie's World Prego!
This is so helpful!!! Thank you!!! Are you fluent in Italian? I'm planning to visit in summer 2020 so I'm trying to learn a few things each day to hopefully have a decent vocabulary when I go.
Stay chill, it is veeeery easy. Ciao spero ti piaccia l'Italia, ti consiglio Roma(goodbye,I hope you like italy. I recommend you Roma is wonderfull
You are a very special "GNOCCA" 😁😍
Hi I am part Italian but I live in Australia. I would love to learn the language of my country but I don’t see my Nono enough for him to be able to teach me. My dad used to speak it fluently as a child but he no longer does.
One thing I have noticed when learning Italian is the expression in the sentences is very different English. Is this something that also needs to be picked up when learning Italian? Expressing the words and sentences in a specific way???
This was really fun :) I went to Italy a few years ago so this was like a fun test to see what I remembered haha
So glad you enjoyed, Kaity! Did you remember them all? :) Thanks so much for stoping by xx
Kaity...
It’s interesting that you said that about ciao because when I was in Italy, most strangers greeted me with “Ciao.” I just ended up using it most of the time I was there to say hi or bye.
Agree, was there last month and last year, ciao was widely used when entering stores.
This is great, thanks
I’ve been here for a month in a coastal town in Calabria and cannot stress enough that most people don’t speak any foreign languages or will only understand a few words (if you accentuate them enough). I’m lucky enough to be speaking Spanish and French and have been improvising my way trough Italian communication with a lot of effort but also having many dead ends where either of us couldn’t find a way to each other understood. 😂 I’m picking up a few words everyday, ... “va bene?” (How are you? ) is helpful for reoccurring meetings.
Get a translation app on your phone. I find it useful when I don't know a Hebrew word or even a Russian one. We have a lot of Russians and Ukrainians here. I type in the word and then show it to the person in the correct language.
@@tinalettieri ah wish I had thought of that 2 years ago 😂
@@VCRider haha. Have you learned Italian in the meantime?
@@tinalettieri no, only a little, I was there in the first half of 2020 during lockdown, so I had hardly opportunity to practice
@@VCRider That's too bad. I was in Sicily the end of 2020, everyone was walking around maskless and not worrying about anything.
There is also "Come va?" (How is it going?) "Come stai?" (How are you?)
Certo! Grazie Massimiliano :)
Love love love
This is great to know because I’m going to Rome my first time in 5 days
Good part of speaking Spanish is you understand 75% Italian,Portuguese and like 60% French!!Voila...
Wow you understand 60% French huh 🤔 mais c’est genial je savais pas quand tu parles l’espagnol tu pourrais comprendre 60% Francais t’as compris j’espere
Joey Duroseau I kinda understood that I speak Spanish fluently but it’s also bc I am currently taking French lol
I’m traveling to Italy in a week. Thank you for this.
Thanks for watching!
Hello everyone. I've noticed that in Italian, they pronounce the stress in low tone.
Saluti da Miami, Florida. Mi piaciuto il video Sofie!
I didn't know ciao was an informal form of the verb... very informative. Salve!
You sound so much better in Italian!
🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
You left out the two most important manners.
Thanks and excuse me...
Grazie and scusami
E prego.
I love this language is so easy and you explain so cute
Your Italian is great, no doubt. But remember Italians count differently. They start with their thumb as most Europeans. I asked clearly for two tickets in Paris (and showed two fingers...with thumb makes three!)...and received three (at the Eiffel Tower). I went back with no problem! Grazie per tutto!
That s true but we use thumb for 3 ( while Americans do 3 using index medium and ring and holding thumb and pinkie together) and 5. So when we say 2 we show index and medium and hold ring and pinkie with thumb) Ciaoo 😉
Thanks a lot for the lesson
Who’s here from Mattia’s Tik Tok??😂😂
Jennifer Portillo haaa
😂😂
Bro yeah 😂😂😂💀
Yeah I randomly thought of that video and decided to search this up 😂
very beautiful donna, I'm probably not going to Italy any time soon but I'm learning Italian and this is very helpful :)
probably used donna wrong btw
Wow when you speak Italian you look even more beautiful ...Bella!
Grazie mille
Great video and very useful tips! Continua cosi' che sei bravissima e bellissima!! The Conversation Exchange Team.
Molto brava!✌🏻
Grazie mille Carlotta! XO
E molto bella
this was so awesome! i used to take italian in college but i've forgotten most of the phrases & stuff :( ♡
That's awesome, Katie! It'd come back to you if you ever needed it to :) XO
I'd suggest using "Mi può aiutare" instead of "Ho bisogno di aiuto", as the latter sounds more alarmist.
I watch formula 1 and every week I'm obsessed with learning a new language depending on where the race was that week😂. Yeah I'm now obsessively learning Italian after Monza. Grazie for this video . Lol
So many languages can you say a few words in? And what race locations made you try learn them 😂
Extremely helpful for the basics!!!
Complimenti per il Video! Really nice video :)
3:17 that sounds like Spanish me puedes ayudar por favor in English it means can you help me please
Good language. I am learning it
I'm Italian learning Spanish lmao
Mayleigh I’ll teach you if you teach me Italian!!!!! 😭 took 4 years in high school I absolutely love Italian
I'm going to Italy and Greece in June with my friend (she a sophomore and i am in 8th grade) and I have to learn I some Italian and she has to learn a little bit of greek but so far I only know like 5 words
If You Now This Language Like! 🇮🇹
This is so helpful! 👌