@@ItalianTeacherValentina Segno o Gnocchi. Gli 'gn' sono dificile per me da dire. Forse un nuovo video sugli 'gn' nel futuro? La adoro! Grazie per i video d'Italiano.
If you're my italian teacher in school i would have learnt italian just in one week well i set a 2 months goal to learn italian i have started learning from the last week of august and it has been only 6 weeks and i'm on intermediate level watching your videos. The pronunciation of C was the only that confuses me i used to pronounce Bacio like "baakeo" 😅 ! Thank you for your explanation ❣now i can read better in Italian
I think learning italian is easier than english. Because, in italian pronunciation of words is easy to me. Because, in my mother language, we pronounce words the way they are spelled. Italian language is 90% thus. That is why I love this language 😅. I'm watching your videos from Uzbekistan. Thanks a million 😊
Thank you for this video. I was born in the U.S. , but my ancestors are from Southern Italy (Mostly Basilicata). Im trying to get more in touch with my roots. Unfortunately a lot of our culture has been lost in America. Teachers like you are much appreciated and needed. Thank you again. You have a new subscriber. 😊 🇮🇹
I'm glad you are enjoying my videos, Nancy! Unfortunately I can't be there physically, but if you want to learn with me please have a look at my website for all my online courses and lessons: www.valentinastellatutor.com/ Buona giornata!
Thank you! I have an upcoming business trip to Italy and have never learnt nor spoken Italian. I have some experience with Spanish and French (and am an expat American, where they never bothered to help us learn a second language as children) so I'm really glad I found your channel so I won't butcher my pronunciation while I'm there!
I love Italian language when I was young !!!I love to speak in Italian, I'm trying to learn every day, you are a wonderful teacher...recently I visited Italy, awesome place and people, problem I couldn't communicate with them....I want to speak fluently...because we are going to do business in Italy, I should know the language it will be very useful. 😊
Please have a look at my playlist, I think I have already uploaded more than 100 videos, so plenty to learn! And I keep uploading, so make sure to turn on the notifications. ;)
❤this is the best for me I had totally failed to read words because I was getting it wrong the pronunciation wasn't right.Thanks Stella you're the best.
Valentina, WOW! you are great teacher. when I accidentally turn on my computer, you channel popped up and started following. Your pedagogical method of teaching language was wonderful. I may, hereafter, consistently follow your lesson. thank you for teaching us the Italian language.
Benvenuto! I'm glad you find my teaching style helpful. I always strive to make my lessons easy to follow and enjoyable, and also to really help students understand the logics behind the Italian language. Hope you will like my other videos too.
Thank you so much, Teacher Valentina! I've been having a hard time grasping this particular section of Italian pronunciation in this textbook that I'm following, but you made it so much simpler to understand and retain! Grazie mille! ^_^
This just made a year of studying Italian so much easier! Now if I could just understand when to use all those other two letter words. I’m always putting them in the wrong place in a sentence. 😳😄
Hi, thanks for what you do. As an Spanish and English speaker, is a little confusing. But, with your videos I understand a lot more. I'll be in Italy in a couple of days, definitely this will be helpful.
How do you form italuan sentences? Is there a pattern to follow I'm bit confused sometimes when translating English sentence into italian, it goes wrongly. What comes first verb or noun n other rules if any. Need help pls.
So helpful. Thank you!! It is very hard to pronounce it opposite of your native language. Haha pronouncing ch- when there is no H, and not pronouncing ch- when it is written as such! The CECI rule helps so much.
I’m so glad I found your lessons. I dropped Rosetta Stone because I learn so much more from your lessons. What I would like to hear are responses to your phrases. I can speak Italian (Intermediate) but when the person responds I’m lost even when they speak slowly. Any chance you can provide expected responses? Grazie Mille
So glad my lessons are helpful to you, Jerry! Have you checked out my "Italian Conversations" series? You can pause it and repeat both the questions and the answers aloud, so that you can familiarize with the words and how they sound. Here's the latest episode: th-cam.com/video/-vx7UCr6kzQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oOnDwixrRkK64NNe More are coming, but meanwhile you can watch the older ones here: th-cam.com/play/PLaeKp_sNLJVzAE7fuGlmoxi2dugE-dYod.html
Thank you so much I was so confused in the sound of( c ) you are a rocking teacher and the way how you teach it's really amazing specially (ceci) I love it thank you so much again lots of love from India😊😊😊
I'm glad it was helpful, Abid! I always try to invent some kind of trick to help students understand and memorize the rules, and I always try to make it as fun as possible since I do believe when we enjoy what we learn we learn faster and better! ;)
Am new here in your channel, I just finish watching this video, am 7 months here in Italy, am still learning Italian language, I can speak but not as much, but I also found your video more interesting, sometimes I found it difficult to pronounce some words, I think this video is for me 💯
@@ItalianTeacherValentina yes sure I will, please can you do a video of someone that are called of an job interview conversation, I will so much appreciate if you can do that for me, thank you 🙏🙏
Very nice video! Most of my doubts are cleared. Now I know how to write ka, ke, ko, ki, ku sound. Can you tell me how to write just the 'k' sound as in cup or come? Are there any words like that?
Buongiorno Valentina Stella. I have just followed and subscribed to your channel. Excelento . Bravo. Now i hope to learn Italian using your channel. 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
You are amazing. First time on your channel and I have been captivated. For those of us whose native language is Spanish, some sounds are familiar. Thank you very much, subscribed now. Greetings from Mexico
Hi Valentina, I just listened to your Soft C and Hard C lesson and I was wondering if you have the same lesson for SCE-SCI, GE-GI, G, GL, and GN? I really like the C ones, but I still need help with the others I mentioned. I’m new to your channel, so I’m not sure what you have in all your videos. Thank you!!
Buongiorno Susan e benvenuta! Unfortunately I don't have a dedicated video on those here on TH-cam yet, but they do follow the same rule (soft when followed by e or i, hard in the rest of the cases). If you want to learn more about this and all other topics of Italian pronunciation, I cover them all in my "Italian 101" online program, here's the link if you want to check it out: www.valentinastellatutor.com/how-to-enroll-in-the-italian-course-101/
Thank you very much for the wonderful explanation. I have a question about the letter g. Sometimes it is pronounced as the letter hard g, for example gionnio, soft g aggio and in some cases it is not pronounced at all, such as luglio or cognata, which is pronounced as the letter y in English. Are there other letters that we must know how to pronounce, for example nuora? Appreciated
Ciao Susan, please check out my dedicated playlist for Italian Pronunciation: th-cam.com/play/PLaeKp_sNLJVz3LzjT277KwTNWc9EgySYd.html I haven't done a specific video on "g" yet but I explain some misunderstandings abot "c" that apply to the "g" too in this video: th-cam.com/video/BuCbk94q4FU/w-d-xo.html
If I understand well, would it be correct to say that Italian has no use for: 1. Words that are spelled as: cha, cho, chu. No need to put the "h" to make the sound harder. 2. Pronunciation that in other languages like Spanish sound like cha, cho, chu. Thank you teacher Valentina. I love your "ceci" trick!
So well explained 😊😍🤩 Here's a question, what if a name has the soft C pronunciation, but is followed by some other letters (not E or I) For example if I want to write a name of a city or a person in Italian which is from another language.
That's a really good question, Rez! It will depend, especially with foreign names and words. Nowadays, we tend to pronounce foreign words quite similarly to the original (especially if it's English), so you may find exception to the rule. E.g. we pronounce "chat" as in English, so with a soft c sound instead of what Italian pronunciation rules would require (that spelling itself wouldn't exist in Italian)
Teacher ❤I am from Nigeria 🇳🇬 but I love it when my cousin's speaks Italian ,,but they uses it to oppress me 😂 that's why I am here 😌for you to teach me ☺️
Thank you maam very beautifully explained. Just have one doubt In bacio the sound of "i"is not there. Is there any rule when "i" is followed by any other vowel it becomes silent.
No, there's not another rule, "bacio" is an example of what I explain in the video. Many people think that the "i" in "c" is kind of built-in, because when we say the "c" 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 C, the C is kind of neutral and then pronounced differently depending on what comes next. So when you say "bacio" you do have an "i" sound, which comes from actually saying the "i", not the "c". Hope this clarifies that point!
The "H" is always completely silent in Italian. The only thing it does is that, when following C, G or SC, it makes those sounds hard, as explained in the video. ;)
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What else do you find difficult pronouncing in Italian? Let me know in a comment! 👇
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@@ItalianTeacherValentina Segno o Gnocchi. Gli 'gn' sono dificile per me da dire. Forse un nuovo video sugli 'gn' nel futuro? La adoro! Grazie per i video d'Italiano.
@@JV-km9xk Ho già un video su "GN", eccolo 😉 : th-cam.com/video/vWQhOKApKOU/w-d-xo.html
It is unbelievable what thirteen minutes of good teaching can mean to a student! Thank you so much Valentina!
If you're my italian teacher in school i would have learnt italian just in one week well i set a 2 months goal to learn italian i have started learning from the last week of august and it has been only 6 weeks and i'm on intermediate level watching your videos. The pronunciation of C was the only that confuses me i used to pronounce Bacio like "baakeo" 😅 ! Thank you for your explanation ❣now i can read better in Italian
That's amazing, Rohit, bravissimo!! I'm so glad my videos are helping you and of couse I can be your virtual teacher :)
How did you get on? You said 2 months.
Learnt is not a word. It is learned.
Too bad you didn’t learn English as well 😮
@@seeleygirl6178 (UK, African American Vernacular) Simple past of learn.
(UK, African American Vernacular) Past participle of learn. It is a word!
Grazie Valentina, for clarifying the c sound.
I think learning italian is easier than english. Because, in italian pronunciation of words is easy to me. Because, in my mother language, we pronounce words the way they are spelled. Italian language is 90% thus. That is why I love this language 😅. I'm watching your videos from Uzbekistan. Thanks a million 😊
You are by far, the best teacher I have come across on TH-cam. I appreciate you.
😊 Grazie!
My last name is Ricchi. I've been "teaching" this for my entire life. I'm just going to link people to this video from now on! Thank you!!
I hear you!! That must be hard! Glad to be helpful and... benvenuto!
This is an awesome lesson! I have not understood how to pronounce the C in Italian and now have a better grasp about speaking properly! Grazie
I've watched this multiple times and I always come back to it when I feel I need a refresher. It is so easy to understand. Thank you.
I'm glad it's been helpful to you, Irma! And reviews are so important to really absorb a concept!
Thank you for this video. I was born in the U.S. , but my ancestors are from Southern Italy (Mostly Basilicata). Im trying to get more in touch with my roots. Unfortunately a lot of our culture has been lost in America. Teachers like you are much appreciated and needed. Thank you again. You have a new subscriber. 😊 🇮🇹
Grazie a te! I'm really glad I can be helpful to you for reconnecting to your Italian roots. And I am a southern too, from Sicily! :)
@@ItalianTeacherValentina 😊
This class is really worth watching. Thank you!
You truly are a gifted teacher.
wonderful teaching style and very ingenious to mention CECI
Congratulations , very clear explanations, I once has Italian Lessons, I was never taught this way
This is very clear explanation! Grazie mille!
Grazie grazie Mille! I love the chickpeas trick - that made it so easy!
Sì, davvero magnifico!
You're an excellent educator. Despite mountains of material and information freely available, hands down I prefer your videos.
Thanks a million Valentina
You're an excellent teacher
I ve leant the numbers taught by you in your videos and am so very grateful.
Thanks again
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You are by far the most enjoyable Italian teacher online. Wish you were here in Florida!
I'm glad you are enjoying my videos, Nancy! Unfortunately I can't be there physically, but if you want to learn with me please have a look at my website for all my online courses and lessons: www.valentinastellatutor.com/ Buona giornata!
Thank you! I have an upcoming business trip to Italy and have never learnt nor spoken Italian. I have some experience with Spanish and French (and am an expat American, where they never bothered to help us learn a second language as children) so I'm really glad I found your channel so I won't butcher my pronunciation while I'm there!
Well thank goodness you found another country to live…stay there 😮
Your explanation technique is very simple, which I can't understand by watching other people's videos. Thanks for the simple explanation.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great lesson! I want to ask though have you made a video about Sch, sc pronunciations? I'm confused about them and I would love to watch it
Very helpful video thanks, you’re a great teacher
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I love Italian language when I was young !!!I love to speak in Italian, I'm trying to learn every day, you are a wonderful teacher...recently I visited Italy, awesome place and people, problem I couldn't communicate with them....I want to speak fluently...because we are going to do business in Italy, I should know the language it will be very useful. 😊
Thank you so much what to learn with you more Please send some more for me to learn I love it. Grazie mille
Please have a look at my playlist, I think I have already uploaded more than 100 videos, so plenty to learn! And I keep uploading, so make sure to turn on the notifications. ;)
Hi, you are a beautiful , and excellent teacher , thank you for all your lessons
I hope I can remember all that you taught when I go to Italy in 2024😊
❤this is the best for me I had totally failed to read words because I was getting it wrong the pronunciation wasn't right.Thanks Stella you're the best.
What amazing teacher ❤! I’m sure like not even spending a bunch of time to learn Italian as long as you’re posting kinda lessons here.
Valentina, WOW! you are great teacher. when I accidentally turn on my computer, you channel popped up and started following. Your pedagogical method of teaching language was wonderful. I may, hereafter, consistently follow your lesson. thank you for teaching us the Italian language.
Benvenuto! I'm glad you find my teaching style helpful. I always strive to make my lessons easy to follow and enjoyable, and also to really help students understand the logics behind the Italian language. Hope you will like my other videos too.
You are amazing. Your lessons are so easy to understand.
You are totally Awesome…..your presentation always keeps me interested. THANK YOU! Blessings going out your way…👏🙏🏻
Thank you so much, Teacher Valentina! I've been having a hard time grasping this particular section of Italian pronunciation in this textbook that I'm following, but you made it so much simpler to understand and retain! Grazie mille! ^_^
I'm glad my video clarified it for you, Lenny!
My goodness, you make Italian pronunciation a piece of cake, I had nightmares pronouncing the letter C. My lady, you're the best Grazia Mila.
Wow I’m smiling ear to ear this video helped me so much! Thank you!
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Such an excellent breakdown. This is the best explanation I've seen. Thanks!
Glad you fond it helpful, Kristine!
This just made a year of studying Italian so much easier!
Now if I could just understand when to use all those other two letter words. I’m always putting them in the wrong place in a sentence. 😳😄
😄😄 Those are the bane of existence of all Italian learnes!
Always wandered about this.. Now you taught me... Thank you
Great video for learning. Excellent teacher👍Thank you!
I have listened more than once
Very helpful
very simple easy way of explaining, thank you !!
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Bravo! Grazie mille
Love the chickpeas trick! That cemented it for me. Grazie mille.
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Yor very good teacher
Thank you Valentina for your explanation and efforts.. La ringrazio 👍❤️
è un piacere Amira, grazie a te per apprezzarlo! (Dammi pure del tu, faccio così con tutti i miei studenti ;) )
Thank you so much for the explanation...
Buongiorno Valentina. I really like the chickpeas trick CECI. Thanks so much for this lesson.
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Very useful lesson! Thank you!!
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Thank you you make this so easy to remember ❤
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Hi, thanks for what you do. As an Spanish and English speaker, is a little confusing. But, with your videos I understand a lot more. I'll be in Italy in a couple of days, definitely this will be helpful.
Confusion is absolutely normal, especially at the beginning. But your knowledge of Spanish will definitely help. Buon viaggio in Italia!
Thank you. This is very helpful. It was exactly what I was looking for.
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Very good description. Grazie mille
How do you form italuan sentences? Is there a pattern to follow I'm bit confused sometimes when translating English sentence into italian, it goes wrongly. What comes first verb or noun n other rules if any. Need help pls.
😂😂😂 not only me confusing
Very nice lesson thank you
Thanks teacher you are very helpful ❤😊
So helpful. Thank you!! It is very hard to pronounce it opposite of your native language. Haha pronouncing ch- when there is no H, and not pronouncing ch- when it is written as such! The CECI rule helps so much.
Second time watching this video. It's been very helpful for me to watch many of your videos multiple times. Thank you.
I'm glad to hear it, Irma!
best class ever in italian, so perfect explained direct clear
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Well done Valentina... thanks for your help... innovation ...Command...& Always readiness to Deliver..... waheguru ji
Yup this one was really good! Grazie mille Valentina :)
Excellent teacher!
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I’m so glad I found your lessons. I dropped Rosetta Stone because I learn so much more from your lessons. What I would like to hear are responses to your phrases. I can speak Italian (Intermediate) but when the person responds I’m lost even when they speak slowly. Any chance you can provide expected responses? Grazie Mille
So glad my lessons are helpful to you, Jerry!
Have you checked out my "Italian Conversations" series? You can pause it and repeat both the questions and the answers aloud, so that you can familiarize with the words and how they sound. Here's the latest episode: th-cam.com/video/-vx7UCr6kzQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oOnDwixrRkK64NNe
More are coming, but meanwhile you can watch the older ones here: th-cam.com/play/PLaeKp_sNLJVzAE7fuGlmoxi2dugE-dYod.html
Thank you so much I was so confused in the sound of( c ) you are a rocking teacher and the way
how you teach it's really amazing specially (ceci) I love it thank you so much again lots of love from India😊😊😊
I'm glad it was helpful, Abid! I always try to invent some kind of trick to help students understand and memorize the rules, and I always try to make it as fun as possible since I do believe when we enjoy what we learn we learn faster and better! ;)
Thank you for your teaching
thanks so much! Very clear!
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Am new here in your channel, I just finish watching this video, am 7 months here in Italy, am still learning Italian language, I can speak but not as much, but I also found your video more interesting, sometimes I found it difficult to pronounce some words, I think this video is for me 💯
Make sure to check my other pronunciation videos then, I have a whole playlist!
@@ItalianTeacherValentina yes sure I will, please can you do a video of someone that are called of an job interview conversation, I will so much appreciate if you can do that for me, thank you 🙏🙏
Very nice video! Most of my doubts are cleared. Now I know how to write ka, ke, ko, ki, ku sound. Can you tell me how to write just the 'k' sound as in cup or come? Are there any words like that?
Very effective lesson.
You are the best, you make it easier for me grazie
Buongiorno Valentina Stella. I have just followed and subscribed to your channel. Excelento . Bravo. Now i hope to learn Italian using your channel.
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Valentina am so blessed by your teaching its simple, clear and easy to remember. Gratzie da India. What about Italian Alphabets?
Here you have it! th-cam.com/video/B4aCxTWfHJI/w-d-xo.html
@@ItalianTeacherValentina thanks a million.
You are amazing. First time on your channel and I have been captivated. For those of us whose native language is Spanish, some sounds are familiar. Thank you very much, subscribed now. Greetings from Mexico
Benvenuto, Rodolfo!
Hi Valentina, I just listened to your Soft C and Hard C lesson and I was wondering if you have the same lesson for SCE-SCI, GE-GI, G, GL, and GN? I really like the C ones, but I still need help with the others I mentioned. I’m new to your channel, so I’m not sure what you have in all your videos. Thank you!!
Buongiorno Susan e benvenuta! Unfortunately I don't have a dedicated video on those here on TH-cam yet, but they do follow the same rule (soft when followed by e or i, hard in the rest of the cases). If you want to learn more about this and all other topics of Italian pronunciation, I cover them all in my "Italian 101" online program, here's the link if you want to check it out: www.valentinastellatutor.com/how-to-enroll-in-the-italian-course-101/
So many Baci for this class. 😘
Molto utile! Grazie!
grazie mille insegnante molto bene.😊😊😊
Fantastic way of teaching! I am new here!
Benvenuta, Dona!
Thank you very much for the wonderful explanation. I have a question about the letter g. Sometimes it is pronounced as the letter hard g, for example gionnio, soft g aggio and in some cases it is not pronounced at all, such as luglio or cognata, which is pronounced as the letter y in English. Are there other letters that we must know how to pronounce, for example nuora? Appreciated
Ciao Susan, please check out my dedicated playlist for Italian Pronunciation: th-cam.com/play/PLaeKp_sNLJVz3LzjT277KwTNWc9EgySYd.html I haven't done a specific video on "g" yet but I explain some misunderstandings abot "c" that apply to the "g" too in this video: th-cam.com/video/BuCbk94q4FU/w-d-xo.html
@@ItalianTeacherValentina appreciated 🌷
So helpful, thank you
Very good thanks you ❤❤
Thanks!
Grazie a te!
If I understand well, would it be correct to say that Italian has no use for:
1. Words that are spelled as: cha, cho, chu. No need to put the "h" to make the sound harder.
2. Pronunciation that in other languages like Spanish sound like cha, cho, chu.
Thank you teacher Valentina. I love your "ceci" trick!
I need Italian to sing the chorus part of La Boheme. I do love your tutoring
Fantastico!
thank you so much, such a great video and explanation! ❤👏
I'm glad you liked it!
So well explained 😊😍🤩
Here's a question, what if a name has the soft C pronunciation, but is followed by some other letters (not E or I)
For example if I want to write a name of a city or a person in Italian which is from another language.
That's a really good question, Rez! It will depend, especially with foreign names and words. Nowadays, we tend to pronounce foreign words quite similarly to the original (especially if it's English), so you may find exception to the rule. E.g. we pronounce "chat" as in English, so with a soft c sound instead of what Italian pronunciation rules would require (that spelling itself wouldn't exist in Italian)
OMG! Thank you!!!
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Finally I got the chance to pronounce this beautiful language with this pretty teacher 🌱🎀
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Grazie mille!❤
Teacher ❤I am from Nigeria 🇳🇬 but I love it when my cousin's speaks Italian ,,but they uses it to oppress me 😂 that's why I am here 😌for you to teach me ☺️
Grazie molto bene
Thank you maam very beautifully explained. Just have one doubt
In bacio the sound of "i"is not there. Is there any rule when "i" is followed by any other vowel it becomes silent.
No, there's not another rule, "bacio" is an example of what I explain in the video.
Many people think that the "i" in "c" is kind of built-in, because when we say the "c" 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 C, the C is kind of neutral and then pronounced differently depending on what comes next.
So when you say "bacio" you do have an "i" sound, which comes from actually saying the "i", not the "c".
Hope this clarifies that point!
@@ItalianTeacherValentina thank you so much ma'am.
I love the CECI trick Ms Stella! Grazie mille
PS: sorry, I am not your student but I occasionally watch your videos on TH-cam.
I'm glad you do, Barry! Benvenuto!
This is amazing thank you very much ❤❤
I was wondering if you could do a video like this about the "H" pronunciation because it's very confusing
The "H" is always completely silent in Italian. The only thing it does is that, when following C, G or SC, it makes those sounds hard, as explained in the video. ;)
Or to distinguish, say, hanno from
anno and the like
Great video , I thought the I after c is silent like ciao but I heard you pronounce it in cia
That's a common misconception, I've a dedicated video on this coming up in the upcoming weeks.
Thank you dear.
Thank you SO SO MUCH. I just started learning Italian, and my "C" and "K" sound got completely mixed up!!
😊 Glad to be helpful!
Fantastico!
I loved Italian coz of u the bessssssst in TH-cam ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Awww!! Grazie mille Sophia!! 🙏
Grazie mam
Molto bens Grazie mille .