Basic Italian Conversation

[dadala90]

è il miglior video che ho trovato sulla rete che spiega bene la nostra lingua abbastanza complicata...

[Georgiestar747]

well sureyourscene, I have bought quite a few audio cds I find some hard too but it is getting slightly easier for me although it has taken me a while, at the moment I am doing a slightly harder one from bbc talk italian 2 which has helped me alot, I also reccomend the liguaphone ones, I got them free the paper they are suprisingley good so have a look on ebay.

[tutonline]

I think every resource can be used well, but I also believe that nothing can replace a good teacher. Of course, the teacher should be skilled and patient.

[roger11967]

I like italian because when you read something... you read it like its spanish... since i spanish is my first lang... its more easy for me... I founded english more hard than Italian.. Thanks god!!

[paloma1819]

Hola en babbel y en livemocha encuantras para estudias el italiano es muy bueno me gusta mucho livemocha porque hay he aprendido mucho ya que hay barios idomas y ademas gente conquien puedes practicar el idioma que estas aprendiendo, saludos Gabriela

[tutonline]

I know livemocha very well, as a free resource is very nice, still there are many mistakes in the exercises, also you don't interact much.

[javy150]

I agree. I've been using Livemocha for a couple of weeks now; as an introduction to the language it's a good tool, but it's too basic and there are no grammar explanations at all. Also, in my native language(Spanish) I've seen multiple mistakes, so I can only assume the same happens in other languages. I like the fact I get to know native speakers and chat with them though.

[TokiettaAle93]

L'italiano a volte puo essere simile al spagnolo.. ma io che sono italiana quando leggo una frase in spagnolo non ci capisco niente! quindi non dite che sono uguali!

[tutonline]

infatti non è affatto uguale e molti italiani non capisco lo spagnolo, però per un anglofono le due lingue suonano estremamente simili.

[Ricky1994Augusta]

Per gli inglesi è ancora più difficile imparare l'inglese poichè è anche stata sotto il dominio di Roma per poco tempo e comunque solo nel sud, se ci fosse stata completamente e per tempi più lunghi avrebbe avuto più influenze latine e meno sassoni. Sarebbe diventata una lingua romanza un po' strana.......Però sarebbe più difficile per noi impararla!!

[yourfatalsecret]

i asian..

hola amigo

[erickivan18]

Este video me ha encantado, espero encontar uno en español-italiano...

çAlguien q me ayude PERFAVORE!!!

[sureyourscene]

i'm learning from rosetta stone, but they don't teach you everything. and i'm confused alot about it, because it doesn't give you translations, and i'm confused about alot of things.

[OCBspain]

Molto grazie.

[thecpking]

spanish and itailian is almost the same thing

[Marmalade000000]

Grazie per (the lesson) - sorry, I don't know how you say it in Italian......... :(

[WoWBloodelf]

Italian Portuguese Español french romanian are Latin languages...

And English and German are half Latin languages too.... you can find very many vocabularys in these languages...

La conversazionne/conversación= Die Konversation/The Conversation...

all these "zionne/ción, - mus (like Kapitalismus/Capitalism) and verbs like conversate or something like these are from the latin (the romanian) language.... 60 procent of the english language are latin, in german 40^^

[Cristilizzie]

Hi! i love your video hehehehe i'm mexican and i speak spanish obviously and very little english, now i study italian is very nice this languaje!!! i will continue seeing your videos because it interests to me to learn several languages, saludos!!! take care!!! ciao!!! =)

[goosebumpsgirlgirly4]

oh my god ive spoken spanish all my life nd so many of these words sound lkeords in spanish like my name is...

(Io) mi chiamo

sound so much like yo mi llamo(the double l's makes the y sound

[LALC]

my first language is english. ive tried learning spanish chinese and japanese and havnt been to satisfied with any of them. italian seems pretty cool, can anyone vouch for it?

[tutonline]

it really depends on what interests you in a lnaguage, I suggest you to read a little bit about the culture, watch some Italian movies etc. to understand if you like the culture and are inspired to learn more...

[SUKAEBANAIA]

can someone explain is chiao hello or bye (((or both

hi from russia

[tutonline]

ciao means both hello and good bye

[xxBlacktigerxx1]

im having trouble learning..... i think its

because i dont know spanish

[tutonline]

there is no need for you to now Spanish in order to learn Italian, don't worry!

[PepperWhite62]

Funny I have had some problems learning because I know some Spanish. .. Italian is the most sexy and beautiful language in the world!

[tutonline]

I agree, sometimes you can mistake one language for the other and go wrong!

[elvervillalva]

molto bene, molto bene

[DGroo315]

thank u so much :))

[lilissp]

Very similar with Portuguese and Spanish ... it´s a very beautiful language

[KrissyKrissy131]

Grazie(=

[thezeka11]

Not the most entertaining video- I agree, but the format is superb! Very organized and thorough introductions lesson! Grazie mille di cuore!

[4queen6]

Im from slovakia, and I speak just english..I dont speak spanish and french. But I want to learn italian first,I like to hear this language.. I learn it just by this videos and its easy for me..thanks for this videos!:) If someone could learn me better italian,pls writte me..!!

[maracucha58]

Thanks Totonline! I like this video. I love Italian language......

[flyguytilidie]

I'll watch this the next time I have trouble falling asleep

[tutonline]

sure, you're welcome, I'm glad it can come handy smehow hahah! As stated previously this was a teast video, the first one I created, so I agree it's not the best one, but I dn't remove it becuase some people seem to like it and it's actually one of my most commented videos...

[loveyouboyy09]

hey is super easy 4 me cuz i know spanish n it kinda sounds da same..

[bvhbgrl]

nice ;)

[beyazgolum]

i think it is similar to french and spanish ,,

not too much ..

like como ,,and bene in french bien

e tu

graize in spanich

gracias ,,,

nice choise ,,

[rza139]

Not so hard to pick up when you are already fluent in Spanish and English. It will still take practice though.

[SaIdnnnnnnnnnn]

es dificil hasta los espñoles.

[SEVENFLORES]

its not so hard if you know spanish!

[itsalwaysalyssa]

I completly agree -.-

[socialist1000]

same goes for french

[CubanMan0]

so very true

[Shumeshi]

yea if you know itallian it's even easier, but... :)

[brownsuga189]

thank you! it helped a little it's always nice to learn a new language but it takes a hell of alot of work it 's woth the time though besides italian is beautiful

[brownsuga189]

i wanna learn italian it's a beautiful language !!!

[salamlekkum69]

Alle volte l'italiano è difficile persino per gli italiani !

Sometimes italian is very difficult for italians too !

You have to study hard if you wanna have a regular conversation.

[cjli456]

i want to learn italian!!!

[Natsu91N]

xD lol è divertente xD che figata non sapevo che così tante persone erano interessate a parlare l'italiano xD è troppo forte!! haha xD

[lukk1983]

davvero interessante questo video! ormai tramite internet è possibile arricchire la propria conoscenza in qulasiasi campo! credo che il futuro della formazione sia proprio l'e-learning: non a caso infatti mi sono iscritta ad un'università telematica UNISU e riesco ad apprendere con facilità, senza perdere tempo in spostamenti...

[Kaarenita]

Teach me Italian. Grazie

[chafikooo81]

qui bella la ragaza

[Funkroza]

well, i would have got an A if this was an exam

nice im half spanish and half italian

THAT HELP, DONT IT

yea

[beautyjunkie13]

everyone in my family is from italy parents grandparents great grandparents they speak ALL the time i understand it just not that good on speaking it. but now i can speak it tooo cuz of this video.this is cool(:

[mixikano]

huh curado aun k lo de ingles no entendi hah es muy buena esta clase

[17rickyq]

Grazie, great video..

[17rickyq]

Excellent!!! Grazie..

[QuadraroImp]

italian, the most difficult grammatic of the world

[tutonline]

well, I guess there are other difficult grammars, anyway the more you speak and listen, the more you can put grammar to practice and learn! Don't be put off by grammar!

[AlychaBaby]

Im italian ;DD

[Pugluver09]

wow, its so cool, I'm 90% Italian, my family is and NOBODY knows how to speak it, so I'm really hoping to get to know it really good

[yanks7777777]

i 100% italian and non of my family members know it but i will learn it

[yanks7777777]

me to im 100% italian and none of my famiy knows it but i really want to learn

[aesmith712]

Complimenti per il video! Sono americano e penso che sia bello che persone italiane come Lei insegnano l'italiano su YouTube!! Continui a mostrare altri video per noi di guardare!! :-)

[IDKWMUSB]

hey ive been learning italian for a little while now and i found this video really good haha thanx :D

[alexia2295]

è troppo forte questo tutorial..sembra così semplice parlare l'italiano per me che lo sono ma a quanto pare no xD

[BFem1985]

The italian words are said too quickly for a beginner like me

[tutonline]

hmm...I'm sorry you find it difficult, try and ead also the words, slowly you will improve by listening and reading!

[NarekAper818z]

lol i think i can talk to Italians with my Spanish lol

[tutonline]

oh they will definately understand something!

[Magio03]

grazie for this video, I was going to take italian lessons in college but they told me I have to learn french obligatory and they adivice me to not take both languages cause it would be hard for me. So maybe next time, but I still want to keep learning some words. Italian ain't hard for me cause I know spanish and italian/spanish are almost the same!!

[lillya88]

Are you italian?Because you're a really good tutor^^

[tutonline]

glad you liked it, yes, I'm Italian

[carlosfedu]

come stai? bene gratzie il placiere e mio arrivederci!

[tutonline]

very good! just remember that it's 'grazie, il piacere è mio'

[bcool4ever101]

OR A HOT TUTOR

[tutonline]

well, youcan still find one...by the way a hot tutor is not always a good option because after a while you need to be focused on the language ;)

[BSman25]

boring :( i need an un animated person saying it !! >:(

[tutonline]

I repeat this video was bad recorded because one of the first I made, I just kept it here because people seemed to like it somehow. And this is meant to practice, not just to listen to. I'm sorry if you find it boring, I think the best option is to find a personal tutor!!

[ihatetokiohotel678]

thats true!

[ihatetokiohotel678]

naaaa the spanish is the best languaje !!

do you want to learn spanish?

[Lepardchick123]

wooo comme ti chiami

[mustilo27]

i think italiano is best latin language

i like this language

tank you for lesson

arrivederci :-)

[Cino1]

All Latin based, however, Italian is the closest to original Latin of them all.

French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are provincial forms of Latin.

[maniaco000]

aaaff kiero un curso kompleto de italiano sera facil xq hablo español xD n.n

[belacqua22]

No es dificil, igual sera porque hablo español, jejeje, weno suerte para los que no. los quiero. besos, mayra,mexico

[bravesfan4227]

Shit this is so similar to Portuguese and Spanish

[yaal3]

ovio son lenguas que provienen de las mismas raices aveja

[PerfectChaos1212]

it makes sense, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are all Latin languages

[LadySmile16]

yea, spanish, portuguese and italin are all LATIN-BASE LANGUAGES

[ihatetokiohotel678]

sure! he best is the spanish yeah!!

[bibixxxcom]

che ridere....io sono italiano!!!

[IFuckLikeABeast111]

bel lavoro ma manca la parola più importante "bellaaa!!" =D=D e i suoi corollari "bella fra" e "bella zio" =D

auhuhauha scherzi a parte grandissimo penso sarà utile =)

[bibixxxcom]

no ma non mi hai fatto ridere niente niente... sei un togo!!!!! ahahahhaha bella ziooo

[rula08]

Io parlo hispaniol, ma voglio aprendere la lingua italiana per "leer" (read) e capire il libro di Nada Malanima:"Il mio cuore umano".

[ragazzoshitfuck409]

spagnolo, NOT hispaniol.

imparare, NOT aprender

leggere, NOT leer

[Gretabeta1]

ahaha che carini che cercano di imparareee =P

[1nesviktor]

perfetto :D

[rudyness21]

yo se espanol y le puedo entender un poco al italiano, tal vez sera facil de aprender...Its similar to spanish, i can understand some of it, its probably easier for me :)

[malactica]

mamma mia this is awesome lol i liked it =)

*****

[tutonline]

hi! well, if you find it harder to understand spoken Italian, try and practise your listening comprehension more, you can do that with movies, songs, etc.

[zo91dan87]

im studying italian, and im good at reading and writing but suck at listening! :(

grrrrr

[Natyshine87]

Obrigado, ótimo pra mim. Que Deus os abençoe a todos.

[JESUSyourGOD]

GOD BLESS YOU.

[tutonline]

mah diciamo che l'accento americano è meno complicato per molti versi, ma anche lì dipende dalla zona e da chi parla... al limite se i tuoi problemi persistono prova a in America..heheh

[teknomaya]

italiano ha una grammatica complessa ma inglese è difficile da capire riguardo la conversazione

Io sono italiano ed abito da mesi in inghilterra ma non riesco ancora a capire cosa dicono gli altri quando mi parlano...forse non ho predisposizione per imparare una lingua differente

[tutonline]

ciao, io credo che per l'anglofono sia difficili imparare nuovi suoni quanto per l'italiano quindi quella di cui parli è una questione fonetico-linguistica, sono certa che riuscirai a immergerti meglio nella lingua e presto avrai meno difficoltà, datti un po' di tempo

[teknomaya]

grazie per la risposta ma tu sai se c'è un metodo preciso per apprendere la lingua sotto forma di conversazione? molte persone qui mi hanno detto che solamente gli italiani e spagnoli hanno difficoltà a capire l'inglese imparando molto lentamente

[tutonline]

ciao, ci sono metodi tipo rosetta stone e pimsleur un po' costosi ma principalmente incentrati sulla conversazione e l'ascolto. Puoi provare dei sample gratuiti. Concordo per la difficoltà degli italiani, credo sia legata al fatto che a scuola le lingue vengano insegnate solo sui libri e gli stessi insegnanti non le conoscono. Comunque anche molti stranieri vedo che fanno fatica, ma sono abituati a 'buttarsi' di più. Io sono metà britannica e vengo da una famiglia di linguisti

[tutonline]

quindi sono avvantaggiata e non nascondo che un po' di predisposizione aiuta, ma vedo anche che tante persone pensano che imparare una lingua debba essere indolore... non lo è nel senso che un po' di impegno ci deve essere e non bisogna avere paura di sbagliare o di mettersi in gioco... io consiglio di usare anche i film, prova a guardare delle scene prima con sottotitoli e poi senza...

[teknomaya]

yes I do :-)

io capisco meglio gli americani rispetto gli inglesi, forse l'accento inglese è più...antico????!!!

[tutonline]

well, mostly, but you always have to keep in mind that foreign people must learn the phonetics anew...

[3Drives]

devi migliorare l'audio. si sente poco, un po' male ;)

[holikarang]

grazie del commento, sì lo so, infatti questo è un video che ho fatto diverso tempo fa, lo tengo perché continua ad avere molti commenti e le persone sembrano apprezzarlo, ma ce ne sono di nuovi in arrivo con audio migliore. ciao

[tutonline]

ah..holikarang è l'altro mio account, sono sempre io per la cronaca...

[xxxACJKxxx]

im portuguese and i would love to learn italian...ti amo italiaaaa :P

[javoman13]

I am the great javoman and I like to learn new languages like this. I hope learning this amazing language because I will travel to Italy .By the way my favorite food is the italian , Mama mia , bambino .Greetings from javoland.

[Nikolette11]

Cool, I read in one of your comments that your are from Veneto! Im from Chipilo, Mexico and here many of us speak what is called the Chipilo Venetian Dialect because most of the people in Chipilo are of venetian descent. It is a little different than standard italian though, I don't speak it but my dad and mom speak it.

[tutonline]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! What you tell me is really interesting

[floripa12]

very nice..............

[Franciezaa]

tu sei italiana????? bene bene!!

io pensaba que eres sudamericana

proque tu pronunciacion es como la española!

ami me interesa aprender italiano..

tienes alguna forma de enseñarme?

gracias rispondimiiii porfavore

fran^^

[tutonline]

ciao Fran! E' strano che tu trovi la mia pronuncia sudamericana, non sono mai stata in quei paesi e non parlo lo spagnolo. Sono di una regione che si chiama Veneto e qui la pronuncia è più simile allo spagnolo di altri accenti italiani, forse può essere questo, ma cerco sempre di avere una pronuncia neutra per quanto possibile.

[disinforma]

sicuramente avrà capito tutto...

[tutonline]

non ho idea, ma visto che io non parlo spagnolo e non l'ho mai studiato, ma riesco a capirlo, forse c'è qualche possibilità, ad ogni modo lui mi scrive in spagnolo, quando io ho chiarito che parlo italiano e inglese, non saprei in che lingua comunicare a questo punto.

[Franciezaa]

la mujer que habla es de habla española americana seguro!! verdad??? buen curso

pero tu pronuncion puede mejorar xdddddddddd

[holikarang]

no, la mujer que abla es italiana, I'm sorry I don't speak Spanish, only English or Italian. Se mi stai consigliando di migliorare la mia pronuncia italiana la cosa è un po' assurda, perché io sono italiana, per metà britannica. Grazie del consiglio comunque! ;)

[FabGuevara]

hei sono bravo..ah già sono italiano...

[holikarang]

I've never mentioned any Latin accent, anyway, people here have used the word Latin referring to the Spanish speaking people of South America, nothing related to the ancient Latin language.

[ageleunam]

Spanish language IS RELATED to Latin

[holikarang]

I was answering a question about the use of the word Latin in the comments. Some people here use the adjective 'Latin' when referring to Spanish speaking communities in America, I was just pointing out the difference. No one was saying that Spanish is not related to Latin.

[Ganadores500]

I was saying no one knows how Latin sounded like outside of church when the Romans spoke it...so how can one have a Latin accent?

[Ganadores500]

At least make it sound exciting, it sounds so boring the lesson!

If you've taken a Romance language, especially an Iberian Romance language, it can help tremendously...

Latin no longer exist, how can one have a Latin accent?

[holikarang]

I'm sorry if you find it boring, this was done to be clear and not exciting, anyway I'll keep that in mind next time, thanks. All the romance languages come from Latin, including Italian, your comment wasn't clear to me, anyway Latin does not sound much exciting to Italian people, in the past we used to hear it spoken in the Church so it has a different kind of feeling...

[DeusExMachina360]

another question, how do you say mexican, spanish, and english?

[tutonline]

we say messicano, spagnolo, inglese

[holikarang]

In Italian, the formal excuse me and sorry can be both epressed as 'mi scusi'. You understand the difference according to the context!

[DeusExMachina360]

how do you pronounce mi scusi, is it like this: Me scuzi?

[DeusExMachina360]

como se dice compermiso o perdon en italiano.

how do you say excuse me and sorry in italian?

[19sweet91]

we say: "scusami" or "scusa" and "mi dispiace"

[raiotek87]

really good lesson!

I think my language issurely easier for latin people;)

CIAOOOOO!!!:D

[1sademokid]

if i'm taking 3-4 years of spanish in highschool will that make it eaiser to learn italian?

[Kinghammeron420]

i think so, im spanish american, yet fluent in italian and i find it easier to grasp it. plus my dads italian so it helps a lot. but yeah definently easier

[Kinghammeron420]

wait im not fluent sorry, im learning.....

[DeusExMachina360]

well it depends on how your doing on the accent. If you perfect that Latin kind accent, the difficulty for Italian will be easier.

[sanadabri]

itialian is easy if u have the right accent and grew up around it.

[tutonline]

I think Italian it's easier if you can speak it each day with native speakers, it's so with most of the languages, but I also think you need some strong basics and you can only learn them with a good teacher. The accent is not much important (Italians themselves have different accents), but pronounciation is of course fundamental!

[nogorell]

I think Italian is easier than my language (which is hebrew) and I want to learn this language as well as I can! :-)

[tutonline]

As a linguist and language teacher I believe there is no easiest or hardest language, there are only languages which are closer to others or not...every language as a more difficult or easier aspect for the beginner, anyway Hebrew is also a very intresting language!

[Guid0R0ssi]

italian language is not so easy!

[tutonline]

even though I agree with you Guido, I repeat that it's better if it looks easy to some people, this way they will be more interested in learning it...

[tutonline]

you are right, Spanish is the closest language to Italian and even though I do not speak Spanish I understand most of it and communicate easily... anyway the grammar is different and in order to speak Italian you will have to learn it from the start.

[alesbica]

I think Portuguese is closer to Italian than Spanish...but Spanish is pretty close.

[tutonline]

I love Portuguese fado and I'd love to learn Portuguese sooner ore later... anyway as an Italian speaker, I personally find Portugue more difficult to understand without knowing it...

[ingridcabrera1994]

so easy because i speak spanish and many of the words are similar and the way they use them .

[javila10]

this language looks very easy.....

[holikarang]

Hi, I'm glad you find it easy, all languages are easy and hard at the same time. I have learned a few languages in my life and Italian - my own language- isn't the easiest one according to me, but if it looks easy it's much better for the beginner!!

[xilpix]

try to learn the verbs

[ZOLO3000LY]

IT'S SO HARD

[johnnystarr1]

arrivedergliela

[tutonline]

hahah..arrivedergliela...molto­ carino

[princessdollisela]

for the text below..your answer: thank you it's "Grazie" very close to spanish too because thank you in Spanish is "Gracias".....

I love your videos tutonline...you should upload more with longer conversations!!!!

greetings from Mexico:)

[tutonline]

hi Princessdollysela, thanks for your very nice comment, I will surely try and upload something new and more interesting in the next days..so..check back soon! Thanks

[bmxflatlander123]

how do you say thank you in italian

[tutonline]

In Italian, thank you is 'grazie', there are also 'grazie mille', 'grazie molte' (thanks a lot, thank you very much)

[DeusExMachina360]

como se dice adios en italiano formal?

how do you say bye/good bye formal in Italian?

[nkr10]

the same that hallo.. ciao!

[DeusExMachina360]

ciao is informal from what ive heard and read

[cubaneyes22]

se dice arrivederci cuando es formal

ciao cuando es informal

[tutonline]

adios in italiano formal se dice 'arrivederci'

[DRHOUSE922]

we don't say Io mi chiamo.. just Mi chiamo..;)

[tutonline]

Hi, thanks for your comment. Italian is my mother tongue so I know how 'we say' my name is in Italian. Using 'io' is not necessary in Italian, but it's not a mistake either , I especially use as opposed to 'and what's your name?' as in 'Io mi chiamo .. e tu?'

[Biotheck]

Guys, a couple of things:

salve is informal as well. Some people use it as formal, but it isn't. The formal ones are "buongiorno" and "buonasera".

Arrivederci/ciao both are informal.

Arrivederla is formal.

Ciao from Italy! :)

[elojobionico]

How can I say Greetings to Italy?

[tutonline]

Hi, 'greetings' in Italian is 'saluti'

[holikarang]

oh sorry..btw 'greetings to Italy' is 'saluti all'Italia'

[elojobionico]

Grazie mile, bella donna.

Saluti all'Italia!

[holikarang]

Grazie mille a te elojobionico!! Il tuo italiano è quasi perfetto!! ;)) continua così! Grazie per il complimento (bella donna), anche se in italiano è meglio dire 'bella' e basta.

[tutonline]

According to me 'arrivederci' in Italian is nowadays used in both formal and informal context, so if you use 'arrivederci' as formal is not felt as a mistake. 'arrivederla' is only formal but is getting a little outdated these days...