How to speak Italian

Just a good example of how someone of Italian heritage speaks with his hands.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• language
• italian
• howto
• learn
• arm
• waving
• gestures

[Gavichap]

Dustin Hoffman has nothing to do with this video, apart for the fact that they say he gesticulates a lot while talking, despite not being of Italian origin. It may be a matter of fact or just pourparler, I don't know. This video is ridiculous because the sound is just unintelligible and I hope no one takes it litterally: "how to speak Italian"? Hu? Ha? Ahem, no really...

[xphilemike]

@Gavichap Gavi, this was just supposed to be humorous and was all in good fun. I didn't realize how many vitriolic comments it would elicit.

[milly8389]

ragazzi a me questo video fa impressione. Questo ragazzo non e' italiano ha solo origini italiane questo puo' anche significare che ha solo il bisnonno italiano. CIo' nonostante guardate come gesticola mentre si esprime. Sembra veramente italiano. Il nostro patrimonio genetico e' evidentemente cosi forte da scalvalcare persino influenze culturali diverse.

Sinceramente in questo ragazzo riesco a vedere molta italianita' nonostante non sia italiano.

[xphilemike]

@milly8389 I love Italian Atmosphere and have been to Italy many times. All four of my grandparents are Italian.

[milly8389]

@xphilemike ciao do you understand italian? and are you in the video? thanks for your comment I am glad you are italian descendent. Anyway I think what I've written in my before comment, that boy seems just italian cause his way of gesticolation with the same intensity and passion, at the begining I've thought he were italian from italy before understanding he was speaking in english. And he moved me cause that reason.

Greetings from Rome.

[xphilemike]

@milly8389 Sadly, I do not know Italian. I had to use Google translate. I wish my parents had emphasized learning Italian when I was young. Yes, that's me in the blue sweater. I didn't know that I was being taped as I was going off on a subject that I am passionate about. Thanks for the greetings! I love Roma and have been there about 10 times.

[ohno2123]

"Try living in the USA for a while and understanding what FREEDOM is".

ridicolo.

[alexia2295]

sinceramente ragazzi mi sento un pò presa x il culo..io non parlo gesticolando e anke se lo facessi,te sei perfetto ke mi prendi x il culo?? ma va va..noi italiani siamo troppo fighii!! è solo invidia la vostra!!

[2syrianhearts]

you speak italian with hands :D

[milly8389]

@xphilemike of course you was very intensive as expression. It' s easy to figure out the dynamics of your emotions in your argue just through your gesticolation. You seem really italian from italy. Btw you can learn italian when you want you have all the time. And that will help you when you'll comeback to Italy to get feel yourself more in your old mother country.

ciao

[xphilemike]

@Gavichap What the heck does Dustin Hoffman have to do with it?

[xphilemike]

@haydensd good points!

[haydensd]

Noi italiani gesticoliamo...A quanto sembra è un altro tipo di linguaggio che si è evoluto e si è integrato nel nostro linguaggio verbale. Non è proprio una presa in giro. In alcune università statunitensi ci sono dei corsi apposta per lo studio dei nostri segni. Anche i giapponesi hanno un modo di gesticolare tutto loro. Siamo fortunati, in fondo! In discoteca possiamo parlare senza dirci una parola. Visto il casino che c'è, è una bella fortuna la nostra :)