Thanks to Babbel for supporting the channel - go to my link to get 50% off 6 months for a limited time only: bit.ly/Xiaomanyc. It’s genuinely a great app for learning Italian IF you don’t want to spend 12 hours in a row with tutors online ;-)
Hell yeah! I never look around me when I hear people shouting my name in the streets of Naples. Oh, that in the video chilling in Ischia is me and I honestly didn't know he just wanted to chit chat with me to practice what he learned so far! I am an Italian teacher, so when he told me he wanted to practice Italian, I thought he wanted some good extra tips in order to improve his studying. I feel so sorry, I should have tested his speaking!
i think the next language you should try to learn is ASL. I've always been interested to see how a polyglot would go about learning a non-verbal language
@@krandymandy5343 what do you mean? Vaccination coverage is pretty good here and you are free to chose yourself. In some countries you’ll be limited, but yeah 🤷🏼♂️
I know you are an expert language learner and polyglot, but please, let me tell you congratulations for the results you reached in just a single day. I don’t know if you’ve kept studying some Italian in the months after the video was released. I hope you’re still practicing my language. It’s hard, but it’s fun.
As an Italian, this is impressive! Italian is a beautiful language, this is a tip: when you get further in Italian, it’s not just talking, my family and I say that you sing Italian, it flows off your tongue!
As an italian (actually born in a city close to Napels) i think it’s absolutely incredibile how he learned italian so well in just 24 hours and i just makes me love him 100 times more, like litterally how on earth does he do it!!!
The more languages you learn, the easier it is to learn more. Every time you learn a language, you gain a better understanding of how languages work in general, so you can pick new ones up faster. We have mental muscles just like physical ones. The only way to make them stronger is by working them out.
Technology Yes,but no . A1 B1 B2 C1 and C2 you may never reach C1 or C2 but A1 (basic) is enough for what i heard he is learning at maximum A2.I know because I been studying italian for years now...(Non dico ci sono un buon studenti ma...force po sentire questo bene almeno) everyday should be this easy and this good person up there says the more you learn the easier it gets ,especially if you like it and have fun doing so
No bro, u didnt understand the sentence; it should: “Non sto dicendo che sono un bravo studente (/una brava studentessa, for female), ma forse puoi sentire/capire bene almeno questo.”. The grammar was awful, but that is what he/she was trying to say.
As an Italian I can say that for just one day it's really good, maybe you need to get used to the accent but damn you learned a lot. Bravo, continua così!
Hellooooo dear Ari, thanks so much for having me in your crazy challenge. As a fan of yours I really enjoyed our conversation. Keep it up the good learning, your channel is fun and precious to us. Bravo, e' ora di parlare Italiano he!. Ciao, grazie1000, ti auguro il meglio. In gamba..e...keep inspiring with your great talent for languages...
Italian teacher here: you know, Italian isn't THAT hard in terms of grammar, mutual comprehension etc... It's not impossible to get a good grasp of it in no time. It gets PRETTY difficult when you decide to improve it, or even perfect it. Advanced grammar and good pronunciation, especially, are quite hard.
Si!! I've been around the Italian language and Barese dialect all my life; just when you think you know it all, another verb tense is discovered to throw you for a loop!!!
@@Mav_F what's your current level? What do you find particularly difficult? Of course I was saying that Italian isn't THAT hard compared to most non-western languages.
@@filipporubino4163 I am basic level of greeting etc after that I get a headache. I dont get how the word changes in sentences eg the word Drink from Beve, Bevo, Bevi and then the word eat. Drives me nuts. Plus Italians talk too fast.
A woman asks him: When did you learn all these languages? This guy be like: yah so last friday I learned spanish. Then the next day chinese, it was a bit hard though. Oh and yesterday I learned italian and today arabic of course. Tomorrow I am planning to learn animal language and in the future which is after tomorrow alien language. Him again 2 secs later after flexing: aM nOt ThAt GoOd ThOuGh *proceeds to smile*
I can see what he meant at the beginning, that Italian wasn't as easy as Spanish. I am a native Spanish speaker and when I was learning Italian, I could read it and infer the meaning, but when I tried listening to a conversation, it was hard to understand, I believe it has to do with the cadence and the accentuating of the words, something that takes years to master. Comunque, Io amo l'italiano ❤️.
As it is for almost any language, there is a barrier between speaking it/understanding it with seemingly no problems to *actually* think and construct complex thoughts, continuously (i.e. being proficient). The intricacies of the grammar rules are present as well, and really come back to bother you. But all in all, he's extremely good and he's learned a lot in such a limited time! Just to show a couple tricky thing about Italian, we have Princìpi/Prìncipi -> change one accent and the meaning changes completely (principles/princes) Zolla/Zolletta -> the suffix "-etta" means "lil" but those words are totally uncorrelated (the first is a synonym for 'hole', the next is a small dry biscuit) Prefixes and particle: Rincasare/Rivolgere -> those are different from Casare (meaningless word)/Volgere (one of hundreds of ways to say 'going to', but applied only to inanimate objects "il racconto volge al termine" is "the tale is going to end") Just to show, this is because I don't believe there is a "easy" or "hard" language, rather, there are levels of difficulty to encounter in every language!
@Elielson da Rocha Depende do ponto de partida. Se quem quer aprender português é falante nativo de uma língua neolatina como espanhol, francês ou italiano, português é fácil. Se cara é falante nativo de chinês, português é difícil.
Fun fact: Italian is one of the languages with most profanity words in the world, and its *one of the few with blasphemy (really volgar words which curse the religion).
I am English with an Italian boyfriend...so far all I have learned to speak from him is profanity and blasphemy as it’s what I hear the most!!! And also tasi 😂
I loved listening to the language when I visited Italy. It was melodic. And the people were sooooo nice. When this pandemic thingy is finally over, you need to visit Italy, Xiaoma. It’s such a beautiful country. 😍
I love the part that we italians joke and are open about almost everything. It feels like such a natural connection with eachother not hiding oppinions. we can sound mad at eachother but we ate just so into what we say and it feels more real in my oppinion. Thats what i miss the most from italy atleast now when i live in finland wich is almost the opposite
I guess Russian would be an easier one to start with if he ever goes for Slavic languages. Then afterwards, he could maybe go for harder ones like Polish or Czech?
Onestamente penso che sia una gran cazzata quella del "le più difficili lingue al mondo". Di cose difficili a livello grammaticale l'italiano ha solo tanti tempi verbali e basta
Più difficile? Parliamo tutti allo stesso modo con gli stessi 2 vocaboli in croce. Stile hive mind. Perfino i nostri politici parlano come a peppe al bar o il raccatta arancie. C'è il cosi detto Italiano aulico, ma quand'è stata l'ultima volta che hai sentito qualcuno sforzarsi di parlare in modo più raffinato? lol. Io stesso, ogni volta che uso L'italiano invece del Tedesco o L'Inglese, mi sembra che parlo come un uomo delle caverne hahahah
l'italiano una delle lingue più difficili al mondo? questo commento l'ha decisamente scritto l'italiano medio patriottico fino al midollo... e no, fidati che non è tra le più difficili al mondo, piuttosto, è tra le più facili. Tutte le lingue del Nord Europa sono più difficili (scandinave, germaniche...), tutte le lingue slave sono più difficili dell'italiano, tutte le lingue dall'asia minore, fino a quelle dell'estremo oriente, sono più difficili dell'italiano, le lingue della regione indiana, sono più difficili dell'italiano, le lingue subsahariane... l'italiano è tra le più facili al mondo
Hi, I'm italian and I really appreciated your efforts to learn italian in only one dayyy... and you're doing really well btw. If u wanna know some interesting things about Italian culture, you gotta know that in Italy we have 20 regions and in all of them there are a plenty of different piece of arts, dialects, foods, places...One nation and such a different way of seeing the world all over the country. There's a lot to found and learn here, and I hope you'll find these treasure, maybe coming here soon🇮🇹
@@skedaritou8138 imparare le basi può risultare abbastanza semplice, soprattutto se qualcuno ha conoscenze delle lingue romanze/neolatine. La difficoltà risulta nella quantità di vocaboli utilizzati, nell'esistenza di svariati sinonimi applicabili in situazioni specifiche, e in varie regole grammaticali, tipo quella della ripetizione del singolo termine, quest'ultima condivisa con pochissime altre lingue al mondo
I speak 5 languages myself, but you are something else my friend. I deeply respect the effort that you show in learning all those languages. Well done sir !
Washington Neves I did about an hour per day, but in the last few months I was less consistent. There were some days where I wouldn’t feel like studying Italian, and I feel like that hindered me from doing as well as I could have. I managed to have two 30 minute conversations on Italki without much strain, but I honestly wasn’t satisfied with my level. Nowadays, I’m slowly starting to build it up again.
I was lucky enough to grow up in a bilingual environment (Chinese parents but raised in Italy) I must say that Xiaomao is as brave as talented. Keep on making awesome videos because I think we're all here waiting for you to learn more languages!!! btw my favorite video is the ear cleaning one :D
You must be the only Italian that had not moaned about him doing this. Just wounder those that are giving him shit can do what he has done in just 24hrs? Not many at all.
It’s so great they didn’t correct each and every “yo” pronunciation of “io” and other small pronunciations, you would’ve lost your mind! 😂 good job Xioma this was great
OMG i'm so glad he said Italian was so hard. This guy can learn so many languages so fast so as someone that lived in Italy for two years, I was happy to hear it was hard for him too. Makes me feel so much better lol! As someone that spent their last two years of highschool in italy I can honestly say I understand now when people talk about his accent in Mandarin cause only if you live there and hear the accent can you learn it. This was awesome!!! Thanks Xiaoma!
His speech might sound "good" simply because he knows some Spanish, which can be heard in some sentences. He has an anglophone accent, although much better than the average anglophone trying to speak Italian. Most of his wrong grammar is borrowed from English, and some words from Spanish. Anyway, it's a 100% good start for a 1-day approach to Italian as a foreigner.
The amount of lexic you ve learned in just 1 day is unbelievable, the pronunciation isn’t the best, of course, but as an Italian I can tell that you’re pretty smart and fast to learn, keep it up.
Damnnnnn, he learned how to converse in Italian in hours and after 2 semesters, I am not as fluent!!! Lol. Where do you find these tutors though??? That was interesting
11:15 don't be surprised man. Fun fact, there are a few swear words/common words that only make an appearance in only the dialects of the northern Italy, where people that live in the southern areas don't understand the meaning of, and vice-versa. If you would like to learn an Italian dialect, I suggest you go based on which ones you like the sound of, but good luck if you're going to learn the sardinian dialect. That's really and I mean REALLY challenging to learn and speak fluently. Ps. I'm Italian and, to me, Xiaoma speaks really well, for having studied only 1 day. ONLY little complain is, be sure of what you're gonna say, we usually don't like people who get stuck on a word because of insecurities, just say "fuck it" and speak your words.
Yes italian is hard. It’s hard because it sounds musical, doesn’t only have to make sense. It’s harder than it should be, but if you learn it, you make some really good friends
@@teo0444 every parts of the phrase has to fit with the musicality of the sentence. If you hear, the parts of the sentence, change depending on the words you use. Spanish is way easier because they use less articles and grammatical parts. The first thing you usually do, is learning the verbs and names. And then you learn how to fit articles, etc. my guess tho. I found english very easy to learn. It makes sense it is one of the most spoken language in the world, because the articles are 2 only and verbs are way easier to learn. I love it. Italian has to be spoken cleanly, like if you are singing. It’s hard to explain, I am sure a teacher would do much better job than me explaining it 😂
To be precise 'idioma' is still existing in the Italian vocabulary but is a kind of aulic literary term (in Italy is never used). The truth is that in this specific context 'idioma' is the spanish translation for 'language'. We sai 'lingua'. So the correct version is: "Io penso che l'italiano SIA (congiuntivo presente del verbo *essere*, terza persona) una LINGUA difficile". :)
@@bastianse8235 hola :) decimos que podemos por lo menos intentarlo, porque en realidad los dos idiomas tienen algunas reglas muy diferents, el sonido de la pronunciación es muy diferente también. Como por ejemplo tenemos muchas palabras muy similares. La realidad es que alguien de otra origen (anglosajon sobre todo) que quiere aprender italiano o español se confunde entre los dos.
I showed this to my friend (she’s Italian) and she commented that you spoke it very well in a short amount of time. She mentioned that it is a difficult language.
Italian is similar enough to Spanish in both vocabulary and pronunciation that people are able to pick it up a lot easier as opposed to say, German or Russian
Just to give your subscribers an idea of why Italian is much harder than people think. English articles: the / a, an Italian articles: il, lo, l', la, i, gli, le / un, uno, un', una (depending on number and gender; also, we don't have neutral so everything is either masculine or feminine) To cap this off, our determinate articles mix with some of our simple prepositions, creating something that is totally unique to the Italian language (as far as I'm aware): articulated prepositions. Here's an example: English: on the Italian: sul, sullo, sulla, sui, sugli, sulle (su + article, again depending on number and gender) Hit me up if you need lessons, I teach Italian.
Jeez...you seem to know how to perfectly keep your accent at bay...I’m pretty confident that with a little more practicing you’d easily sound like a native italian in two weeks! Congratulations 🔝🔝🔝🔝
Good luck, I hope that you’ll be able to learn Italian and remember something, we don’t use this gesture 🤌🏻 every time we speak we use it when we don’t understand something like “what do you mean?”. Have a good day!
Ja ! Selv om det skal være litt vanskeligere enn italiensk... håper jeg 🤣 det var ikke lett for meg å lære norsk, men jeg er ikke en polyglott, vi skal se. 👌
Thanks to Babbel for supporting the channel - go to my link to get 50% off 6 months for a limited time only: bit.ly/Xiaomanyc. It’s genuinely a great app for learning Italian IF you don’t want to spend 12 hours in a row with tutors online ;-)
gg
You gonna probably learn all languages
Yes you are learning italian!!!! It’s my favourite language!That makes me so happy :D
Try this in Latin that sounds like a fun challenge
You've gotta try it with Greek too some day. Greek in one day.
I'm just waiting for this guy to master every language and then just invent his own.
Xiaomanese
That would be an interesting Question, how would you go about inventing a new language!!!
Lol😂
David Peterson has a great video on how he created the language Dothraki from Games of Thrones
@@rageagainstthemachine4248 indeed, that's what i wanted to suggest also.
Só cool to see!
"Io amo la carne sulla pizza"
Teacher: *immediately initiates exorcism*
Hai ragione 😂
Ahahhahaha
At least he didn't say pineapple
@@buonopesci true, hehe:)
@@buonopesci amo l'ananas sulla mia pizza 😃
the fact that the name of his friend from Napoli is Ciro is just the biggest stereotype confirmed
Hell yeah! I never look around me when I hear people shouting my name in the streets of Naples. Oh, that in the video chilling in Ischia is me and I honestly didn't know he just wanted to chit chat with me to practice what he learned so far! I am an Italian teacher, so when he told me he wanted to practice Italian, I thought he wanted some good extra tips in order to improve his studying. I feel so sorry, I should have tested his speaking!
Viva la Toscana!
yea it is
HAHSHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
**canzone napoletana starts playing in the background** mo m lav m vest e sceng
Random guy:*learn italian in 24h*
Cristiano Ronaldo after 3 years in italy:"ti aspecto"
Onestissimo.
Cristiano parla portoghese, inglese e spagnolo come un madrelingua, ma sono sicuro che tu sai fare di meglio 🤡
@@davideamodeo6100 cosa vuol dire io so parlare italiano, inglese e rumeno come un madrelingua fAi dI mEgliO
@@diegomosneagu3266 ha ecco perché ti senti in dovere di criticarlo, sei superiore!1!1!1!
@@davideamodeo6100 no ma non mi aspetto questo da una persona che sta da 3 anni in italia
@@davideamodeo6100 non importa quante lingue sai dopo 3 anni mi aspetto molto di più capisci?
la tipa che si fa una siga appena iniziata la lezione e con le cuffie della play mi ha fatto spezzare
Ahahahah
Tra l’altro era la più simpatica hahaha
Hahaha vero
è una grande
grande la zia che si fumava casualmente la sigaretta su youtube
This man collects languages like they’re infinity stones
hahahhahah
Reece Maxfield lol
🤣
Well collecting the infinity stones were quite difficult unless you're thanos
@@LUCAS420BLZ iron man could've got all them he would just throw captin america over the cliff for the last stone
When an italian ends a call: "ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao ciao..."
Bella ciao
Money heist
@@honv1se890 Please mate, Bella Ciao has a 70 years deep meaning for Italians, don't associate it with that crap Money Heast
*heist
Ogni tanto è presente anche il "Vaffanculo" di accompagnamento
Signori sta gesticolando,
ormai è già dei nostri.
i think the next language you should try to learn is ASL. I've always been interested to see how a polyglot would go about learning a non-verbal language
I second this idea
Just edit the comment
i also think this would be a great thing he learns its easy to learn when you focus like he does and its useful everywhere when you learn the basics
This is such a fab idea!!
@John Smitty there is? oh i didnt know that
Adoro quando tutti parlano dell’italiano e di quanto sia difficile, mi fa sentire importante😂
Facepalm!
Ahahahahah esattamente
Vero!! Anche se ci pensi l’italiano è molto più difficile dell’inglese
@@maddycordaro8538 qualsiasi lingua è più difficile dell'inglese, tolta la pronuncia, l'inglese è veramente semplice.
Ma è facile... Io penso.
He's from Naples, of course his name is Ciro
Ovvio
ciro esposito
I’m Italian and I know how hard Italian is, even for us! So, amazing job, that was stunning! Keep it up!!!
Italian is easy
@@samuelcoates3339 the grammar Is One of the most difficult
italiano non e difficile ho imparato italiano in tre mesi sono inglese di nascita
@@aidanmcguinness6237 bravo
@@aidanmcguinness6237 è difficile per noi italiani, non penso sia così facile :)
Ciro teach him the kitemmuort way of life...
AHAHAHAH MORTO 🤣
CHE FEELS
MADONNA AHAHAH
Hahahahah
Lol
You know she is a true Mediterranean women when she is rolling up a Cigarette in a formal conversation
idk teaching to someone who's around your age doesn't feel like a formal conversation
I thought that was very awkward...😳
@@MySecretWorld why? in Italy there is nothing wrong with conversing with a person who has a cigarette .. are you sexist?
accurate
It's quite common here in Europe and not seen as odd but you probably should always ask if it's okay before doing it just in case.
I'm italian and I don't even know why I'm watching this lol
Edit: thnx for the likes
Edit: wow, i got famous
Me too 🤣🤣🤣
Cuz part of you wanted to judge how well he speaks
Anche io lol
Io l’ho guardato per farmi due risate, l’accento dopotutto è la parte difficile per chi parla inglese come lingua madre.
Oddio un altro Tancredi, pensavo fosse un nome estinto 💪
That lady teaching whilst smoking is the most european thing ever.
And it's not nice at all. I smoke and i'm italian,just to make it clear
Got me 😂😂😂
@@jgxc8 she’s at home and if it doesn’t affect her teachings let her do what she wants.
We Europeans like to do what we want ✌🏻
@@Lord_Juvens except for vaxcines
@@krandymandy5343 what do you mean? Vaccination coverage is pretty good here and you are free to chose yourself.
In some countries you’ll be limited, but yeah 🤷🏼♂️
There’s absolutely no need to do the “gesture” while you’re speaking Italian.
We don’t do that all the time but nice try!
I'm trying to learn Italian but my Asian accent gets me all the time I can't even English I Engrish
@@buonopesci お疲れ様でした、Non mollare! 「あきらめないでください」
イタリアから。
@@nintendoinsight3686 ありがとうございました！頑張ります。
Agree, I was watching the video at the beginning and wanted to cut his hand hahaha
@@buonopesci がんばれ
I wasn't a joint, guys. A lot of people in Europe roll their cigarettes.
Fresh 🚬
it would be better if it were a joint,,, weed doesnt smell as bad in ur house as cigarettes do.
@@MyEnime bruh they both stink, but cigarette stank like very bad burnt toast while the other smells like a very stinky fart
Arytan Rey bro idk what weed u got wherever you from but it should not smell like like a very stinky fart 😂
@Caleb I'm just joking. I just dislike the smell
These italian teachers are so hilarious. It'd be lots of fun to take classes with them.
Xiaoma: Has a friend from Naples, named Ciro
Me, from Naples, named Ciro: "Ah uagliò"
Jimmy Bello is more like iamme bbon
Did you say Naples ? IS THIS A JOJO REFERENCE
@@stromokocur555 l'importante è non dire Venice al posto di Venezia👀
"Learning Italian in 24 hours"
Me, who had Italian as a main subject for 5 years and is not able to say a straight sentence:
👁👄👁
9 years here with an Italian Studies minor in college 🙈 embarrassing 😆
This makes me feel better
he knows chinese no other language is bothering him
No problem, there are some Italians too that don't know how to speak their mother tongue
Don't worry, most Italians do basilar mistakes when talking the only language they know
"What langauge do you speak"
"Polish"
"Ill be right back"
Jajaja jajaja
lmao
Haha to byłoby dobre
That comment made my day :'D
Potrafię śpiewać hymny po polsku, ale ludzie nie zdają sobie sprawy, że nie rozumiem, co śpiewam.
In neapolitan “Guaglio” is not pronounced with English G like the G in “Garbage”. The G is silent so its actually pronounced “why yo”
Great explanation
GlezIsOkKo im Neapolitan thats how i know
@@forgottenstreets io invece son di Roma :)
You should choose a different example because Garbage has 2 Gs or specify that you meant the 2nd g
no idea i meant the first G. Better yet the G in Gay lol
I know you are an expert language learner and polyglot, but please, let me tell you congratulations for the results you reached in just a single day. I don’t know if you’ve kept studying some Italian in the months after the video was released. I hope you’re still practicing my language. It’s hard, but it’s fun.
As an Italian, this is impressive! Italian is a beautiful language, this is a tip: when you get further in Italian, it’s not just talking, my family and I say that you sing Italian, it flows off your tongue!
Ciao, io sono Italiano
Gddallas _11 salve
Belli rega di dove siete
Volare!!
Operas in particular sound better in Romance languages. Germanic languages don't roll out of the mouth so easily.
When you said he was from Naples, every Italian immediately thought his name must have been Ciro
I checked my wristwatch
Wewe kitammuooo
or gennaro esposito
My watch:
*chuckles* i'm in danger
This guy’s determination and discipline is unreal
The keystones to success and the hardest to maintain (for many).
As an italian (actually born in a city close to Napels) i think it’s absolutely incredibile how he learned italian so well in just 24 hours and i just makes me love him 100 times more, like litterally how on earth does he do it!!!
"Ciro", questo è proprio Napoletano al 100 percento 😂😂😂
Hahhha vero
Bhgahahahaha
Ciro Esposito 🤯
GENNARO ESPOSITO
Ciro l'immortale
I'm Italian and the whole video I was like: So this is a genius...
The more languages you learn, the easier it is to learn more. Every time you learn a language, you gain a better understanding of how languages work in general, so you can pick new ones up faster.
We have mental muscles just like physical ones. The only way to make them stronger is by working them out.
Technology Yes,but no . A1 B1 B2 C1 and C2 you may never reach C1 or C2 but A1 (basic) is enough for what i heard he is learning at maximum A2.I know because I been studying italian for years now...(Non dico ci sono un buon studenti ma...force po sentire questo bene almeno) everyday should be this easy and this good person up there says the more you learn the easier it gets ,especially if you like it and have fun doing so
@@BeinIan I totally agree!
No bro, u didnt understand the sentence; it should:
“Non sto dicendo che sono un bravo studente (/una brava studentessa, for female), ma forse puoi sentire/capire bene almeno questo.”. The grammar was awful, but that is what he/she was trying to say.
@@skedaritou8138 that italian needs a lot of work
As an Italian I can say that for just one day it's really good, maybe you need to get used to the accent but damn you learned a lot. Bravo, continua così!
I'm currently trying to learn Italian. It's a beautiful language. 🇮🇹
If you want i help you, i am italian
9:33 the way you said "Napoli" sounded sooo "italian"! it was kinda scary, as if you morphed into another person lmao
Love from Milan
Esattoo
Vero. L ho pensato pure io
Si è vero sembrava proprio Italiano
Vero cazzo
Infatti
He better stop, he’s getting too powerful 😂
Lol
He's too dangerous to left alive
@@GoodGameNick But too rare to die
Lol he's about to level up
I like this guy
Hellooooo dear Ari, thanks so much for having me in your crazy challenge. As a fan of yours I really enjoyed our conversation. Keep it up the good learning, your channel is fun and precious to us. Bravo, e' ora di parlare Italiano he!. Ciao, grazie1000, ti auguro il meglio. In gamba..e...keep inspiring with your great talent for languages...
Who's Ari?
@@nikefan4779 hi, it's him. Ariel: Xiaomanyc
Italian teacher here: you know, Italian isn't THAT hard in terms of grammar, mutual comprehension etc... It's not impossible to get a good grasp of it in no time. It gets PRETTY difficult when you decide to improve it, or even perfect it. Advanced grammar and good pronunciation, especially, are quite hard.
Si!! I've been around the Italian language and Barese dialect all my life; just when you think you know it all, another verb tense is discovered to throw you for a loop!!!
I find Italian really hard, sorry but I disagree with you. I feel like I am talking back to front with Italian.
@@Mav_F what's your current level? What do you find particularly difficult? Of course I was saying that Italian isn't THAT hard compared to most non-western languages.
@@filipporubino4163 I am basic level of greeting etc after that I get a headache. I dont get how the word changes in sentences eg the word Drink from Beve, Bevo, Bevi and then the word eat. Drives me nuts. Plus Italians talk too fast.
@@Mav_F ok, so I take it it's the first time you're studying a romance language, isn't? In that case, yes, it requires a lot more getting used to.
A woman asks him: When did you learn all these languages?
This guy be like: yah so last friday I learned spanish. Then the next day chinese, it was a bit hard though. Oh and yesterday I learned italian and today arabic of course. Tomorrow I am planning to learn animal language and in the future which is after tomorrow alien language.
Him again 2 secs later after flexing: aM nOt ThAt GoOd ThOuGh *proceeds to smile*
😂😂😂
@@xmr-alexx3727 😂
Do all aliens speak the same language?
@@chairman3427 oof idk you must ask Xiaom
Lmfao made my day 🤣
Title: “I learned Italian in 24 hours”
Aho Suarez è stato più veloce
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
AhahahahHHHhahahahah
@Filippo lol sí credo di sí
Hauahauahuah
Ci sta
I can see what he meant at the beginning, that Italian wasn't as easy as Spanish. I am a native Spanish speaker and when I was learning Italian, I could read it and infer the meaning, but when I tried listening to a conversation, it was hard to understand, I believe it has to do with the cadence and the accentuating of the words, something that takes years to master. Comunque, Io amo l'italiano ❤️.
This guy speaks perfect chinese and then he says that italian is hard.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
As it is for almost any language, there is a barrier between speaking it/understanding it with seemingly no problems to *actually* think and construct complex thoughts, continuously (i.e. being proficient). The intricacies of the grammar rules are present as well, and really come back to bother you. But all in all, he's extremely good and he's learned a lot in such a limited time!
Just to show a couple tricky thing about Italian, we have
Princìpi/Prìncipi -> change one accent and the meaning changes completely (principles/princes)
Zolla/Zolletta -> the suffix "-etta" means "lil" but those words are totally uncorrelated (the first is a synonym for 'hole', the next is a small dry biscuit)
Prefixes and particle: Rincasare/Rivolgere -> those are different from Casare (meaningless word)/Volgere (one of hundreds of ways to say 'going to', but applied only to inanimate objects "il racconto volge al termine" is "the tale is going to end")
Just to show, this is because I don't believe there is a "easy" or "hard" language, rather, there are levels of difficulty to encounter in every language!
chinese is very,very hard to learn,but as italian I can tell you that italian is also a difficult language especially for the grammar
@Elielson da Rocha
Depende do ponto de partida. Se quem quer aprender português é falante nativo de uma língua neolatina como espanhol, francês ou italiano, português é fácil. Se cara é falante nativo de chinês, português é difícil.
@@carloscarneiro7226 bravo! Il cinese è difficile per noi che parliamo italiano o spagnolo o inglese, per un giapponese sarà più facile.
You honestly inspire me to pursue learning languages.
Thanks for putting out such great content!
The second tutor was such a cutie. I need his info. He seems like such a fun time for learning Italian. Love that
His info are in the description! Umberto I believe
high life physical attraction was not what I meant but go off
@@highlife8038 LMAOOOO NOOOO
As an italian I can say that your pronunciation is pretty good for a person that just started😄😄
Fun fact: Italian is one of the languages with most profanity words in the world, and its *one of the few with blasphemy (really volgar words which curse the religion).
Cool!! I'm in!!!
I am English with an Italian boyfriend...so far all I have learned to speak from him is profanity and blasphemy as it’s what I hear the most!!! And also tasi 😂
Sopratutto nel Veneto, ragazzo
@@trollogooglr9753 Ovviamente ahahaha
@@nicolaofford5011 he’s from northern Italy right? 😂
dude chill i’m still trying to learn one language and you out here learning another like 😭😭
learn to use chill correctly.
Bruh, just just practice
But he did use chill correctly.
Good Day! it’s fine, he most likely wasn’t having a good day so he needed to release it onto someone else. have a good day :))
@@steely666 learn not to be a dick to others
The first lady didn't roll a joint 💀 . In Europe its very common to smoke rolling tobacco rather than buying regular cigarettes .
A couple of my friends here in America roll their own cigarettes too, I thought it was a waste of time but they actually are cleaner
Also the flavour of the tobacco is better
Bruh is cheaper here in Italy to roll than buying the regular cigarettes
@@yellow_bell_pepper no it's not lol
Yes it’s very common, 14 out of every 10 Italians smoke 👍
As a 14 years old Italian who wants to learn some languages, this was really interesting-
I loved listening to the language when I visited Italy. It was melodic. And the people were sooooo nice. When this pandemic thingy is finally over, you need to visit Italy, Xiaoma. It’s such a beautiful country. 😍
Glad that you like our country
I love the part that we italians joke and are open about almost everything. It feels like such a natural connection with eachother not hiding oppinions. we can sound mad at eachother but we ate just so into what we say and it feels more real in my oppinion.
Thats what i miss the most from italy atleast now when i live in finland wich is almost the opposite
You should challenge yourself and try to learn a Slavic language😃 polish would be a good option🤔
Yesss!!
Perhaps, Hungarian. Not that it's slavic.. Great idea too!
@@flammulatedowl47 Hungarian is an Uralic(idk how to write this word) language. Slavic languages is an Indo European languages
@@qizysa Ah... I see. Well, I am glad I wasn't wrong about what I said, but thanks for explaining that.
I guess Russian would be an easier one to start with if he ever goes for Slavic languages. Then afterwards, he could maybe go for harder ones like Polish or Czech?
È bello vedere che qualcuno voglia imparare l'italiano nonostante sia una delle lingue più difficili al mondo, ottimo lavoro :)
Onestamente penso che sia una gran cazzata quella del "le più difficili lingue al mondo". Di cose difficili a livello grammaticale l'italiano ha solo tanti tempi verbali e basta
Più difficile? Parliamo tutti allo stesso modo con gli stessi 2 vocaboli in croce. Stile hive mind. Perfino i nostri politici parlano come a peppe al bar o il raccatta arancie. C'è il cosi detto Italiano aulico, ma quand'è stata l'ultima volta che hai sentito qualcuno sforzarsi di parlare in modo più raffinato? lol. Io stesso, ogni volta che uso L'italiano invece del Tedesco o L'Inglese, mi sembra che parlo come un uomo delle caverne hahahah
l'italiano una delle lingue più difficili al mondo? questo commento l'ha decisamente scritto l'italiano medio patriottico fino al midollo... e no, fidati che non è tra le più difficili al mondo, piuttosto, è tra le più facili. Tutte le lingue del Nord Europa sono più difficili (scandinave, germaniche...), tutte le lingue slave sono più difficili dell'italiano, tutte le lingue dall'asia minore, fino a quelle dell'estremo oriente, sono più difficili dell'italiano, le lingue della regione indiana, sono più difficili dell'italiano, le lingue subsahariane... l'italiano è tra le più facili al mondo
Nobody:
Xiaoma: Feelin kinda cute today, might learn to speak Gunieapiganese.
😙✌🏻🤣🤣
Inuktitut
Why do I feel like whenever he starts learning a new language it’s somehow connected to how much he likes the food 😂
@brandon he's not, but even if he is where's the problem?
I think that's how he categorizes it in his mind to remember it
Hi, I'm italian and I really appreciated your efforts to learn italian in only one dayyy... and you're doing really well btw. If u wanna know some interesting things about Italian culture, you gotta know that in Italy we have 20 regions and in all of them there are a plenty of different piece of arts, dialects, foods, places...One nation and such a different way of seeing the world all over the country.
There's a lot to found and learn here, and I hope you'll find these treasure, maybe coming here soon🇮🇹
Hello fellow Giuseppe
I'm brazilian, and my family came from Italy, so I would like to learn Italian, and this video motivated me a lot
Thanks bro
considerando quanto è difficile l'italiano, complimenti ^^ sei veramente un grande. keep it up bro
non e difficile, se Io lo ho imparato é sono uno studente davvero terribile...
@@skedaritou8138 imparare le basi può risultare abbastanza semplice, soprattutto se qualcuno ha conoscenze delle lingue romanze/neolatine. La difficoltà risulta nella quantità di vocaboli utilizzati, nell'esistenza di svariati sinonimi applicabili in situazioni specifiche, e in varie regole grammaticali, tipo quella della ripetizione del singolo termine, quest'ultima condivisa con pochissime altre lingue al mondo
The trucco dude just literally exorcised the meat pizza demons out of this man over Skype
I hope that worked out
I speak 5 languages myself, but you are something else my friend. I deeply respect the effort that you show in learning all those languages. Well done sir !
i’m italian and i’m really impressed. Remarkable job!
You're a legend. Bravissimo!!
The one dislike is from Rosetta Stone because it's afraid it may go out of business.
Me: *Learning Italian for 6 months* I feel fluent!
Xiaoma: *I learned Italian in 24 hours*
Me: 😶
Nu muovo nu kilo nu muovo nu pacc giro chi pazz
How many hours a day did you study to be fluent in 6 months?
@@lucaripoli2717 😂😂
Washington Neves I did about an hour per day, but in the last few months I was less consistent. There were some days where I wouldn’t feel like studying Italian, and I feel like that hindered me from doing as well as I could have. I managed to have two 30 minute conversations on Italki without much strain, but I honestly wasn’t satisfied with my level. Nowadays, I’m slowly starting to build it up again.
Ogni persona è un mondo, non paragonati con nessuno, basta che tu sia contento con la tua progressione.
I was lucky enough to grow up in a bilingual environment (Chinese parents but raised in Italy) I must say that Xiaomao is as brave as talented.
Keep on making awesome videos because I think we're all here waiting for you to learn more languages!!! btw my favorite video is the ear cleaning one :D
Was it easy for you to learn Italian?
As an Italian you did a great job given how hard our language is! Congrats
As an Italian, I'm genuinely impressed that you managed to pull off a stunt like this, some Italian kids can't even talk properly (cit.2009)
You must be the only Italian that had not moaned about him doing this. Just wounder those that are giving him shit can do what he has done in just 24hrs? Not many at all.
"EEEAHO ME PASSI AAAAAR CANNONE ZIIII"
- ragazzino 09
@@Anonimo-hf3yi AO PASSA STA BOTTIGLIA DE KEGLEVICH ALLA PESCAHH SEEH CHIAMO LA GANG CHE FA BANG TUTUTUTU IO PRADA TU NADA
@@damianoabbina9967 SEEEEE O BARISTA DAME NA BIRA IO VENGO DALLA STRADA GUARA CHE CANNONE CHE ME FACCIO TAAAAC SEEEEEEEEE
@@Anonimo-hf3yi SEEEEE GUARDA QUEL NEONATO CHE HO KNOCKATO KEKKO SPARAGLIEEEEEE (goliardia signori di UA-cam)
It’s so great they didn’t correct each and every “yo” pronunciation of “io” and other small pronunciations, you would’ve lost your mind! 😂 good job Xioma this was great
That opening sounded great! Definitely sound like someone who learned Spanish first haha. I'm sure you'll fix that in time though, great job!
OMG i'm so glad he said Italian was so hard. This guy can learn so many languages so fast so as someone that lived in Italy for two years, I was happy to hear it was hard for him too. Makes me feel so much better lol! As someone that spent their last two years of highschool in italy I can honestly say I understand now when people talk about his accent in Mandarin cause only if you live there and hear the accent can you learn it. This was awesome!!! Thanks Xiaoma!
he’s pronunciation is better that me and i been learning Italian around 6 years
How
That’s not good, his Italian isn’t that advanced chill
His speech might sound "good" simply because he knows some Spanish, which can be heard in some sentences. He has an anglophone accent, although much better than the average anglophone trying to speak Italian. Most of his wrong grammar is borrowed from English, and some words from Spanish.
Anyway, it's a 100% good start for a 1-day approach to Italian as a foreigner.
Well now you start to really master spanish and italian, i'm looking forward to see you learning French like a boss ;)
After Spanish + French, he'll master Catalan in just one afternoon of walking thru Barcelona
French? Oh boy, he's in for a treat with pronunciation and the whole "Yes we've got rules but exceptions are cooler"
Well let's see then, i really hope he tries it someday :)
same, im french & rly looking forward for this 😂
Yo he should try to learn every romance language
Try Portuguese. There are a lot of people that speaks this language that are really friendly
Italian: at the finish of a call, Cia Cia cia Cia ciao
Ah, I see you're trying to become a true New Yorker
Hahahah facts
🇨🇺
😂 this is a golden comment and so accurate
no curtains, one 10x10 room, likely a floor communal bathroom down the hall. $2000 a month unfurnished. ILNY.
Si lui deve andare a piccola Italia e parla Italiano
Xiamo: Book an Italian lesson
Lesson: comes to an end
Also Xiaoma: WOW THAT WAS GREAT WE WERE TALKING IN ITALIAN
Italians have really strong opinions on food... he does understand our culture :)
Se ci pensi, è abituato con i cinesi, che probabilmente sono tanto cibo-centrici quanto noi italiani lol è abituato a rispettare culture molto forti!
Love this! I love Italian so much. Great job 👏🏻
As an italian myself I feel honored that ma boi be learning my language, keep it up!
Ps. I'm from Naples too, cheers to Ciro :P
Bell'orologio
@@OnwardNormal70 hahahahahahahahah
Wow.. i am impressed, 24h
Spero che tu sia con il casco timothy
I love Italian 😍
This guy is a super brain. I'm so impressed. He should be an interpreter for the United Nations.
I disagree.
Being able to talk and translating complex topics as bespoken in the UN are two different stories.
The amount of lexic you ve learned in just 1 day is unbelievable, the pronunciation isn’t the best, of course, but as an Italian I can tell that you’re pretty smart and fast to learn, keep it up.
As an Italian I can say that it's not that bad for just one day of studying, good job.
Damnnnnn, he learned how to converse in Italian in hours and after 2 semesters, I am not as fluent!!! Lol. Where do you find these tutors though??? That was interesting
He got the pronunciation from Spanish you can clearly tell, that's why he speaks it so well
I thought the first teacher was rolling a joint.
Era solo una sigaretta.
Mate I did to
You never been to Brooklyn.
11:15 don't be surprised man.
Fun fact, there are a few swear words/common words that only make an appearance in only the dialects of the northern Italy, where people that live in the southern areas don't understand the meaning of, and vice-versa.
If you would like to learn an Italian dialect, I suggest you go based on which ones you like the sound of, but good luck if you're going to learn the sardinian dialect.
That's really and I mean REALLY challenging to learn and speak fluently.
Ps. I'm Italian and, to me, Xiaoma speaks really well, for having studied only 1 day.
ONLY little complain is, be sure of what you're gonna say, we usually don't like people who get stuck on a word because of insecurities, just say "fuck it" and speak your words.
Yes italian is hard. It’s hard because it sounds musical, doesn’t only have to make sense.
It’s harder than it should be, but if you learn it, you make some really good friends
what do you mean? I’m so curious because I actually love this language. “musical”?
@@teo0444 every parts of the phrase has to fit with the musicality of the sentence. If you hear, the parts of the sentence, change depending on the words you use. Spanish is way easier because they use less articles and grammatical parts. The first thing you usually do, is learning the verbs and names. And then you learn how to fit articles, etc. my guess tho. I found english very easy to learn. It makes sense it is one of the most spoken language in the world, because the articles are 2 only and verbs are way easier to learn. I love it. Italian has to be spoken cleanly, like if you are singing. It’s hard to explain, I am sure a teacher would do much better job than me explaining it 😂
lmao I love the fact that he's called Ciro that's the most stereotypical name you could find in people from Naples
this dude literally speedran a language kids study in 16 years of school in italy
"Io penso che l'italiano è un idioma difficile"
Me: *waiting for the guy to correct the little mistake*
Guy: "Si...decisamente!"
Lol ❤️
What mistake?
To be precise 'idioma' is still existing in the Italian vocabulary but is a kind of aulic literary term (in Italy is never used).
The truth is that in this specific context 'idioma' is the spanish translation for 'language'. We sai 'lingua'.
So the correct version is: "Io penso che l'italiano SIA (congiuntivo presente del verbo *essere*, terza persona) una LINGUA difficile".
:)
The mistake is really comprehensible, but surprised me the teachers reaction lol
@@fabriziorigutti5424 yo hablo español es posible entendernos?
@@bastianse8235 hola :) decimos que podemos por lo menos intentarlo, porque en realidad los dos idiomas tienen algunas reglas muy diferents, el sonido de la pronunciación es muy diferente también. Como por ejemplo tenemos muchas palabras muy similares. La realidad es que alguien de otra origen (anglosajon sobre todo) que quiere aprender italiano o español se confunde entre los dos.
Mi piacciono tuoi video! Sto provando imparare l’italiano, quindi guardo video come questi per aiutami. Grazie per tuoi video :)
I was on the brink of deciding to learn Italian for the last month or so. Now, after watching, I have decided to. Grazie.
So buona fortuna!!!
I showed this to my friend (she’s Italian) and she commented that you spoke it very well in a short amount of time. She mentioned that it is a difficult language.
Lol I’m italian and always thought Italian was a hard language to learn.
Bam learned in 1 day hahahah
Ma cos'ha imparato 😂😂
Credimi, l’italiano è difficile.
@@Sunflow131 Lo so, la grammatica italiana è il peggior 😭
Italian is similar enough to Spanish in both vocabulary and pronunciation that people are able to pick it up a lot easier as opposed to say, German or Russian
@@saltycalmondsI already speak Italian and I'm learning spanish... the grammar is almost the same and many words are so similar soo true🤣😅
Just to give your subscribers an idea of why Italian is much harder than people think.
English articles: the / a, an
Italian articles: il, lo, l', la, i, gli, le / un, uno, un', una (depending on number and gender; also, we don't have neutral so everything is either masculine or feminine)
To cap this off, our determinate articles mix with some of our simple prepositions, creating something that is totally unique to the Italian language (as far as I'm aware): articulated prepositions. Here's an example:
English: on the
Italian: sul, sullo, sulla, sui, sugli, sulle (su + article, again depending on number and gender)
Hit me up if you need lessons, I teach Italian.
At this point I’m just waiting for him to announce he is Tesla’s first AI robot
My family went to Rome and our taxi driver had lived in a very small town right outside of my hometown in Oregon it was crazy
I speak English, Spanish and Italian... ITALIAN IS THE HARDEST SO IS THE GRAMMARRRR
I live in Italy and I can confirm it ahahahahahah
Grammar is so hard that even italian natives get confused.
I'm from Malta... and no wtf. italian ain't fkn hard.
We fratm vieni in italia ca te insegno u napuletanu
Hahaha, no. Italian is not hard at all. I haven't even studied it and can understand quite a bit. Try Chinese, Italian is a piece of cake
Jeez...you seem to know how to perfectly keep your accent at bay...I’m pretty confident that with a little more practicing you’d easily sound like a native italian in two weeks!
Congratulations 🔝🔝🔝🔝
I’m learning Italian too. I’m happy this popped up in my feed.
Good luck, I hope that you’ll be able to learn Italian and remember something, we don’t use this gesture 🤌🏻 every time we speak we use it when we don’t understand something like “what do you mean?”. Have a good day!
How is your italian now?
@@gracemaiam3374 I ended up quitting for personal reasons.
One day he’ll try learning Norwegian in 24 hours. I’m exited(:
Ja ! Selv om det skal være litt vanskeligere enn italiensk... håper jeg 🤣 det var ikke lett for meg å lære norsk, men jeg er ikke en polyglott, vi skal se. 👌
Jeg tror italiensk er vanskeligere enn norsk for én som snakker engelsk.
@@MrSreior Tror jeg også.
When you find out his italian friend is from Naples and his name is Ciro XD
I love this video. U speak italian really well to have studied just 1 week! Congrats ❤️