Lakers Kobe Bryant Speaks Fluent Italian
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2015
- Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant speaks multiple languages, including fluent Italian. Watch Kobe talk about how he's feeling physically, and how honored he feels to accept the Humanitarian Award.
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This guys was incredibly literate and classy. What a loss and what a shame.
AlfieTheProducer u talking about Wilt?! lol
@@AlfieTheProducer bullllllllshhhhiiiiit
@@AlfieTheProducer your dont even know him gtfo
AlfieTheProducer And you know this because of what exactly? Because you heard it from the media... because of course the media has so much integrity. Please... Just stop.
Surely you are not complete perfection.
I swear people can do a ton of good and still be harshly judged over one mistake or a small few.
I would never want to be a celebrity and have every misstep of mine critiqued.
For goodness sakes the man was better than most. Back off.
Alfie jealous much, he speaks Italian and you speak rubbish.
I speak Italian. Born here. And his Italian is 100% fluent. Pronunciations, everything.
He grew up in Italy
Ok
almost 100% fluent
He lived in italy for many years of his childhood
Veramente?
Look at Kobe’s hand gesture in the thumbnail. He’s definitely speaking Italian.
Hand gesture? SO he is definitely American
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Didn't even notice. That hand gesture is so Italian af 😂
Bro you made me laugh lmao
kobe bryant è il migliore🤌🤌🤌
He sounds, and feels, more italian than the average italian-american
Culture 🇮🇹 more relavant than race, wht is race??? We all of the human race... 🤓❣️💜💚💭👁️💁👁️
🙋Ciao💋 tutti 💞💙💞🕊️
Kobe grew up in Italy, most Italo-Americans have never actually been in Italy
Some of them never been to Italy 🇮🇹 & believe, imulate the ignorant, 😬😲😮stereotypes of their own.... Tribe.... Smh . Dnt believe the hype..... Rme
he spent 7 years living in Italy
@Bobert Wiltshire "Wiltshire"
Not only is he fluent, he has the accent and the hand gestures. Talented, charismatic, humble AND intelligent. RIP.
Well he did spend his childhood there lol
Abdul Jaen
I like your face .. bear
Hahaha Kobe was never humble
I’m lost , when was he convicted of rape?🤔 So accusations, make you guilty? Got it .. but you two was there , in the room I mean?
💔
He is so fluent he speaks with his hands as well.
+Joe Piazza W
i didnt know the stereotype is real.. about the movement of hands
Hilarious! i feel italian just make you want to speak with your hands, it's so intertwined!
From an Italian.
The hand gesture stereotype is true but actually it's something belong to southern Italy.
Maybe the comunication difficulties experienced by the first emigrant exacerbated the thing, creating something that have some "radix" in the former Sicilian Kingdom's population but came out as an answer to something in the New York-Chicago scenery.
Long argumentation for: Kobe's father played for a north Italy team so...
lol good to see you cop that
I'm stunned by how ITALIAN he sounds, he speaks without even the slightest hint of foreign accent. Could be mistaken for someone from northern Italy.
He loved there
Honestly, one can definitely hear the accent, especially at the beginning. You can tell he is translating from English in his own mind then. Then he gets more into it and his Italian flows more easily. Beautiful to hear.
Pippo non esagerare...
Centro Italia caso mai, per essere preso per uno del nord avrebbe dovuto sbagliare tutti gli accenti
@@davide3243 non penso tu abbia parlato con molte persone del nord Italia ahahah
im italian and this guy spoke better italian than i do
@Martin L What?
Parla meglio lui di un siciliano o napoletano
@@berluskazza1lol certo che lui fa
@@berluskazza1 perché chiaramente solo al sud la gente non sa parlare
@@aaaaaaa_aaaaaaaaaa non ho detto " solo al sud" . Al sud ci sono dialetti che sono diversi dall italiano , molto piu diversi che al nord o al centro e se senti parlare il siciliano stretto non capisci tutto
He s got a northern italian accent, so fluent and elegant
ha vissuto a reggio emilia
@@Labbesvein a reggio gli hanno regalato una piazza poi sono nato pure a reggio io
@@Labbesvein Mamma Mia pizzeria whats that accent
Slim Luka 🤣
and his laugh hmm
His parents did a great job raising him. Articulate, intelligent, personable young man.
Yes they did.
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@JACKSONVILLE RED - he didnt HATE his parents. They had issues over money and were estranged for a while but it's my understanding that they were in each other's lives when Kobe's kids started coming
@JACKSONVILLE RED He fell out with his parents for some time but they patched up later on
yes his parents did an awesome job giving him so a opportunity to take him to another country and learn different language and now Vanessa deprive them from there’s grieving there own son death after there already part there difficult differences from there past .😢😢😢💔💔💔🙏🏼🙏🏼.
Yes, And it's normal for the family to have issue. Every Famiissue
Damn, I wish he was still here!
Me too lol ! I love and kisses him so much. I love him cause of the way he loves and cherished his wife and daughters. Omg longing for someone to love me like that. I miss him dearly 😭 RIP my love 🙏😇 you and your beautiful GIGI.
He is
We all do.
As an italian, I can tell you that he sounded so different when he spoke in italian from when he spoke in english.
Curiously enough, he sounded way more relaxed and affable when speaking in italian. He was alway very humble and nice, but when speaking in english he often sounded much more collected and professional, especially in interviews. When speaking italian he sounded super chill and joked a lot.
I wonder if it had anything to do with his upbringing in Italy and the way he related to people in each country. RIP, he was a great athlete and a nice man.
You know maybe because journalists always wants to make headlines with his words
It’s American English to same as Mexican Spanish same as north Italy and southern.
@@senad707 What
Non è un caso. Hanno fatto degli studi che dimostrano come cambiando una lingua cambi anche “l’attitudine”. Questo perché le lingue si portano dietro anche tutta una serie di aspetti sociali e comportamentali.
@@xeyepatchh6429 He is saying that it is a relaxed or informal version of Italian.
That is so cool that Kobe lived in Italy as a child. He was totally fluent in Italian and you can tell he's very comfortable speaking it. That's why he could speak conversational Spanish because of his Italian.
His wife is latina, and he learn spanish from her. I believe its become more easy to him to learn spanish as he fluent in Italian
Dave Atwood Sr And your point is?
@@daveatwoodsr2044 thanks for the information@@ but why so much aggressiveness?
He has said in other interviews the reason he speaks Spanish so well is because the speaks Italian and it is very similar. I speak both as well and his Italian is a lot better than his Spanish, but his Spanish is still great. I am the opposite I learned Italian second, but I relied a lot on my Spanish to pick up Italian
@J Stone in Spanish you can't say mambaitas because is mambita, for diminutives we often change the last vowel of the word for "ito" or "ita", for example: principe-principITO; tigre-tigrITO; casa- CasITA... And so on
I just learned yesterday Kobe taught himself to play the piano, so he could play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata to his wife. Life was cut short for this renaissance man.
He was an incredible person. It's so sad knowing he's gone.
Kobe Bryant Learns Moonlight Sonata By Ear, Plays It For Wife Vanessa m.ua-cam.com/video/jaRYFqZxYRU/v-deo.html
Kobe Bryant plays Moonlight Sonata m.ua-cam.com/video/jct6xeTmf9k/v-deo.html
Wow...you must be a real messed up..hardlife..rough no family support upbringing person.There are many kids from families that paved the way for their kids like many celebrity kids.Thats a blessing to have that and Kobe did all kinds of stuff that's not "handed down".basketball...multiple languages...a giving heart...helping people...self taught piano player and so much more.Nobody can GIVE you these things..its called HARD WORK.
No wonder you are called "hi", what a pathetic sorry person you're. Just tacē pentecniculus and go back to sleep.
When Bryant was six, his father retired from the NBA and moved his family to Rieti in Italy to continue playing professional basketball at a lower level. ... Kobe became accustomed to his new lifestyle and learned to speak fluent Italian.
👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the info.
Kobe family gone to France, Mulhouse, before Italia. :)
@@chrisa3661 he was too young so he didnt spoke french and even he did 8 grade in italy so he knows perfect italian and verbs
I love who when he speaks Italian he moves like an Italian
I hope your dad sent him to heaven 🙏
When he speaks American he moves like an American
he gave her daughters italian names, this is one of the best possible homages to his second homeland. Some years ago he went in italy (one of his many times) and reached the address of his old babysitter when he was a child, ringing the bell making her a suprise, without announcing himself before. She cried and gave him a big hug, he also cried remembering his childhood years and reviewing an album of old photos. Kobe himself told this story. Man is a legend.
His wife is a latina so i think the names are kind of both.
@@MC-oj4en No , they are really Italian , N.Diamante , RIP Gianna Maria Onore , Bianca Bella , Capri.
@@monicabolognini7962 they are both Italian and Spanish. It could be bc Spanish and Italian languages are similar. I can listen to someone speaking Italian and notice a few of the same words. Tagalog (Phillipines) is similar to Spanish as well. Maria, Natalia, and Bella are Spanish. I'm sure bella is italian as well. Do u see my point? Bianca, Capri, Onore, and Gianna are prob mostly Italian. Kobe was fluent in Spanish as well as Italian.
And yes i agree with u he is and always will be a legend. I named my son after Kobe. It's a bit strange bc his last name is Bird...lol
I was that babysitter
as an italian i can assure he was good even at being italian. that's 100% nice, soulful italian guy there. what a legend, may he rest in peace
@ISaidIt 2 because the languages have many similarities
@ISaidIt 2 Romance languages originate from Latin so it can sound familiar sometimes with certain words and the way people speak it. I remember an Italian woman in my grad class talking on the phone to someone and I swore it was Spanish. But my friend who was actually from Spain quickly pointed out my error.
aaron pryor chill out man😂
@aaron pryor Shut the fuck up oml
Italian he was not...
I understood the part when he said "alright you guys"
Mee toooo
Same. We're Italians now!
@@erizzy_ dayumm, you're fit af
@@madkent99 what is wrong with you? If you want a girlfriend that badly, just go up to someone your age and talk
@@Trabsol It's a joke not a dick, don't take it so hard. Don't be jealous I'm sure you're good in your own way
The thing that hits me the most is that when he speaks Italian, his expressions and demenanor change at the same time, you see that he grew up here. What a loss,..Italy loves you R.I.P.
Già... for us in Italy it's easy to get it, difficult for a non-italian to notice. He had a slight north italian accent, although I would not be able to clearly indicate one in particular. An he was so natural while speaking... a true 'half italian' guy (and I only discover that after his death.. shame on me. Hope he will forgive me)
R.i.p. Kobe
@@lucarancati365 Se non ricordo male era partito dal sud Italia e si era stabilito in altre 2 zone verso il centro/nord. E la sua tappa migliore è stata Reggio Emilia. E' molto probabile che abbia avuto il grosso li.
@@sasuke65743no, a reggio emilia ha vissuto fino ai 13 anni, poi è venuto a vivere qui a Rieti
@RockMeAmadeus I'm pretty sure he was American, not African
@@damianoabbina9967 Sembra che invece ricordassi bene: "Bryant iniziò a giocare a basket sin dai 3 anni e visse in Italia dai 6 fino ai 13 anni di età,[4] spostandosi nelle varie città dei club per i quali giocava il padre.[37] Tra il 1984 e il 1991 passò da Rieti a Reggio Calabria, per proseguire a Pistoia e infine a Reggio Emilia." (Fonte: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant#Dall'Italia_alla_high_school )
I’m Italian and I can tell you he speaks VERY FLUENTLY . he has a northern Italian accent . It’s amazing .
BDina that’s what I was wondering- so he’s fluent - thanks for that
BDina My ancestry is totally Northern Italian, mainly Lake Como area. My grandparents sometimes had trouble understanding Sicilians and southern Italian accents.
@Connie Crawford yeah it makes sense ,they didn’t understand because the two dialects are completely different ,I’m from the
North and more or less We all speak but each region and city has a different cadence .
@arthur weibe why wouldn’t they ? You must be the typical person who thinks Italian all look a certain way and come from some southern little town . I never heard anyone not admitting being Italian it’s totally ridiculous 😂😂
He grew up in Italy when his Dad played b ball there, coming fr the U.S. of course. He spoke Chinese as well.
His italian was perfect, deep sadness for his passing....Rip great man
Lara Szz Si infatti è perche è cresciuto li, per questo lo sa cosi bene communque è chiaro com un cristallo
@@bracciodiferro1401 ha vissuto in Italia 7 anni, ma ha sempre mantenuto vivo il suo legame con il nostro paese.
Lara Szz è appunto
Also rip Gianna Bryant ❤️
Lara Szz they are not dead
He lived in my city, Reggio Emilia, when he was a kid. You could see him playing basketball in the open air with his friends..a park named " Kobe Bryant" is now in ReggionEmilia. There are " murales" painted by street artists that depict Kobe and Gianna...
Un abbraccio dall'italia, bella persona!
Wow, so awesome to know
Somehow it seems more natural to see Kobe behaving Italian than American
We the Italians, accept Kobe and give you the whole jersey shore cast
shernigz, funny 😂
He wasn’t for you to “accept “ he grew up there ...
shernigz Omg stfu
They can't even speak Italian😂
We the blacks, say No Deal!
I'm an Italian native speaker and I can tell you that Kobi not only speaks Italian fluently but his accent is flawless,he sounds like a native.
Teach the Angels Italian up there sweet brother🖤 😢💔
Nina Bella teach the angels Italian? 😂
È cresciuto in Italia se non sbaglio
Lol what language do angels speak?
@Nina Bella: Thanks, that was such a sweet and lovely comment. 👍👏👏😀😀
@aaron pryor it was a sweet comment and you're just making yourself look like a classless idiot yourself.
I’m Italian, his Italian is incredible, the pronunciation is incredible, Kobe was incredible
He even starts to move his hands like an italian!
Like an American
Kobe wasn't just an intelligent basketball player. Probably one of the smartest guys in the room anywhere he went.
Imagine if he had gone into politics... Kobe would no doubt have made a fine leader.
@@mathieuguillet4036 kobe.u.are.missed.rip.
@@mathieuguillet4036 you are absolutely right
Yes Yes 👍 👍.. Very Smart Man.
And just to think he went to NBA straight from HS. He educated his self along his long but sadly cut short journey. Rip to the entire Bryant Family and all the precious lives lost on that very unfortunate tragic 💔 helicopter crash💐😢
It's hilarious to me how people assumed when he came in the NBA that he was just some hard headed youngster When he truly was one of the smartest and brightest players to ever play the game
So true...
people are intimidated by overconfident people. mistake or perceive it as arrogant and cocky. Kobe was on the basketball court as savage as anyone but off the court he was a normal guy
What an incredible loss. I don't speak Italian but I get the sense that Kobe showed a different side of his personality when he spoke it - something more authentic and close to who he really was. English was the language of 'Kobe the superstar', whereas Italian is the language of Kobe's childhood, when he was still free, unburdened, innocent and anonymous.
You speak like a real Italian, even hand gestures... Italy loves you Kobe 💔🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
This guy's death has left a big hole to everyone's heart across the world, he was really super smart besides being super good at basketball
Mpanga Robert and a great father
He meant so much to me growing up. U summed it up well. A hole in my heart.
@@PrettyBully404 I think he understood how much of an impact he had on young men. So for him to be proud and let the world know how he felt about his daughters, he knew other fathers would follow suit. The fact that he got #girldad to be popular is more proof that he was and still is an inspiration to many. This is hard and i will never forget him. I say his name everyday bc i named my son Kobe in 2008.
Unreal man 😥
He isnt only Smart he is our HERO
"In the end its not the years in your life its the life in your years" RIP Legend
Well said..
Alang Lcr So true👌🏾🙏🏾💐
Hell Yeah!😜🎁
Alang Lcr yes well said ❤️
L’Italia ti vuole bene! Riposa in pace grande campione con la tua cara Gianna. 🇮🇹❤️🌹❤️🇮🇹
Vederlo adesso fa di nuovo male
Im from Naples and he's got a northern italian accent, everything is soot on RIP
How fluent does he sound to you?
@@stevendunn2501 very
you mean spot on
Perché è cresciuto a Reggio Emilia mi sembra
spot on
Kobe was obviously extremely talented, but this clip evidences what propelled him to the top...he had a high IQ which he used to own most of his opponents. RIP
fastfootedone speaking another language or being able to learn it doesn't mean you have a high iq. Especially when you moved to Italy for seven years when you were little. It's also not that hard for an american compared to a japanese learning it. It's cool for sure, yes. He also spoke spanish Which is very similar to italian. Also his wife is mexican. He sure was interested. But you cant deduce a high iq just from that.
SednaYT but it is no proof of a * high * iq. And that is what i said.
dont u remember in school, correlation does not mean causation
bobby steakhouse exactly ! :) and it doesn't need a high iq to learn a language. Average does it too. People just don't read carefully. So thanks for doing so ! Gives me hope :)
@@bobbysteakhouse7022 only if you took philosophy or logic
Beautifully spoken he’s more Italian than some Italian Americans I know. He’s got the culture embedded in him RIP Mamba 🐍💞
We Italians do not recognise ourselves in the American-Italian people we see in US movies. They look like caricatures of Italians ( the exaggerated "Neapolitan/Sicilian" accent and hand-gestures..) but Kobe really spoke and acted like us. No exaggeration there, nothing contrive, a real Italian way of speaking and gesturing
wdf, of course he had the italian culture embedded in him, he grew up here in Italy. First solid memories of his life he could remember were in Italy, and he left when he was 16 years old.
Dawn E. You looked mixed...
@@d.e.p.5624 Waves hands, moves head & raises eye brows more in Italian than English. Not comical like Tony Soprano, but funny to watch his Italian body language.
@@d.e.p.5624 because he actually grew up there. And movie characters *are* caricatures.
Kudos to his parents for raising such a remarkable human being. Still hurts my heart that he's gone.
Too bad he had to sue them at one point
Hard Reset they tried to sell two of his championship rings. I’d sue too.
Kobe didnt exactly have the best relationship with his parents
They didn't come to his wedding and disowned him bc he married a Latina - or rather a "non-black," more to the point.
Yeah, he was such a nice guy that he raped someone :D
As someone who speaks Italian, got to say he can speak more fluently and elegantly than many of Italian background! We miss you Kobe 😥
His mannerisms and facial expressions were truly Italian here. Incredible.
Nathan Payne he grew up in Italy dumbass
Elle Luna Exactly they’re idiots... like duh Kobe grew up their lmao
He also speaks fluent Spanish
@@dopechick4955 *spoke
As an italian, kobe spoke an excellent italian, it almost seems like it’s his first language.
@@gianfalco8527Yeah as an italian I agree. What suprises me is you cant even notice his accent. Io sono anche cresciuto in Reggio Emilia.
Junior_ I'm amazed that he didn't forget it.
The guy was born and brought in Italy
@Junior_ He was born in Philly, but grew up in Italy; came back to the area (Lower Merion, just outside of Philly) when he was 13. He'd had a lot of practice when he went to the Olympics twice, as well as in the NBA when he talked with foreign players. Whenever he came back to Philly during his playing days, he would stop at his favorite cheesesteak joint (Larry's Steaks) and converse with the owner's mother who spoke Italian.
He was born in Italy and spent part of his childhood there.
Its hard to see Kobe Bryant now without crying.
Italian here... He speaks just fine!!! Rip champ
I am italian. I was not a Lakers fan.
I grown up watchin NBA.
I am a knickerbocker since Pat Ewing.
But I was also a great fan of Kobe Bryant. When he was 12 or 13 he went to my village for a basketball match. He splept in one my friend's house.
He learned a lot from our culture. The passion. Do things the best you can.
Italy is not an easy country. And for me, in my forties as Kobe was, Kobe was not only an NBA superstar.
He was the American Dream. If one black boy from Reggio Emilia can be the greastest player of his generation, man... Every Dream can came true.
Excuse me for my English. I would like to speak english as good as Kobe spoke italian. I don't want to be offensive or hurt anybody, so if my words could be felt inappropriate, please do trust me, it's only a misunderstanding due to something lost in translation.
The City Major of Reggio Emilia will dedicate the square in front of the Basketball Arena to Kobe. In Italy we do that only for people who was very important.
It is the highest honour we could give.
Every time Kobe spoke in Italian, it was extraordinary fluent and also "slangish".. He spoke italian as an average italian guy. The same jokes.. For example.. The three point buzzer beater shoot in Italy the TV speaker could say "La bomba! non va! Fischi per lui..." (The bomb! miss! Shame on him!)
I remember that during one match Kobe was live commenting during ASG in 2001 in Italian using italian words. The same words an italian guy would use commenting one match from his own sofa..
Always smiling. Always living with typical italian "Passione".
Almost any Italian basketball fan think about Kobe as "one of us".
We truly think Kobe was an American guy Italian grown superstar.
"Designed in USA but Made in Italy".
In Italy now we have a lot of troubles. It is useless to be in denial.
Kobe was the dream. If you can make it from here, you can make it everywhere.
The dream that if you work a lot, if you follow your dreams, everything is possible. The sky is the limit.
Kobe was the american dream in italian flavour.
Now the dream is over.
That's the reason why I can't stop myself from crying.
@red5lion Your English is better than many Americans my friend. Buena Sera ✌️🙏
💔❤️☹️❤️💔
I understand your pain. Though I wasn't a fan of basketball, I am a huge fan of calcio, and Kobe was too! I'm so happy AC Milan paid tribute to him.
💛💛💛💛💛💛
Che bella cosa grazie🇮🇹😥
It seems like Kobe is more Italian than those Italian Americans that are selling pizzas in New York 😋
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
For sure, because many of those were not even born in italy
Or Pussy on Brickell Avenue downtown Miami
@@christophzmiev844 😅😅😅😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
my italian teacher showed us this today. incredible. love him , r.i.p.
I'm Italian. He speaks very well!!! And the accent is very good. Rip. Champion! ❤️💔💔
This guy was too good to be true and that's why he's physically gone. The good truly die young.
He said he wanted to die young and be immortalized. This is it. He was amazing and we will never forget him. #MambaForever
Yessss Amennnn
well said and very true as seen many times in the past and in the song by piano man Billy Joel "only the good die young"
@@danitabrooks8921 ,that's what he really said???Wow(((((
False idolatry.
Do not have other gods besides Me. Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. You must not bow down to them or worship them, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ sin to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commands.
Deuteronomy 5:7-10
Kobe ”The Roman”
Rest in peace, amico
💔
Bart DeBuono rip kobe 🥺😭
Bart DeBuono 🙏🥺😭
You have an italian surname
You will be missed as always.
I'm Italian, and I've always loved his accent, and sometimes it was quite funny too🤣. Miss him🥲🥲
Smartest guy that didn't go to college. He had a growth mindset and just continued his education
No that would be Trump.
As an Italian, it's an honor for us, whatever word he has spent for our country
No te preocupale .
@ANA DONNA BONGALOS I made a video on Kobe. I've been playing basketball since I was 6.. I know 😅
@ANA DONNA BONGALOS I know, it's hard for everyone who loves him, everyone who plays basketball. Now we can only keep his memory alive
He not only speaks their language but he knows the body language that goes with it which is very important !!!
Well he lived in Italy for many years as a youngster.
Franklin H Yup he grew up there.
KillaCaliMan1 absolutely! I have a friend that speaks Arabic and I’ve noticed how the body language changes even when he converses with Arabs - I always thought he was being extra 😩 It makes them question his origin of birth...
I was noticing the exact same thing!
Waving his hands around??? That's normal for every language
his gestures are 100% italian legit too
He took from Italy this "touch of class", a contribution to be so "different" from all others, RIP mamba...
When he speaks in Italian his body language and facial expression are so bold like most Italians lol
Well he grew up in Italy so naturally you'll speak the language & absorb those gestures native to that country. To us we are amazed, but that reaction really treats Kobe unfairly. His experience is no different from an Italian born guy who then spent his early years here growing up, say in Atlanta. I'm sure Italians would react with some awe. He was a good student growing up & since Italian is a Romance language it's only natural he'd learn Spanish.
I'm Italian and I can say not only his Italian sounds more fluent and clear than many natives, but nonetheless he sounds such a nice and warming human being. Respect Mamba! You will be really missed in your second beloved homeland, Italy 😥
he speaks it with an American accent, not perfect but good
@@historicalreview7839
Is Kobe having a gramatical correct italian ?? if so, then he speak PERFECTLY italian.
Accent is a mean morron used to diss people who are overperforming in the morron's mother tongue.
@@Ludo045 u said it perfectly!
@@historicalreview7839 His accent is a really slight one
Historical review is it relevant to a person that has died ? Why you feel the need to say “oh it wasn’t so perfect “ va a cagher .
He moved to Italy as a child. and learned proper European basketball. Combine it with his talent and work ethic, and you have the legend he became and always will be. RIP Kobe
one of smartest men ever
Kobe lived in Italy from age 6-13 and swore in Italian, also. He had a Japanese first name, an Irish last name and spoke fluent English,Italian and Spanish! What an intelligent man!
From 6-13 is actually not so long to speak so fluently. He definitely was talented and loved the language. I know a lot of people living in one country for 20 years and still can’t speak fluently.
@@victorial1982 difference is, he spent those years as a child with the language. The people you know living in a country for 20 years probably moved there as adults and are less capable of quickly learning a language
I’m wondering if him living in Italy, especially in those formative years, contributed to him being so passionate. You don’t see it in 17 year old American kids. That mamba mentality.
@Mr Hansen wow.
He has an English last name
Who is here appreciating every facet of this mans greatness after the most tragic day in sports history
Me. I just found out he spoke multiple languages. Sadly, I'm learning more about him in death than. He's very impressive.
Charlotte Roberts This man learned French just to talk shit on court to Tony Parker. Kobe was really the hardest working NBA player.
For people that didn't know, he lived in Italy from 6 to 13. R.I.P legend
And your point is?
@@MrCaddy775 You definitely have a lot of friends...
@@MrCaddy775 u stupid
Imagine speaking so well a language you don't speak for years. Kobe's brain was built differently.
I'm very impressed by people who are multilingual. Impressive.
It's a fact that speaking, reading, & writing in at least two languages is great exercise for the brain & a great antidote to Alzheimer's.
Bryant was one the greatest athletes ever lived. Personally I consider him te second best baller ever, after MJ. Very, very impressive indeed.
However, speaking another language because your parents moved you to a different country as little kid is not impressive, at all, in my humble opinion.
Kind regards from Amsterdam
It's alot of fun trust me :)
@@zoldyckphantom5842 What is the best way to learn a second language? I have taken 4 years consecutively learning Spanish and I'm still not fluent.
@@tanman1994 the very best thing i did was learning the words first then i went to play games that had chat in it so i can learn and have fun as well, by the age of 18 i can speak 3 languages
I like burgor
Kobz Grew up in italy
He is not an American who speaks italian, he is an Italian.
BUGS body language becomes all italian. Europe is a continent, with like 30+ countries... xD
Ruber Viridis No. he was born in America. He is America. He may have been raised there for a bit, but he’s not from that racist, black hating country.
Cranker Nah definitely European body language. A lot of European countries have that body language, not just Italy. The shrugged shoulders, tilted head etc..
Just you know his father used to play in Italy and Kobe used to play for Reggio Emilia, my city.
He was AC Milan fan, which is my fav team as well.
He died on 26th of January on my bday, for me it was already a shitty time cause i lost my fav rapper 1 month ago (Juice WRLD).
RIP TO BOTH OF THEM they touch me like noone else
RIP Kobe. Cant accept that youre gone. The world is not prepared to lose you.
Kobe really Said 👨🏿🚁💥☠️
@@suomixs3506 Did you just try to trigger someone in emoji form lol
Same 💯
@@EB-mv5wb
Yes but wanna hear what gigi Said?
Lol
Who out here is binging Kobe videos after learning of his death? RIP Kobe T_T
We all are right now
Not me,don't know how I ended up here. May the victims of the crash all RIP.
me lol
horizonz have you seen his Short Animated film he wrote called “Dead Basketball”?
@@ARayOfSunShine32 nope i didnt i will watch it now(:
Kobe sempre nel cuore di tutti gli italiani ❤️
I thought it was funny that he ended with “Alright you guys!”
what crazy is .....when the conversation goes longer than a 30seconds...Kobe goes full Italian...hand gestures start to come back ....he speaks with more passion lol lol
Harri v'Jah yeah, it’s impressive, he speaks it so perfectly that gives me goosebumps every time
Claudio Colonna well he grew up in Italy ... so....
He grow up in Milan he says his blood become Red and Black when he was in Italy #ForzaRossoneri
@@rockzs74r "I bleed purple and gold" - Kobe
@@carlreubenfedelin9146 I still love AC Milan -- though they don't wear my brand of choice -- and FC Barcelona. If you cut my arm open, man, you'd see four colors; blue and [red], and then you'd see red and black
Kobe Bryant 2017 via ESPN
He speaks Spanish, Italian, and He was learning Chinese too.
He also spoke Slovanian to Luka Doncic on the court one day
And French
Wow
@@itsrtvbaby WOW
@@alexcecil5096 wow beautiful
fa cosi male sentirlo parlare in Italiano e non averlo piu tra noi :( RIP.. it hurts so much to hear him speaking italian, while he is not among us anymore..
Sentire Kobe parlare italiano è una delle cose più belle che abbia mai potuto fare...
I Miss him so much......
Props to his parents for exposing Kobe to culture.
Wake Up! His dad made frequent trips to Italy. THATS how he learned it. Before his wife you dumbass
@Wake Up! Italian was his first language (his own words).
@Wake Up! Really, he goes in-depth about growing up in Italy in this documentary: ua-cam.com/video/5zr6Xm5IjPM/v-deo.html
@Wake Up! are u an imbecile? His wife exposed him to culture? Tool, go do ur frigging homework. Kobe was raised in Europe until his Highschool years. That's why he said he struggled initially with English in Philly. That he spoke it, but that in the cities people spoke so fast that they barely annunciated their words.
@Wake Up! u are a different kind of stupid.
He was raised partially in Italy. That is how he is comfortable speaking and the body language associated with it. He is a natural with it.
What other languages he speak FLUENTLY?
@@stevethea5250 Spanish.
Jessica Jones ...True true true!!!
@@JessicaJones-me6sp By reading this comment you agree to pay me $1000000000
He is intelligent beyond belief. Period!
Who's here after the lose of Kobe? :(
Even this days i can't really move on to the tragedy.... Rest in Power Kobe n Gigi and to the rest of the
passengers.. Amen.
He was so smart. He wasn’t only talented in sports but could even speak more than just two languages
Bro he was bilingual because he lived in Italy from 6 to 13 years old, because his father played basketball there. He practically attended all the school classes in Italy, so it's not a matter of talent, it's as if he was Italian.
@@francesco6373 Kobe knew English, Italian, Spanish. He was learning Mandarin before he passed away to connect more with his larger Chinese fan base
@@BlackRoyalty_ I know but for what regards Italian he grew up speaking Italian so it's not a surprise if he had a good accent. I'm italian myself and he speaks like an italian, if I close my eyes I would not expect a foreigner to talk like that
@@francesco6373 well Kobe was regarded as a Genius intellectually. A lot of people don’t know that about him. His mind was hyperactive and so he would study a lot of random things and would pick up on them naturally and the knowledge would become 2nd nature to him. His ability to pick up different studies was amazing. Had he lived a full life I belive he would have done amazing things to help advance society
@@BlackRoyalty_ I agree, but I mean, for italian he literally studied in Italy so he is considered like italian from people of there
Quote of the day: “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” - Morrie Schwartz this means that Kobe is not fully gone we still have memories about him.
Pretty words... but when you lose someone you love... they are gone.
Memories have never held me tight on a long and lonely night... 😔
Eternity waits but life on earth is but a vapor, that’s here for a moment, then is gone. 🦋🥀
Thnx to social media too for maintaining memories
@@gingerblu9671 Sorry for your loss. I can't fully speak from your perspective, however I do believe memories are very special and important and I would personally rather have the memories than to have never had them at all. I pray God's peace and understanding over you in Jesus name and once again am truly sorry Ginger.... This is a song that I featured on my Christian Hip Hop channel and I invite you to check it out. It is actually called "Life Is A Vapor" - God Bless you... ua-cam.com/video/mwITNCTKndU/v-deo.html
Matt Bold : Thanks so much! I love that song! My first hip hop experience! 🙃😉
I write poems and you have my respect and admiration!
His Spirit lives on forever! We are Spiritual beings living a human experience.
Italy's adopted son!! Lived there a long time as a young boy. Italy is devastated 😞💔
1:10 Kobe does the most italian thing existing 🤌🤌🤌 We miss you champ
Such a wonderful man.
May he be be an inspiration for all the youngsters looking out for worthy examples.
Thank you for everything, Kobe!
I understand a little bit at the end when he said alright your guys.
lmao
Lmfao
Lol!! 😃
😅😅
optimus prime lol you’re Italian isn’t too bad either
Not only is he a complete sportsperson, he is also multilingual. He definitely left too soon
He grew up in Italy as a kid so it makes sense
@@wolvesbane1748 I didn't know about that until I saw this video clip. Now I know.
It just goes to prove how talented he is.
being multilingual really is a big achievement in the states eh? 😂😂😂
@@bucnasty7990 lmaoo facts
Bene Legendary 😂😂 well most folks in the us are white. A lot of us peeps on the coast are immigrant af, so we speak at least 2 languages. Boy, but in Hainesville Louisiana you’d be reaching for the stars learning some Korean on the side.
Kobe you were such an inspiration to me, you were the reason I started watching NBA and the reason I never regretted doing it. You got me hooked and you turned me into a Lakers fan. True legend, kind hearted, humble with an amazing talent! I miss you so much.
A true fan from Italy
Gorgeous Man. Especially while speaking Italian. ❤️
It’s interesting to see how while speaking the Language, he became Italian even with his hand gestures because that’s what I do when I speak Italian lol
yes and facial expressions!
Isabella Gimona I mean the guy lived there pretty much his entire childhood and teen years. He moved to America at age 16.
D_money I know...I was just observing his change in demeanour etc. from one language to the other because I am half Italian so I can relate
His face lite up when he spoke that beautiful language.
They will always be in our thoughts. Love to Kobe and Gianna from Italy
One and only KOBE forever!
I still can't believe we lost this guy, LITERALLY THINKING ABOUT IT makes no sense, Kobe, really Kobe????
We must all repent of our sins and live for God Jehovah through his son Jesus Christ if we want eternal life in happiness and joy
Perry Froze Where’s your God
@Private Account he never got convicted the charges were dropped and the girl backed out because she was lying and how can you say karma when kids died too? What a rotten ignorant person you are just embarrassing and disgusting
Private Account karma will get you sooner or later . You’re a disgusting human being.
Ironically his wealth and success ultimately led to his early demise. His wealth allowed him to open the Academy, which he located kinda far from his house. So he commuted via helicopter, which his wealth enabled him to do. So he was commuting to a hilly area in a helicopter... add in some fog, which is not uncommon in SoCal... and you have a very bad mix of ingredients.
I wish he would have set up the academy in Irvine, which was nearby his home. Then he probably would have drove the big SUV.
Ho imparato italiano because of him. Can’t believe he’s gone. RIP Black Mamba.
Anch'io!
Fax
I'm Italian and i started to learn English because of him. No joke seriously
I'm not a sports fan but I knew about his generosity and kindness as well as how devoted he was to his family. I'm finding out now that he was even more amazing than I first thought. The world lost such an incredible man and my heart aches. I'll never understand how such wonderful people can be torn away from this world while so many worthless and evil people live to old age.
Father of him played in basket's team of south italy too "Viola Reggio Calabria"
Man...learning a language this fluent takes years, and he was still on of the best basketball players, a legend RiP Kobe
Him speaking Italy is cool af who agree also
I just listened a person speaking a language I don't understand for one and a half minutes
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YEA SAME HAHAHAHAHAHA
Que?
Yup
Same lol
Bohan Xu yeah, but it looks satisfying seeing kobe speaking another language
Wtf? Any real Kobe fan knows he grew up in Italy!
I forgot lol
+Manny Vasquez any basketball fan knows kobe grew up in Italy
+Manny Vasquez Exactly!!!!!
Exactly, he use to have to watch recorded Laker games on VHS
Manny Vasquez I mean, I grew up watching Kobe so yeah I knew. Lol
Kobe was so sophisticated and classy what a shame that he lost his life rest in the kingdom above us Kobe & Gigi🕊🦋🕊🦋
Love you bro,
Rest peacefully
Learning more about Kobe (RIP) after his death, is inspiring me to become a better person.
R.I.P Kobe Bryant
Same here
Simps
Deleted Videos Dumb-fuck
Right!!!!👏👏👏👌👌
I used not to like him because he looked so angry (game face, duh). Now I feel we lost a great human being...