Italian languages and grammar

When speaking, the tone of the voice falls on a particular syllable, called tonic. It is said that the accent "falls" on that syllable.

An italian proverb: “Non puoi avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca”. Literally “You cannot have a drunk wife and a full barrel”.

Italians have good reputation for fashion and love to use phrases involving clothing. Today I am talking you through some of them

Some words accented on the same syllable change meaning depending on whether the pronunciation of the E or O is either open or closed.

“Leggo un giallo”, “guardo un giallo”; literally I read a yellow!, I watch a yellow!

If you are in Italy and you listen to this, don’t worry, they are not going mad!

In the Italian language there are two accents, the grave and the acute which respectively indicate a closed or open sound of the vowel.

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