a language derived from Latin and spoken by the people of the country of Italy. Here's a pronunciation guide:
A = pronounced like (AH)
AI = pronounced sort of like (EYE)
AU = pronounced like (OW)
B = pronounced like (B)
C = pronounced like (K) when next to A, O, U, HI, HE, R, L
C = pronounced like (CH) when next to I, E, IA, IO, IU
D = pronounced like (D)
E = pronounced like (AY) with single consonants
E = pronounced like (EH) with double consonants
F = pronounced like (F)
G = pronounced like (G) when next to A, O, U, R, L, HI, HE
G = pronounced like (J) when next to I, E, IA, IO, IU
GU = pronounced like (GW)
GN = pronounced like (NY) as in CANYON
GL = pronounced like (LY) as in TALL YARD
H = pronounced silent makes G and C hard next to I and E like in the word "SPAGHETTI"
I = pronounced like (EE)
J = occurs in foreign words; pronounced like (Y)
There is no K
L = pronounced like (L)
M = pronounced like (M)
N = pronounced like (N)
O = pronounced like (OH)
OI = pronounced sort of like (OY)
P = pronounced like (P)
Q = pronounced like (KW) when next to U
R = pronounced like (R) but it is rolled like in Spanish and Latin
S = pronounced like (S) and pronounced like (Z) when it is surrounded by vowels like in "POESIA"
T = pronounced like (T)
U = pronounced like (OO)
V = pronounced like (V)
There is no W
There is no X
There is no Y
Z = pronounced like (TS)
ZZ = pronounced like (TS)
The grave accent appears on the last syllable of words to indicate that it is stressed. Otherwise, there are generally no other accents.
A = pronounced like (AH)
AI = pronounced sort of like (EYE)
AU = pronounced like (OW)
B = pronounced like (B)
C = pronounced like (K) when next to A, O, U, HI, HE, R, L
C = pronounced like (CH) when next to I, E, IA, IO, IU
D = pronounced like (D)
E = pronounced like (AY) with single consonants
E = pronounced like (EH) with double consonants
F = pronounced like (F)
G = pronounced like (G) when next to A, O, U, R, L, HI, HE
G = pronounced like (J) when next to I, E, IA, IO, IU
GU = pronounced like (GW)
GN = pronounced like (NY) as in CANYON
GL = pronounced like (LY) as in TALL YARD
H = pronounced silent makes G and C hard next to I and E like in the word "SPAGHETTI"
I = pronounced like (EE)
J = occurs in foreign words; pronounced like (Y)
There is no K
L = pronounced like (L)
M = pronounced like (M)
N = pronounced like (N)
O = pronounced like (OH)
OI = pronounced sort of like (OY)
P = pronounced like (P)
Q = pronounced like (KW) when next to U
R = pronounced like (R) but it is rolled like in Spanish and Latin
S = pronounced like (S) and pronounced like (Z) when it is surrounded by vowels like in "POESIA"
T = pronounced like (T)
U = pronounced like (OO)
V = pronounced like (V)
There is no W
There is no X
There is no Y
Z = pronounced like (TS)
ZZ = pronounced like (TS)
The grave accent appears on the last syllable of words to indicate that it is stressed. Otherwise, there are generally no other accents.
Italian is a beautiful language and should be taught in more schools. I hope I am not missing anything in the pronunciation.
by Level 12 September 25, 2005
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Lars. F has no idea what he's talking about. Italians not having anything worthwhile to add to history? Here's a nice list.
Da Vinci, Michealangelo, The Roman Empire, Marco Polo, and also not mention America was named after his navigator, also an Italian.
I could go on and on but I'm not, because now I'm go play some soccer then have a nice big dish of pasta.
Da Vinci, Michealangelo, The Roman Empire, Marco Polo, and also not mention America was named after his navigator, also an Italian.
I could go on and on but I'm not, because now I'm go play some soccer then have a nice big dish of pasta.
by Dominic October 16, 2003
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The most amazing people in the world form the most beutiful country in the world! Italians often have dark, curly hair, olive skin, and dark eyes. yes, i know, we are hot. we also make a kick-ass bowl of pasta. American guys get hard whenever they see italian girls and girls get wet when they see italian guys. Not only are we ridiculously gorgeus, we are the smartest people in the world (hello, do you think it's easy making ferrarri's?) a few tips ifd you ever visit italy: Everyone in italy knows how to make esspresso, so don't say anything if you go there and someone teaches you how to make it properly. also, i would advise to speak english only in private. typically, if you are in italy, you should speak italian. eat whatever they serve you, italian food is good, no matter what. Play some soccer with them, you may learn something. Eat as much gelato as you want, worry about it later. you are in italy. la vita e bellisima.
by io sono la piu bella! March 30, 2006
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Reg: They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, and not just from us, from our fathers, and from our fathers' fathers.
Loretta: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: Yeah.
Loretta: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: Yeah. All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return?!
Xerxes: The aqueduct?
Reg: What?
Xerxes: The aqueduct.
Reg: Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. Uh, that's true. Yeah.
Commando #3: And the sanitation.
Loretta: Oh, yeah, the sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city used to be like?
Reg: Yeah. All right. I'll grant you the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things the Romans have done.
Matthias: And the roads.
Reg: Well, yeah. Obviously the roads. I mean, the roads go without saying, don't they? But apart from the sanitation, the aqueduct, and the roads--
Commando: Irrigation.
Xerxes: Medicine.
Commandos: Huh? Heh? Huh...
Commando #2: Education.
Commandos: Ohh...
Reg: Yeah, yeah. All right. Fair enough.
Commando #1: And the wine.
Commandos: Oh, yes. Yeah...
Francis: Yeah. Yeah, that's something we'd really miss, Reg, if the Romans left. Huh.
Commando: Public baths.
Loretta: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now, Reg.
Francis: Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order. Let's face it. They're the only ones who could in a place like this.
Commandos: Hehh, heh. Heh heh heh heh heh.
Reg: All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
How 'bout those Italians?
Loretta: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: Yeah.
Loretta: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: Yeah. All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return?!
Xerxes: The aqueduct?
Reg: What?
Xerxes: The aqueduct.
Reg: Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. Uh, that's true. Yeah.
Commando #3: And the sanitation.
Loretta: Oh, yeah, the sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city used to be like?
Reg: Yeah. All right. I'll grant you the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things the Romans have done.
Matthias: And the roads.
Reg: Well, yeah. Obviously the roads. I mean, the roads go without saying, don't they? But apart from the sanitation, the aqueduct, and the roads--
Commando: Irrigation.
Xerxes: Medicine.
Commandos: Huh? Heh? Huh...
Commando #2: Education.
Commandos: Ohh...
Reg: Yeah, yeah. All right. Fair enough.
Commando #1: And the wine.
Commandos: Oh, yes. Yeah...
Francis: Yeah. Yeah, that's something we'd really miss, Reg, if the Romans left. Huh.
Commando: Public baths.
Loretta: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now, Reg.
Francis: Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order. Let's face it. They're the only ones who could in a place like this.
Commandos: Hehh, heh. Heh heh heh heh heh.
Reg: All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
How 'bout those Italians?
by DeathStar June 19, 2006
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Refering to sex: similar to russian only the penis is stroked between the womans ass cheeks rather than the breasts. No penetration is involved.
by bestloved August 31, 2009
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From Italy, Italian background or (50%). If your one of those guys who has like 1/4 Italian in you, your still a brother too. Best food in the world, good looking, layed back people. Humorous and good lovers. Usually have large a penis. Darker hair, sometimes very dirty blond, depends if you are from the north or the south. Darker skin. If you are Italian and you talk with an accent that is normal. But if you don’t that doesn’t make you
non-Italian. Very smart people, great architects. Just look at Rome. Fuck you to all the racists out there who think we all wear umbro and adiadas with Cesar hair, and have mafia connections. The Italian family will stand up for each other till death. Close nit big families. Good sense of style. Easy to tell if Italian by last name. Usually good people and easy to be friends with but can snap if rubbed the wrong way. If brought up a tough area will be an amazing fighter. Great red wine.
non-Italian. Very smart people, great architects. Just look at Rome. Fuck you to all the racists out there who think we all wear umbro and adiadas with Cesar hair, and have mafia connections. The Italian family will stand up for each other till death. Close nit big families. Good sense of style. Easy to tell if Italian by last name. Usually good people and easy to be friends with but can snap if rubbed the wrong way. If brought up a tough area will be an amazing fighter. Great red wine.
by frankie giacomelli January 23, 2007
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Italians are the hottest people ever. Everyone things are sexy boys are gay, but just because they dress better than anyone on earth, doesn't make them gay, actually they are very hott and straight. We have the best food in the freaking world, people who say pizza is American, need to go to Napoli and eat at a REAL pizzeria, one of the small ones in a back ally. Not only, we also created ice cream, the piano, teh compass, and had some of the greatest minds in history, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rafaelle, Donatello, Petrarca, Tiziano, Boccaccio, Bellini, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Vasari. America was not only discovered by the Italian CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, NOT Christopher Columbus, but named after an Italian, AMERIGO Vespucci. We play soccer better than any country in the world and this summer proves that, anyone who gives us shit about winning the World Cup just needs to watch us kick ass some more. We have the tightest cars, teh prettiest cities, the most beautiful beaches on Earth in my homeland, SARDEGNA! (proud to be a "sardine"!).
We do not all have mafia connections, Italian girls are no harrier than any other race, we do NOT eat marinara shit and alfredo sauces, and we do NOT put parmesan on fish, EVER!
L'Italia non e per niente tutte queste cazzate americane, noi siamo i piu figi e non ce possono sta. FORZA ITALIA, NEL MIO CUORE PER SEMPRE!
We do not all have mafia connections, Italian girls are no harrier than any other race, we do NOT eat marinara shit and alfredo sauces, and we do NOT put parmesan on fish, EVER!
L'Italia non e per niente tutte queste cazzate americane, noi siamo i piu figi e non ce possono sta. FORZA ITALIA, NEL MIO CUORE PER SEMPRE!
by Ritozzza August 27, 2006
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