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In Italian pronounced in "dizione" (standardised pronunciation), and in the local varieties of Italian spoken in many regions, conjunction "e" is pronounced with a mid-closed E, whilst verb form "è" is pronounced with a mid-open E.
a lot of Italian-Americans use a form of corrupted Italian. the way Ariana Grande says nonna is a good example, the pronunciation is far off the original Italian. It just happens as language migrates, developing in different ways, and it’s far more common for American English words to end with an i: sound than the Italian e ending.
Generally, you can only find generic lists with all the big dog YouTubers from blogs or Reddit. I want to give people easy access to an actually good list of Italian YouTubers, both large and small, to fit all your immersion needs. I've compiled most of the ones I watch, have watched, or heard people watch, and added a brief description of what their channel is about. If you have any cool ...
Curse words in Italian I am currently in the beginning of learning Italian, and I am hoping to learn how to swear . Any and all words are appreciated, thank you !
As a native italian speaker I can say that from an academic point of view "nonni" (plural) means “grandparents” and "nonno" and "nonna" are "grandfather" and "grandmother" respectively. A lot of italians, especially older ones, tends to mix italian language and dialect terms, so maybe your grandmother use this form because of the dialect spoken in her region. But the "correct" translation ...
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