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If you have watched my previous video about Italian with The Godfather Pt. I and Pt. II (link in the description), this video is the cherry on the cake or the straw that breaks the camel’s back depending on how you are getting on with my face: Learn Italian with The Godfather Pt. III in less than 5 minutes. Coming up, right now. As the old slogan goes “There are things money can’t buy, for all things Italian there’s Il Maestro”. By the way, let me ask you a question. How’s your Italian? asks Michael Corleone. “Devo fare un po’ di pratica”, I have to practice answers Andrew Hagen, adoptive nephew and godson of Michael Corleone as well as the younger son of the consigliere Tom Hagen. Modal verbs + infinitive Verbi modali + infinito Tip of the day: modal verbs DOVERE, POTERE, VOLERE, and SAPERE are followed by an INFINITIVE. Don’t overthink, keep it easy: Devo mangiare. Posso cantare? Voglio ballare. So leggere. Let’s move on. Numero 2. Joey Zasa, who has control over the Corleone family business in New York City, tried in vain to kill Michael’s nephew, Vincent, the illegitimate son of Michael’s brother, Sonny. Crazy Pazzo The origin of the word “pazzo” is uncertain. Most likely it comes from the Greek pathos, suffering, pain, sofferenza. Some linguists suggested a possible link to the Latin root pact- from which the Italian word pattume originates. Pattume, rubbish, garbage. Curiously, some dialects in Northern Italy associate the word “pazzo” with “dirty, filthy, trump”, sudicio. Andiamo avanti. Numero 3. Good impression Bella figura Michael’s partners on The Commission want in on the Immobiliare deal. Michael pays them from the sale of his Las Vegas holdings. Joey Zasa receives nothing. Literally translated la bella figura means the beautiful figure. More broadly, it means to make a good impression. For many Italians, it is much more than simply dressing well. First of all, La bella figura has something to do with reputation, therefore I would suggest thinking of la bella figura as bella (proper) and figura (decorum); secondly, la bella figura has to do with exhibiting good manners, so bella (good) and figura (behaviour). The opposite? Una figuraccia… the acci* ending at the end of a word very often means the bad version of something. Ma andiamo avanti. Numero 4. My respects Bacio la mano It’s an old traditional way to greet and show respect. Vincent was sent by Michael to Don Altobello to feign dissatisfaction working with the Corleones in order to find out Don Altobello’s connections and plots. Enjoy this scene, now Baciamo le mani, Maestro. Andiamo avanti. Last one. Another question for you. Tu parli italiano un poco?  Sì.  Non è molto difficile. Do you speak a bit of Italian? Yes. It’s not very difficult. Do you agree with that? I really want to know what you think about it. Tell me your experience in the comments. Dal Maestro è tutto. Mi raccomando: studiate! Quote Politics and crime. They’re the same thing Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)

After the great success of the video “Learn Italian with The Godfather Pt. I” (link in the description), I said, “why not?!”. 5-must know Italian expressions from The Godfather Pt. II. Coming up, right now. Bando alle ciance, let’s stop the chit-chat, put the kids to bed, grab a beer, and enjoy. Iniziamo. Numero 1  100 years                                                      cent’anni Cent’anni. Per cent’anni. For a hundred years. Some of you may be familiar with the expression “Salute” when clinking wine glasses for toasts in Italy. Salute comes straight for our ancestors, the Romans, and it is used for wishing good health. But wishing good health and happiness for a hundred years is something more. Well, simply because you don’t think people around you will live a hundred years. And let’s be honest, you were a kind of grown-up Pinocchio when you wished “Cent’anni” to your Parenti Serpenti (Sneaky Relatives – Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations). Ma andiamo avanti. Numero 2                                                       Drunk                                                            ’mbriaco Sono stanco e ubriaco, ’mbriaco, says Frank Pentangeli, one of Michael Corleone’s most trusted associates, with an Italian Southern accent. Ubriaco comes from the verb “Ubriacare”, to get drunk, and I would recommend you don’t get too drunk if you are for any reason involved in Mafia business because eventually, Pentangeli first betrays Michael and then kills himself in the desperate attempt to spare his family, as suggested by the Corleone family consigliere (advisor) Hagen who tells Pentangeli a story about how traitors in ancient Rome could spare their families if they committed suicide. If you are still alive, Numero 3. Little boy Picciriddu Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) got fired because the local padrone, Don Fanucci,demands that the grocery store hires his nephew. Let’s see that here below: SIC: E vossia è stato sempre buono con me da quando ero picciriddu. ITA: E vossignoria è sempre stato buono con me sin da quando ero piccolo. ENG: You sir, you have always been good to me since I was a little boy. Picciriddu, the dd at the end of a word is one of the many features that make the Sicilian dialect so interesting. ITA: bello, cavallo, questo, questa SIC: beddu, cavaddu, chiddu, chidda Siciliano sono. Andiamo avanti. Numero 4. Revolting outlaws Schifosi banditi Havana. Cuba. President Batista’s regime was under attack by the schifosi banditi, theguerrillas of Fidel Castro. Schifoso can also be used on its own and can refer to any person or inanimated object, for example, “La pizza in Inghilterra è schifosa”. Calm down, my English friends, if you go to Milano, it doesn’t get any better than that. E’ schifosa comunque. The real pizza is na-po-le-ta-na. Last one, last one. Numero 5. Forget about it Stu’ cazzo Roberto, a landlord in Hell’s Kitchen, evicted Anita from her flat for keeping a noisy dog that disturbed her neighbours. Unfortunately for Roberto, Anita is one of Mrs Corleone’s friends. Vito offers Roberto to pay 6-months’ rent plus an advance on the rent difference as long as he will allow the dog to stay. Stu cazzo is Roberto’s answer… before he finds out who Vito Corleone is. SIC: ’O cane avia restare, eh. ’O cane avia restare.ITA: The dog stays. The dog stays.ENG: F…ing forget about it. Forget it. Capisci paesano? Do you understand fellow countryman? Like, Comment and Subscribe. Don’t make come back for that. Dal Maestro è tutto. Mi raccomando: studiate. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. – Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)

50 years, cinquant’anni, 50, since Part I of The Godfather trilogy was released on the 24th March 1972. 50 years to make clear to the entire world that not only we Italians discovered the Americas, but we made a great comeback some centuries later by exporting pizza… and Mafia. Grandi, ca**o. Italians and Italian language are the core in The Godfather trilogy, therefore the take-away of today’s video will be learning FIVE brilliant and most useful Italian expressions with the aid of the unforgettable performances of a starry cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and many, many others, all directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Without further ado, put the kids to bed, and let’s start strong. Numero 1… 1. FINOCCHIO Faggot Vito Corleone comforts in his own way his godson, the singer-actor Johnny, who was rejected for a big-budget film by the producer Jack Woltz for making-off with one of his mistresses. Fine, but Maestro, I thought “Finocchio” meant “Fennel” . What does vegetable have to do with gay men? That’s right, Johnny bello. “Finocchio” means “fennel” and there is a creepy story as to why a gay man is called “finocchio”. According to a widespread belief, in Middle-Ages Italy when homosexuals were burned in the stake, people used to throw fennel or fennel seeds to mask the smell of burning flesh. There is no evidence to support this assertion but I do encourage you to throw fennel at people with poor personal hygiene and who smell like horse shit. Ah, almost forgot… This is what happens when you refuse an offer you can’t refuse. Check this out. 2. ANDIAMO Let’s go Andiamo, Fredo… Let’s go, Fredo! Vito Corleone and his weak-minded son. Andiamo is the informal imperative of the irregular verb “Andare”. Yes, you need to use the present indicative to make orders, give commands, and make suggestions in informal situations. The NOI entry in verb conjugations is the most regular form across all verbs, tenses and moods. Don’t make me explain that ever again. 3. MINCHIA Fuck, wow Luca Brasi is sent by Vito Corleone to feign dissatisfaction working with the Corleones and convince Virgil “The Turk” Sollozzo that he is willing to work for him. Sollozzo offers him $ 50,000, but it’s a trap. Minchia is Luca’s last word before being strangled. What does it mean? Minchia is a Sicilian word referring to the male genital organ. It’s getting hot. Wait a minute? It’s a feminine word La minchia. That’s right, Johnny bello. It comes from the Latin “mentula”. Nowadays it is used all over Italy also to express “surprise” and in some cases “appreciation”. It’s a synonym of the well-known term “c***o”. Shhhh. 4. LUPARA Sawn-off shotgun Lupara. Michael has had to leave the US after killing the mafia boss, Virgil Sollozzo, and the corrupt NYPD Capt. McClusky. While wandering Corleone’s countryside, Michael falls in love, at first sight with a Sicilian woman, Apollonia. He is warned by his bodyguards. Let’s have a look at the slide: SIC: Michele, lascia perdere in Sicilia ‘e femmine sono come ’a lupara. ITA: Michele, lascia perdere. In Sicilia le donne sono come la lupara. ENG: Michael, forget about her. In Sicily, women are like a sawn-off shotgun. The Lupara means “for the wolf”, wolf – lupo, needless to say, these firearms were originally used for wolf-hunting and they are traditionally associated with the Cosa Nostra, the Italian organised crime gangs based in Sicily, and its vendettas, acts of revenge. Last but not least, one of my favourite scenes with two “pezzi da novanta” of the History of Cinema, have a look at this: 5. PEZZO DA NOVANTA Big shot Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), who was initially very reluctant to be involved in the family business, but now the ruthless boss of the Corleones, is in conversation with the semi-retired head of the Corleone family, Vito (Marlon Brando). Pezzo da novanta is also occasionally spelled as “pezzonovante” in movies. Literally translated it means: ITA: PEZZO DA NOVANTA ENG: ARTILLERY GUN + OF + NINETY = a 90-caliber gun Out of a metaphor, the expression indicates a very important, powerful, influential person, a big shot, a heavyweight in any context. The artillery gun was made and used by the Italian army in 1941. The Godfather recounts the chronicles of the Corleone family from 1945 to 1955. Historically and linguistically relevant, this movie is great in every detail. Now, I am gonna make an offer you can’t refuse. If you like what you see and would like to see more about the Italian language and cinema, subscribe, like, leave a comment, it helps more than what you think. Dal Maestro è tutto. Mi raccomando: studiate! “You don’t ask with respect. You don’t offer friendship. You don’t even think to call me Godfather.” Vito Corleone (M. Brando)

Roma: il Papa, il Colosseo, Francesco Totti… eh ma non è tutto “rose e fiori”. Many of you fell in love with “Suburra”, the TV series that draws from the real-life eventsof the “Mafia Capitale”, a mafia network and subsequent police investigation focussing on power clashes and corruption in the Italian Bermuda triangle: politics, religion and organised crime. No pizza with pineapple and mozzarella is not included… even if you should f… rot in jail, if you ate one of those. Anyway, if you like the TV series, the “romanesco” dialect is not impossible to understand, subtitles help… BUT, what if I told you that we can learn in the next 5 minutes how to speak some of the dialects and enjoy Suburra even more. Ma cosa significa Suburra? Suburra o Subura, one R, was a crowded lower-class area of the City of Rome. Julius Caesar lived in the Suburra district, which was a place where politicians met with criminals to plot as well as a well-known red-light district. Iniziamo… In this video, I am going to talk about 4 of the main features of the contemporary “romanesco”. 1. VOCALI E SILLABE Vowels and Syllables In Romanesco, final vowels and syllables are NOT always pronounced. And there is also the case of the “e” before the syllable in which the accent occurs. Difficult to grasp? Let me show you this on the slide: ROM: Spadino, te sto ’a fa’ cresce per farte diventà un capo. ITA: Spadino, ti sto facendo crescere per farti diventare un capo ENG: Spadino, I’m raising you to make you become a leader. So the pronoun TI (you) becomes TE before the syllabe in which the accent occurs STO, but also see “farTE” in the place of “farTI” before diventare/diventà, become. The other thing you may want to notice here is the recurring feature of dropping syllables at the end: crescere becomes cresce diventare becomes diventà 2. PREPOSIZIONE DI Preposition “DI” Everybody knows famous expressions such as romano DE Roma instead of romano DI Roma, Roman of Rome o famme er piacere instead of fammi il piacere, do me a favour, therefore di becomes de…  Have a look at this: ROM: Così vediamo che c’hai dentro ‘a testa DE merda. ITA: Così vediamo cosa hai dentro questa testa DI merda. ENG: So we’ll see what you have got in this shit-head. 3. ASSIMILAZIONE CONSONANTICA Consonant Assimilation Ma andiamo avanti, let’s move on. I want to see some blood. Next scene: It’s not Chinese, it’s romanesco. Let’s have a look at the slide now: ROM: Pischello eri, e pischello sei rimasto, mo’ ata chiede er permesso pure pe’ annà ar cesso. ITA: Un ragazzino eri, e un ragazzino sei rimasto, adesso dovete chiedere il permesso pure per andare in bagno. ENG: You were small fry (a little kid), and you still are! Now you guys have to ask for permission even to go to the bog. Like in Neapolitan and most Italian southern dialects the ND becomes NN: We can see this consonant assimilation in andare becoming annà: In this regard, it is worth mentioning that the verb endings of the first-person plural change from -iamo to -amo (-are verbs), -emo (-ere verbs), -imo (-ire verbs). For example: Verbi in -are: andare > NOI andiamo < annamo OR ’nnamo Verbi in -ere: perdere > NOI perdiamo < perdemo Verbi in -ire: partire > NOI partiamo < partimo 4. L PRIMA DI UNA CONSONANTE DIVENTA R L before consonant becomes R This phenomenon is called rhotacization, however since I like the slogan “Parla come mangi” (Speak Like you Eat, speak simple), this is what I am talking about: ROM: La piazza ve la dò col cazzo, però se volete potemo parlà de sordi. ITA: Scordatevi la piazza, però, se volete, possiamo parlare di soldi. ENG: No fuckin’ way am I gonna give you the open-air drug market, but, if you like, we can talk about money. Where is the rhotacisation? DE soRdi < Di soLdi. The L is pronounced as an R. It’s a recurring feature. Watch this: Li sordi < I soldi < The money. Insomma, this is a short sample of the many features that make the “romanesco” one of the most known Italian dialects. And since you got a soft spot for crime series and Italian dialects, why don’t you subscribe and watch this video here about Neapolitan dialect and the Tv series Gomorrah. Dal Maestro è tutto. Non me rompete er c****: studiate! “Veni, Vidi, Vici” Giulio Cesare

You already got it from the title and thumbnail? Right? So Joe, aka “Beppe”, made a request. Check this out. Ah, ah, ah, sto tremann ‘e paur [dialect: I’m shaking in fear]. Watch this video and learn a few simple tricks to improve your overall comprehension of Neapolitan dialect and enjoy the TV series Gomorrah more and more. I was born and raised in Avellino, a city 40 minutes by car from Napoli, my accent is quite similar but not exactly the same as the Neapolitan spoken in Gomorrah, for example, so I asked for help. Enzoooo! Just to be clear, do you really need subtitles to understand Gomorrah? Stop kidding! Come on! Anyway, if you want to learn a bit of the Gomorrah language, I’ll take care of it The first favour I am going to do for you is to skip the part where I talk about the Italian language and dialects’ origins… because I know you don’t f…rigging care. You saw the thumbnail and you expect me to play the tough guy and hold a gun. Maybe, you want me to pour some blood. Napoli the Wild West where people kill each other on the streets; Where kids are exploited by the Camorra as in some remote gold mines; Where tourists are robbed of their wallets, cameras, souls and poo. Ma vaffa*****. Volevate il sangue? E il sangue avrete. Iniziamo. 1. LE VOCALI The vowels In Neapolitan, more than in any other Italian dialect, final vowels and syllables are quite often NOT pronounced. The pronunciation is more contracted than standard Italian. So make sure your ears get used to something like this. Tutto a posto? that is “all good?”, literally “everything in its place?”, so “is everything fine?”, “is all going well?”. And yet, foreign speakers of Italian are misled because the final vowels “o” in “tutto” and “posto” are left out. It’s more a “Tutt a post”. NEA: Tutt* a post*? ITA: Tutto a posto? ENG: All good? 2. LO SCHWA – ә The Schwa This leads us to a phenomenon called schwa. The schwa is an unstressed vowel that cannot be technically spelt by using one of the vowels already present, in our case, in the Italian alphabet. Let me give you an example. NEA: È succies* caccos*? A cas* tutt* a post*? ITA: È successo qualcosa? A casa tutto a posto? ENG: Has something happened? All good at home? Caccos*, qualcosa, something; cas*, casa, home are good examples of the schwa. The last vowel is not an Italian “a” and it doesn’t sound like any other vowel. It doesn’t sound like casa, case, casi, caso, casu. It’s more a “cas*”. The Neapolitan dialect is probably the closest example amongst Italian dialects to the schwa. Students of Italian learn from day 1 that specifying gender and number of a word is crucial in Italian as it helps avoid misunderstanding and provide more information, which other languages, English don’t always provide in the same concise way. And yet, dropping the last vowel – or better the mutation of the last vowel into a schwa  – forces in its turn speakers to make other changes to express gender and number. Let’s see that on the screen. NEA: nirë (m. s.), nerë (f. s.), nirë (m. p.), nerë (f. p.) ITA: nero (m. s.), nera (f. s.), neri (m. p.), nere (f. p.) ENG: black (m./f. s.), black (m./f. p.) Andiamo avanti. Let’s move on. 3. NOMI e AGGETTIVI POSSESSIVI Nouns and Possessive Adjectives How many times have you heard something like this? NEA: patimo ITA: mio padre ENG: my father/a father of mine In the Neapolitan dialect, the possessive adjective is placed at the end of the noun and combined with it. NEA: figliema, figlieta ITA: mia figlia, tua figlia ENG: my daughter/a daughter of mine, your daughter/a daughter of yours The possessive after the noun is a constant in Neapolitan dialect. Have a look at this: NEA: – Com maj si’ tornat? – Tenevo nostalgia ‘e cas. – Eh, ma quest non è chiù ‘a casa nost, Cirù… ITA: – Come mai sei tornato? – Avevo nostalgia di casa. – Eh, ma questa non è più la nostra casa, Ciruzzo. ENG: – How come did you return? – Homesick – Uhm, but this is not our home anymore, Ciro… Amongst the other things, it is worth mentioning here that, due to Spanish influence, Italian Southerners often use the verb “tenere” in the place of “avere”. For example, you could hear “tengo fame” instead of “ho fame”; “tengo la febbre” instead of “ho la febbre”. Last but not least… 4. CONSONANT ASSIMILATION No, it’s not a next-level swearing. You need to make sure that your ears get used to some changes regarding specific consonants. Amongst the many, I’d like to indicate here: nd- › -nn-: mondo > munn* (world), quando > quann* (when) This one is a classic andiamo > jammo (we go, let’s go). Very often shortened as explained before in jamm* What are the purposes of these changes? Well, consonant assimilation makes words flow more easily and… improve musicality. But that’s my personal opinion! Let’s watch the clip now. NEA: Don Aniell m’ha mannato a vi piglià – Tengo l’onore ‘e vi presentà ‘a persona che c’ha mannato Don Aniello. ITA: Don Aniello mi ha mandato a venirvi a prendere – Ho l’onore di presentarvi la persona che ci ha mandato Don Aniello. ENG: Don Aniello sent me to fetch you – I am honoured to present to you all, the person who has been sent by Don Aniello. As well as what we said about consonant assimilation, we may want to notice that everything is contracted in Neapolitan. MI HA becomes M’HA, CI HA becomes C’HA. Pigliare, to fetch, to pick up, to collect, in the place of PRENDERE is linguistically speaking Italian but it is perceived as dialect in the north. TENGO in the place of HO. The di as in “to”…

Sanremo, the most famous Italian music festival is over. Thank God. Before enjoying together Mahmood and Blanco’s song and finding new Italian expressions to learn. Let’s contextualise it. Shall we? Sanremo, this big circus populated by wannabe-famous youngsters: Massimo Ranieri (71 anni), Gianni Morandi (77 anni), Orietta Berti (79 anni), Iva Zanicchi (82 anni) just to mention a few. Sanremo, this shining place symbol of Italian elegance, cross-dressing and strip-teasing skills: Drusilla Foer, Achille Lauro, Irama, Maneskin, Rkomi. Times change… who on Earth watches Sanremo? Più di 11 milioni di telespettatori.  Anyway, after winning the Sanremo music festival in 2017 with the song “Soldi” (Money), Mahmood won again this year with the song “Brividi” (Chills/Shivers)… but this year he brought a friend, Blanco. E allora Chi trova un amico trova un tesoro [Whoever finds a friend finds a treasure], but Chi trova Mahmood, vince Sanremo [Whoever finds Mahmood wins Sanremo].  Ma chi c***o sono?  Mahmood, 30-years old, and Blanco, 19-years old, are both born and raised in Lombardia, therefore they are not Italians. However, the song “Brividi” is worth listening to.Brividi is a song about love and everything that comes with it: the difficulty of expressing ourselves, the fear of loving the other, making mistakes, sharing wonderful intimate moments.  The song alternates romantic metaphors… Ho sognato di volare con te su una bici di diamanti  I dreamed of flying with you on a diamond bike and images of more concrete earthly love: Tu, che mi svegli il mattino Tu, che sporchi il letto di vino Tu, che mi mordi la pelle You, who wakes me up in the morning You, who stains the bed with wine You, who bites my skin From a linguistic point of view, what we could learn from this song. Coming up, right now. Well, the desire of being together is expressed by using the conditional tense. As we all know, the conditional speculates about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen. So, the desire of being together is expressed in this way. Let’s have a look at the lyrics  E ti vorrei amare, ma sbaglio sempre                         E ti vorrei rubare un cielo di perle E pagherei per andar via Accetterei anche una bugia And I’d like to love you, but I’m always wrong And I’d like to steal a pearl sky for you And I would pay to leave, I would also accept a lie. Last but not least, there is a verse worth reading as we can learn some colloquial expressions and specific features, which are quite interesting. Let’s have a look: Ma scusa se poi mando tutto a puttane e Non so dirti ciò che provo, è un mio limite Per un “ti amo” ho mischiato droghe e lacrime Questo veleno che ci sputiamo ogni giorno Io non lo voglio più addosso But I’m sorry if I fuck it all up and I can’t tell you what I feel, it’s my limit For an “I love you”, I mixed drugs and tears The poison that we spit on each other every day I don’t want it on anymore Mandare a puttane (or also Andare a puttane): literally, to go with prostitutes. It means to ruin everything. For those of you who would like to express the same concept without incurring into scurrilous language, you could say andare/mandare tutto a rotoli, finire male. Ho mischiato is passato prossimo of mischiare, to mix. It takes the auxiliary avere because is accompanied by an object (droghe e lacrime). It is a transitive verb. addosso: on oneself. Literally a dosso, sul dorso, sulle spalle, sulla schiena. Learning Italian with music is possible and fun. It’s a must. It’s a great addition to your standard lessons on coursebooks. Subscribe here and join our live streaming quizzes on Mondays, as the winners will be grouped for free lessons on music and much else.  Dal Maestro è tutto: mi raccomando studiate! “E ti vorrei amare, ma sbaglio sempre E mi vengono i brividi, brividi, brividi” Mahmood & Blanco, Brividi

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Sto per presentarvi 11 YouTuber che insegnano italiano associati con altrettanti calciatori italiani famosi. Questo è il dream team che vi aiuterà a migliorare il vostro italiano con YouTube. Guardatelo fino alla fine perché c’è un consiglio importantissimo per voi. Dopo aver insegnato per anni all’Università, nei College, aziende e studenti privatamente sono giunto alla conclusione che ci sono 4 tipi di studenti di italiano. Vediamo insieme quali sono i vantaggi e svantaggi di essere o non essere come te. Numero #1. Non potevo non iniziare con un baluardo dell’italiano: Manu (Italy Made Easy) – Gigi Buffon. Sono d’accordo con Manu quando dice che la grammatica deve essere spiegata nella lingua dello studente. Manu ha creato un programma “for English speakers” e un podcast per migliorare le vostre capacità di ascolto. Potete imparare l’italiano comodamente da casa, quando volete voi. In descrizione troverete il link ai canali YouTube che citeremo, quindi niente panico. Godetevi il video. Andiamo avanti. Numero #2. Mark, Francesca e il team di (CoffeeBreakItalian) – Gianluca Zambrotta. Preparati, motivati, e con tantissime attività integrative sul loro sito (Coffee Break Academy, il blog, the Club). Vale la pena dare un’occhiata perché non ve ne pentirete. Numero #3. Graziana e Rocco (LearnAmo) – Paolo Maldini. Spiegazioni dettagliate, tanti esempi, tutto rigorosamente in italiano. Un sito sempre aggiornato con gli esercizi. Graziana e Rocco come Capitan Maldini: belli da vedere in azione e concreti come pochi. Numero #4. Lucrezia (Learn Italian with Lucrezia) – Rino Gattuso. Più di 730 video, instancabile come Rino. Se avete un dubbio, Lucrezia avrà probabilmente già fatto un video per rispondere alle vostre domande. Spiegazioni chiare e dirette: se volete andare dritto al sodo, Lucrezia è la tutor che fa per voi. Se, invece, vi interessano di più i vlogs: allora, restate sintonizzati perché Lucrezia fa anche quelli. Numero #5. Tom (Weilà Tom) – Alessandro Nesta. Lui ama definirsi il nonno degli YouTuber di italiano. È in circolazione da sempre. Se siete dei parlanti nativi inglesi, Tom fa al caso vostro: calmo ed elegante, come Nesta, Tom è nato e cresciuto negli Stati Uniti, noto che spesso riesce a fare delle associazioni e a spiegare concetti da una prospettiva leggermente diversa rispetto a quella di un insegnante nato e cresciuto in Italia. Numero #6. Francesco (Vaporetto Italiano) – Franco Baresi. Calma, calma, calma. Se c’è da mettere ordine, ci pensa lui, Franco, cioè Francesco, va bene. Entrambi. Lezioni di grammatica, letteratura, quiz, esercizi, Francesco ci porta anche in giro. Trasmette calma e competenza, e non è poco per chi deve imparare una lingua. Imparare italiano significa abbracciare l’Italia e la sua cultura, la Storia, le sue storie. Non solo grammatica. Vediamo alcuni ambasciatori dell’essere italiano. Sulle ali dell’entusiasmo, numero #7. Mattia (Lingua Franca) – Marco Tardelli. L’urlo di gioia e liberazione di Tardelli. Un’icona. Se avete bisogno di consigli e tecniche, se è arrivato il momento di trovare uno che vi motivi e metta in guardia su possibili approcci sbagliati, allora Mattia è il tutor che fa per voi. Interessanti e utilissimi per migliorare il vocabolario e la vostra capacità di ascolto sono anche le letture di grandi classici della letteratura accompagnati dalla traduzione in inglese. Dall’altro lato a sinistra, numero #8. Katie e Matteo (Easy Italian) –  Andrea Pirlo. Potete imparare a conoscere l’Italia e l’italiano in modo diverso con le interviste di Katie e Matteo. Se il progetto vi affascina, potete diventare membri della loro community e ricevere materiale aggiuntivo come le trascrizioni delle interviste, esercizi e altri extra. Numero #9. Davide (Podcast Italiano) – Paolo Rossi. Le notti magiche del Mondiale dell’82, la tenacia e la voglia di Paolo Rossi. I contenuti di Davide sono ricercati. Che si tratti di storia della lingua, di letteratura, di peculiarità relative all’italiano e non solo, Davide propone contenuti ben pensati, anche di una certa durata. Un bel rischio per l’algoritmo di YouTube, ma qualità e quantità, alla fine, ripagano sempre. Bravo! Numero #10. Il Maestro (Learn Italian with Il Maestro) – Roberto Baggio. La fantasia al potere. Un momento, mi sto facendo pubblicità da solo? Sin da quando insegnavo all’Università e nei College la mia filosofia è: prepararsi sudando le sette camicie, insegnare divertendo. Da un po’ di tempo, provo a farlo anche su YouTube… ah, ma vi siete iscritti finora? Boh… Numero #11. Carlo e Giulia (Piazzasquare) – Pippo Inzaghi. Carlo e Giulia danno tanto spazio ai loro follower. Le loro interviste sulla diffusione dell’italiano all’estero sono un appuntamento molto seguito. Tanto lavoro ma che ha prodotto risultati in poco tempo. Il grido di battaglia di Carlo e Giulia è: ed è goal, ed è goal, ed è goal. Come Pippo: veri bomber. Prima di andare via, però voglio dirvi una cosa importante. Non è possibile imparare l’italiano usando solo YouTube. L’obiettivo dell’imparare una lingua è COMUNICARE. Questa parola che deriva dal latino e significa “mettere in comune”. Imparare una lingua vuol dire “mettere in comune” quello che si ha,  CONDIVIDERE. E lo si può fare solo insieme agli altri. Allora, non dimenticate di iscrivervi ai canali del vostro Dream Team per il 2022. Dal Maestro è tutto. Mi raccomando: studiate! Qui sotto troverete i link ai canali YouTube del tuo Dream Team: Manu di Italy Made Easy: https://www.youtube.com/c/Italymadeeasy Mark e Francesca di Coffee Break Italian: https://www.youtube.com/c/CoffeeBreakLanguages Graziana e Rocco di LearnAmo: https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnAmo Lucrezia di Learn Italian with Lucrezia: https://www.youtube.com/c/lucreziaoddone Tom di Weilà Tom: https://www.youtube.com/c/Weil%C3%A0Tom Francesco di Vaporetto Italiano: https://www.youtube.com/c/VaporettoItaliano Mattia di Lingua Franca: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaxX4wwsmvJrfzk_RdWnAlw Katie e Matteo di Easy Italian: https://www.youtube.com/c/EasyItalian Davide di Podcast Italiano: https://www.youtube.com/c/PodcastItaliano Il Maestro di Learn Italian with Il Maestro: https://bit.ly/3DFgW60 Carlo e Giulia di PiazzaSquare: https://www.youtube.com/c/piazzasquare “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin