Italian hand gestures and Sicilian dialect (WITH EXAMPLES!) 

Isn't that amazing? :)

I am Portuguese speaking and I understand most of the Latin languages so well. Especially Italian that most of the time, the Italian language, whether from the North to the South is embedded with so much Portuguese and Spanish words mixed in with Italian. Also, there are lots of French similarities in Italian but French can be tricky to understand them. I have studied French for 10 years! I get so sad 😭 when I encounter so many Italians, especially in my generation, can’t speak a word or neither understand anything in Italian. I am so fortunate to understand everyone because of speaking Portuguese as my native language and it transferred to Spanish as a child. As a matter of fact, I failed a lot in school, due to not knowing that much English. Now I am so glad this experience happened to me because I definitely can communicate and understand Italian. Whether it is spoken, written, (spelling is weird) lol 😂 in Italian. However, I do appreciate the Latin languages so well and love the Italian language as if it was my own language. I do know how to communicate in Italian, due to all the exposure of all the words it has in common with the other Latin languages!

I hear you! When you're hungry it's hard not to stare at the pot!

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We say in the US: “a watched pot never boils.” I wonder if that came from Sicily or if it’s a more widely used phrase throughout European cultures.

Sicily and Naples were once part of an Spanish Empire not???

@@marvinsilverman4394 yes and the famous Borgia familly came from Valencia. Los Borja

You forgot Portuguese! A lot of Portuguese words in Sicilian as well. Portuguese with Sicilian “ Portuguese pronunciation with Italian, “ the letter “o” is pronounced “u” at the end . “ corpo” sounds like “corpu” “ano “ sound like “ anu “. Mulher 👩 for woman in Portuguese, “mulere “ I think that is how you pronounce in Sicilian. Portuguese “ Trabalho “ Sicilian “ travagilhu” I think that is how you pronounce it. The same pronunciation in Portuguese. Portuguese for pig 🐷 “ porco” same in Italian and Sicilian pronunciation. Portuguese “ Meu filho” “Minha Filha” ( My son/ My daughter) it is the same in Italian “ Mio figliò: “Mia figlia.” Listen to Portuguese from Portugal, you will be shocked 😳 how much Portuguese is in common with Italian. Especially with Sicilian as well!

@@eileencampos5680 as Asturian and Galician. I think before the 15th all the ibero Romance languages were closer

@@sebastienlopezmassoni8107 I agree with you. Just that the development of both languages changed over time. Spanish and Portuguese are twin languages. Most of the time we are speaking the same. Other times we are not speaking the same way that may be confusing to us.

That's correct! Some words are very similar! I don't speak Portuguese but I noticed some of the similarities as I have a Portuguese friend I met in France a few years ago. So interesting! Actually in Sicilian to go downstairs is 'scinniri', but it's possible that it could be different in other towns. Glad you have such an interest in learning Sicilian!

Hi.I live in North of Italy,near Venice.Here when you talk to older man we use vu.To Say downstair is da bas whith the meaning of down. Camisa should be another world in common

Come here Is vien qua

Venpaca en español

I'm not fluent in any of those languages, but i literally just commented on another video "sicilian sounds like portuguese italian" so you're making me feel proud for picking up on that :D

Sicilian (u sicilianu) is neither a dialect nor an accent. It is a not a variant of Italian, a local version of Italian, and it's not even derived from what became Italian. In fact, in truth, Sicilian preceded Italian as we know it.

Sicilian, Neapolitan, Piedmontese,Veneto, Romagnolo,Emilian, Ligurian and more that I forgot to mention are full-fledged languages that stem from Latin. The Italian constitution recognizes only two regional languages: Friulan and Sardinian. All of these languages have their own dialects and they don't come from Italian. Ligurian language has the Genovese dialect ( with a lilting similar to Brazilian Portuguese and French), Tabarchin dialect (basically an archaic form of Genovese spoken on two islands off the coast of Sardinia).

@@jerryscaglione9621 Your spot on.

The distinction between a dialect and a language is far less clear than you make it sound. And it is very common that among several dialects, one is chosen as the standard of the "language". The other dialects will then be called dialects of that language, even if they are, of course, not derived from the dialect that is now called "standard". For instance: German dialects such as Bavarian are not derived from Standard German. English in Liverpool is not derived from the King's English or the English spoken in London, or on BBC. And so on.

Sicilian is a vernacular of Latin. It derives from Latin with Arabic, French and Spanish influences due to the many times it was concurred and inhabited buy those nations. Sicilian food has a lot of North African influences as well.

Mine are from the same place. Name is Lamantia.. I was there a while back.. Its an old small fishing town with some interesting history and a Roman bathouse. They came to Pittsburgh and Chicago from there I believe

Thanks Armando!

She kinda looks like a sicilian version of Julia Loise Drefuss

Wonderful :) Thanks for watching John!

@@valeriaingo4919 you welcome Valaria

I Love Cefalù!

@@valeriaingo4919 Buon giurnu, come si dice in siciliano " che bella sei" ? Grazie

@@metalnordeste8998 Chi si bedda! si dice così :)

@@valeriaingo4919 Grazie : ) Sono un brasiliano che trova, in generale le ragazze italiane dal Sud molto belle. Peccato che sia difficile di incontrarne una qui in Spagna : (

Grazie! Un caro saluto!

I love Palermo! Thanks for watching ;)

Thanks for sharing Charlie!! That's so nice of you :) Ciao!

I'm not even European but they call Capocola Gabgool, I looked it up one day

The language varies so much because the towns, especially in the interior were every much isolated . There were little to no roads outside the major cities .

Clarification: Working in service positions (not gestures as a customer) although I assume some may be similar...please consider a video for this! ❤️🌹

'Oh' at the beginning of a sentence it's like the English 'ahey''! And yes, we still say it :) as well as 'buo' (= I don't know) which is actually 'boh' around my area. I'm glad you enjoyed your time in Sicily :)

You're welcome!

Spent the summer in Sicily 2 years ago and loved it but it was a real long trip from hawai ....Going back once this covid situation comes back to normal.... Now I know that island like I do hawai I don't get lost anymore while driving.... Been in hawai I for 30 years and I'm ...... Sicily is 3 times bigger than our largest island and possibly 30 times larger than the island I live on: Oahu.

The problem is I cannot leave Hawaii since I'm so rooted here professionally! 😫 My final resting spot will be the island of Sicily....🙏 Surfing CPA Hawaii

I love Sicily of course, but Hawaii's pretty great too. You wouldn't need to twist my arm to live there!

😅 Maybe it is too late , after 11 months but I will answer ... Well , kinda North Italians and South are not much in love ... I am not Italian , therfore I am not even interested in that , but my sister is married to an Italian . Every time I travel there I hear him commenting about some ppl who are from South , ppl we met or hear at the street speaking like in bad way ... He consider South Italians like primitive - too loud , too everything , those who brought bad name for Italians ( like mafia ) and.and.and. When we are on the beach he doesn't even wanna sit to close to ppl from south . He says that he could not stand the way they behave abd that they qren't real Italians... I think North and South deffinitly not in love 🤷🏻‍♀️... For me it is kinda crazy ... But maybe bcs I am from small coutry - Serbia .. Maybe in some other , bigger countries there would be also some diffrences North-South , idk. 😅 ... But still I think it is crazy ... I have also noticed that about Sardenians he doesn't have bad feelings . He says they are old ppl , from Paleo- times . BTW , he is from Friuli , Udine Crazy, just crazy for me

Corretto :) Grazie!

I'm from the western side of the island :)

@@valeriaingo4919 di dove di preciso

@@paoloamato5598 Provincia di Agrigento

@@valeriaingo4919 anch io anche se penso che veniamo da parti opposte della provincia. Complimenti per i tuoi video e per il tuo accento in inglese ! Malgrado non abbia bisogno di imparare L italiano seguo i tuoi video per migliorare il mio inglese ! Brava e bedda

We pronounce it Sicilia, just like in Italian! :)

Sorry to hear you went through that. Sounds terrible. Yes, that's interesting isn't it. Didn't know about the spelling, but I did notice the similarities when I heard the Romanians in my town speaking. Romance languages!

Well get use to it Hispanic people we use hand gestures as well lol.

I am Portuguese American and I have a Romanian friend online who helps me speak in Romanian. It is so astonishing that Romanian looks and sounds more like Portuguese! We have so many words in common! “ Meu dor 🤕 “ both words in Portuguese and Romanian! “ Frumosa” both words exist in Romanian and Portuguese. Portuguese: “Fazes tu” ( you do ) sounds so much like Romanian! “Tu vez” Portuguese meaning “you see” same pronunciation with Romanian. Portuguese “jogador “ means player “ Jucător “ same pronunciation. Portuguese: “ Meu Irmão “ meaning my brother. In Romanian “ Meu Frate” Portuguese: “ Eu sou “ and Romanian: “ Eu sunt “ Meaning “I am.” Portuguese: “ fome “ and Romanian “Foame” it means “hunger “ in both languages! Even our Latin pronunciation are the same at times! It is amazing !

@@eileencampos5680 And only Portuguese and Romanian have the smashed-vowel system. We say "casa" as "Cas-uuuh" like you guys do!

@@Plata-ori-plumbu Oh yes we have so much in common! I never thought I could learn Romanian and thought it was more Slovak or the belief it is more Russian based words. (This is the ignorant fact that in my area, there aren’t many Romanians around). I had watched a tv show once in the USA, I didn’t know what language was being spoken, but I could understand it lol 😂! When I saw the headlines from the channel, it was saying “Live TV from Romania 🇷🇴 in New York.” Then, I made some online Facebook friends that were from Romania and wanted to visit Portugal 🇵🇹. So I began to teach some Portuguese to them. When I went on their pages to write messages, I saw Romanians written messages and began to read them! I was so in shocked that I could understand and read some Romanian. I became interested in learning more about the Romanian language that I ended up in a group “ Learn Romanian.” Romanians helped me so much! I couldn’t believe how much we have in common among Portuguese and Romanian! We are at the far ends of the Latin languages, but yet we do come together with the words “I am.” Portuguese: “ Eu sou “ and Romanian “Eu sunt.” ❤️🇵🇹🇷🇴 I love this so much ! I wish I could learn a lot of Romanian and I am picking up some of it!

Sì, è vero il siciliano è stato influenzato tanto dall’arabo! Un saluto a te e grazie per la visione! :)

I'm ki

WELL WISH IN ONE HAND SHIT IN THE OTHER SEE WHAT FILLS UP FIRST

@@troykozlowskitheclevelande6841 i don’t know why you replied like that. Not necessary.

Don't worry Joan, we can make wishes happen around here. Keep an eye out for my next Sicilian video. Thanks so much for watching!

That's a great one and also translates directly in English

No, Sicilia occidentale :) Grazie mille per la visione!

These words are likely pronounced slightly differently all over Southern Italy due to the accents stemming from the regional dialects. That might be a good thing to cover in a future video, thanks! I have another video where I teach my in-law the pronunciations of some Italian words with similar characteristics. Maybe it could help. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sRhiTVKeqQE.html

@@valeriaingo4919 well, in New York and New Jersey, a lot of Italian Americans tend to INSIST the correct way to pronounce them is as follows, but I'm pretty sure they're completely wrong: capicola = gabagool calamari = galamahd ricotta = rigote manicotta = maneegote mozzarella = mootsarel Mostly, I've just heard real Italians say they're wrong, but they're usually Northern Italians. Haven't heard much about this from Southern Italians. The pronunciations are claimed to be from either Sicily or Calabria. American Italians in NY and NJ are really adamant about pronouncing these words like this and will correct everyone who doesn't speak like that. It's like some big matter of pride for them...meanwhile, every Italian chef I've ever seen or heard on any show has said they're completely wrong and it's some mangled American fake Italian dialect and they're making fools of themselves :)

@@AtacamaHumanoid I'm from NY as well and I agree 100%. I studied Italian for years when I was younger and those pronunciations are ancient and don't even phonetically match the words. Trust the real Italians, not the ones who only know culinary words.

@@AtacamaHumanoid the last four are the way my Sicilian grandmother pronounced them...the first ends in gol not gool... she was born in Palermo...hope that helps

The variations you are hearing where the final vowel is dropped are Neapolitan, not Sicilian.

Not sure! Nobody I know, and I personally haven't heard anyone mention it. Do you know someone that does?

@@valeriaingo4919 Hi, No I’ve never heard it spoken. I once wrote a story using it . It was very difficult to find an online dictionary and verb conjugations. I just did it for fun. I had thought my Sicilian girlfriend from Catania would understand it but she did not. Her father was from San fratello and his family spoke an amalgam of Italian and French. I think Siculu must be the closest language yet existing to Latin. Do you know anything about it?

@@chriswinchell1570 No, I don't know anything about it, but it sounds very interesting!

Grazie :) In Siciliano diciamo ‘Astuta la luci’ (spegni la luce) e ‘adduma la luci’ (accendi la luce)! Interessante!

Stuta a luci e dduma a luci❤

Supra Ciumifriddu e sutta i Bronti

It's never to late to learn ;)