What Makes Someone Truly Italian - According to Italians | Easy Italian 170 

Che belle parole, grazie di cuore!

Hah! I live in Israel and the only friends I have are Arabs. Must be that Sicilian DNA.

@@tinalettieri I rely on my italian friends more than arabs..

@@titan_man8339 hah! Would be nice. I don't have any Italian friends here.

@@tinalettieri if you got a real italian friend you would know that.. those people are really different.. a people that came from paradise.. I was in deep depression.. for years.. and someone out of nowhere came in my life.. he gave me hope… Italia is suffering now! But believe me.. italia is the paradise

Anzi, although human being were created phone and Internet!!! It can’t stop the Italian speaking with everybody face in face !!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 that’s reaaaaaaally cooooooool🎉🎉!

E' vero, a noi piace molto chiacchierare! 😀

E' un'espressione che è stata molto diffusa dai media e dai politici italiani. 😀

...as whales

Thank you so much!

Italians from the south were more open and warm, because those from the north don't like to even breathe next to them 😅

You have written words of truth, good observation. Grazie, saluti dall'Italia!

​@@brunaizzo7703that's no true. I am Italian from the south, I married aman from the north from friiuli good people come from different places of the country. Italian's are friendly, helpful, and ready to share, start a conversation and much more. I have family in Milano, Calabria, friiuli, and friends as well.

Absolutely agree with you! I had the same experience in Italy. The whole group was of Italian native speakers but all of them tried to start a conversation and discuss several topics with me. I didn't feel excluded actually the opposite I felt very welcomed. A lot of people say it's hypocrisy and the Italians don't really care but I don't agree. I think Italian people as general are very warm and friendly and they love to communicate and share with others.

I'm an Italian studying in Melbourne; the quality of life here is definitely high, but completely different from the Italian one. Here in Australia you can easily find a job with high salary, the bureaucracy is very efficient and everyone is very kind, but I miss the italian lifestyle :(

@@flnk I totally agree with you. If we could merge the Italian lifestyle with the opportunities in Australia we would have the perfect country.

@@CAEO416 I absolutely agree 🇦🇺🇮🇹

@@flnk..same here, but first let’s get rid of the politicians…..Anywhere! 😅

​@@flnk of course a lot of our lifestyle in Melbourne has been created by the large influx of Greeks, Italians and other Europeans in the 50s. Bringing with them a cultural vibrancy that Melbourne did not have before that.

Thank you so much and good luck with your Italian learning!

Ale sciumà kube ? I've been for three years in Iran, in Mobarakeh (شهرستان مبارکه) for the construction of the Mobarakeh Steel Plant : it's quite near the beautiful Esfahan ! I love your Country, even if is in trouble ! Ciao from Rome, Italy !

@@comesefosseantani231 oh very nice . I'm a tourguide , if u wanted to visit iran again i will guide u 🤩😍

@@comesefosseantani231 grazie mille 😍 yes Mobarake is near our city. About 4 hours is far from my city. ☺️♥️

You are welcome here.

Thank you so much for your comment!

As an Italian who lived in the US I have to say that it's incredible how quick and smart Americans are, really learned a lot...

You said it baby. That's for sure. Live in Canada for 65 years, I am a Canadian citizen from Italy roots, love both.

Thank you! 😃

Yes, yes and yes.

Thanks for sharing!

when i try to speak "hochdeutsch" with germans noone help lol, viele grusse kumpel

@@TSFE79 I cannot imagine. We are very impressed when someone tries to speak our language :D

​@@noobschrauber4293Yes! I speak german a bit and Germans seem always surprised and glad that a foreigner speaks their language, they become suddenly more open and friendly. When I say Sorry for my errors they always say don't worry, even many Germans do the same errors, what I don't believe, but it's very nice from them to say so. "Bitte um Verzeihung für meine Fehler" :)

@@b13ne Amazing! Mach weiter so ;) That is what my Impression is, too. We know our language can be hard so we appreciate it more when foreigners try :)

You basically depicted just South Italians.

@@Gianluca- I’ve been to Italy enough times to know that they are the real Italians!

Haha thank you for your comment! 😃

Thank you so much!

La seconda vale forse per i piccoli centri. Se vivi in una grande città la rivale te la trovi dentro la tua stessa città ed è l'altra squadra di calcio cittadina (Roma-Lazio, Milan-Inter, Juve-Toro....)

I think it has to do with the fact that most Italian towns or regions have incredible story comparable with whole countries. It happens in Spain and France as well, I suppose its a pretty Mediterranean thing tbh 😂

​@@javihernandez2755 Exactly! Having lived for years in the south of France near the Italian border, I have to say I agree whole-heartedly.

One of my Italian aunts stood on the balcony of her apartment, waved her arm, and went into heartfelt praise for the city of Ancona. I was very moved, because I love that city too.

Absolutely Steve. My wife's mother is coincidentally also from Ancona, a city I now know and love very much indeed. My mother came a little further down the coast from Pescara and she was immensely proud of her city. The best beaches on the Adriatic and Brodetto according to her. Good to hear from you with the Ancona link.@@steveneardley7541

The endless repetitive narrative of Italians being this way and Germans being that way, which often are just false. It is tiring ...

As an italian, unfortunately I must say you're fully right.

Stereotypes coming from people that never left their countries for more than a week.

Thanks! @@philipe1502

@@jaygenglish2669 That is true. I found Germans to be very nice, many were friendly and helpful, others a bit more reserved, but never rude. I was in Munich, Baden-Baden, and Bavaria in general. I found the Austrians to be even more friendly. I've not been to Italy yet, but I'm learning Italian so eventually I'll be prepared.

Ahahah storia vera! 😂

Pensavo di essere il solo a mandare affxxxxlo dopo aver pagato alla cassa automatica

"ma va a cagare" è la mia risposta base alle autostrade 😂😂😂

Carbonara e Easy Italian è un ottimo abbinamento! 😀 Grazie mille!

Ma he bellezza!!!!

Thank you so much for your really kind words! Really glad to hear that you feel welcomed and accepted by Italians!

I'm sooooo sorry for what your wife said. That's not only untrue but even unpleasant and discouraging for no reason. Being Italian is difficult for everyone, even the Italians. Every effort is appreciate, because efforts to be civilized do cost to anyone, even locals. But there is always someone in the world who does not understand people, and you definitely understood something that your wife did not.

La Toscana ha una cultura particolare, se tua moglie è di questa regione non mi stupisce che ti abbia detto questa cosa che non rispecchia complessivamente l'Italia. I toscani si scannano tra di loro e ogni città toscana "odia" l'altra - o sono rivali in qualcosa - figuriamoci con chi viene da un'altra nazione! È una regione ostile per certi versi, quindi in teoria ci tengono a fare distinzioni, però come hai potuto sperimentare, nella pratica i toscani sono anche compagnoni e buoni amici.

@@M.C.P. molto semplicemente i toscani giocano a detestarsi tra di loro ma con gli altri non se la prendono, sua moglie dovrebbe saperlo bene

So, go back to America and pray you never need to be hospitalized or have a chronic illness. Those "high" taxes are what give Italians virtually free health care and benefits for disability. Yeah, you might have to deal with the bureaucrats but it beats being homeless with cancer or lupus or diabetes. Don't want that? No, didn't think so so instead of counting your miseries amid your blessings, try a little harder to learn the language and adapt. And tell your discontented wife to stop being such a pill, even tho you love her.

Una faccia una razza

Makes us Mediterraneans and cousins, two very similar peoples. "Una faccia, una razza" Greetings from Italy, ciao-ciao!

@@ianmarchese402 We of the Meridionale are Magna Grecia, not Latins.

@@tinalettieri no... we are of Latin language and culture, not Hellenics. Past dominations have nothing to do with it, because otherwise at this point we Sicilians could also define ourselves as Arabs (in western Sicily the Hellenism never reached us, while Arabization took place throughout the island), but it would have no sense today since we speak a Latin language and we also have its culture, albeit mixed with all the remaining cultures that have influenced us over the centuries, exactly as our genetics are mixed. In short... we are a Latin people, from north to south Italy, certo che sì! VIVAT LATINORVM

@@ianmarchese402 Certo che NO! The Romans had very little influence in Sicily and actually the Arabs had more. I am not and never will be a Latin. You've been brainwashed by the Garibaldini and their followers. I have NOTHING to do with those who call me a Terrone and who chopped off the heads of my ancestors and their compatriots to display in their disgusting Torniese museum. Ah, ok, you are a Western Sicilian, now I understand but don't be ashamed of our (I have Sicilian ancestors too, but East) Arab heritage that came from their Golden Age. In fact it was Federico II who encouraged it.

Good tip! 😀

I pray this changes.

I found her offensive because of the noise comments. Boh!

Thanks Pat, see you in your Dooblin, specifically Grafton Street :D

@@TSFE79 🤣

@@tinalettieri aww well, for the myriad of wonderful qualities that Italians possess ( and I adore them for their warmth, passion, and spirit), they do have an energetic and loud quality!

@patriciaobrien5977 you want loud? Try Israel. Oy vey. Not only are they loud, they talk over each other. I was in the super yesterday and I asked the manager a question but the customer service woman had to add her two cents. I couldn't hear either of them. The manager was an Arab and very gracious. He told her to be quiet and answered my question. She apparently had misunderstood what I was asking and although I didn't get what she was saying at first, I got that she was talking about something different. Then she wanted to appear helpful and kept talking.

Verissimo, hai menzionato dei punti importanti. Sei un buon osservatore, saluti dall'Italia!

Good, no one spoke of mafia because it's overdone and a real slander.

@@M.C.P. Grazie. Viva l'Italia.

Sembra davvero che ci conosci bene!! Ottimo commento.

@@alemassa6632 avevo un sentimento che ve lo piacerà. Saluti dalla calda Croazia(in momento dal sud). Ho sentito che in Italia è caldo come nel inferno.

Grazie mille, ci fa molto piacere che la tua esperienza in Italia sia positiva! 🥰

Have you thought about dual citizenship? It takes time, but I'm so happy I finally was recognized as an Italian citizen. Once recognized you can get an Italian passport.

@@casumarzu-fr2zn My DNA test says I am Italian. Down to my region, Liguria. I am Italian. It's my DNA.

@@ruthmccord6313 Yes, I have thought of dual citizenship. I checked out the requirements and I do meet them thankfully.

Half Ligurian and half what?

@@casumarzu-fr2zn Ahahahahahah beh sì...uno che è "fake" di suo è probabile che sia 100% caxxaro !

That's all you can think of? ANOTHER Italian who has 0 knowledge of Italy's true accomplishments.

Grazie mille per aver condiviso la tua esperienza!

"Sei così carino!" 😀

Grazie mille per i complimenti! Facciamo interviste in un posto alla volta. 😊

There is a lot of Spanish influence, Come on! I Borboni? Why do we call the presumpive king of Sicily "Don Pedro" affectionately? It is most certainly true.

@@tinalettieri those were the nobles and the rulers, not the members of the public. Ordinary Italian people didn't get in touch with Spanish people..and I add that now Barcelona, which is full of Italians, doesn't frame the whole country.. Because Italians travel to Barcelona and assume they know Spain.. Wrong!

@@giovannig2509 I guess my baronial roots are showing then.

Sono d'accordo con ogni tua parola!

Ciao, mi sto interessando alla Spagna e agli spagnoli. Ho sempre avuto un pregiudizio forte contro gli spagnoli, alternato a indifferenza, disinteresse verso di voi... prima di conoscere davvero la Spagna. Sono stato a Barcellona.. le metro più moderne e pulite che abbia visto in Europa. Ho parlato con alcuni spagnoli, li ho trovati molto tranquilli e disponibili. Spesso avete meno paura degli italiani ad iniziare ad interloquire, che a mio parere è una cosa giusta, ma forse vi fate comunque più i fatti vostri, che per me significa altri punti in più. Non tenete alla moda come noi italiani, siete meno criminali, Paese più moderno, lievemente più ricerca scientifica, progressisti nei diritti civili, siete il primo posto per i turisti europei, il fatto che siate un po' più poveri di noi italiani vi rende nella mia mente più umili e meno antipatici, ma questo non so se è vero. Vi conosco ancora troppo poco. Insomma, ho constatato solo cose positive in voi rispetto agli Italiani, e alla fine ho capito che gli spagnoli che odiavo erano in realtà gli Italiani. Proprio gli italiani stessi. O forse, non si può dire, i lat... Sapete, in Italia e nel mondo forse tendiamo ad assimilarvi ai latini. Quello che a me non piaceva era che gli Italiani venissero assimilati agli spagnoli e ai latini. Invece ora mi piacerebbe che fossimo un po' più simili a voi. Io mi sento molto più spagnolo che italiano.

@@andreasalucci8603 su, su, dai.... ricordati che la Spagna nei secoli passati ha depredato tutto il SudAmerica (tranne il Brasile). Ancora oggi sta crescendo molto grazie alla enorme possibilità e facilità di interazione con il Mondo ispanico. L'italia, dopo tutto, le uniche Colonie che ha avuto erano "gli avanzi" lasciati dalle altre Potenze europee... Cosa voglio dire? Che basta guardare un pochino alla Storia, e i Popoli che sembrano "migliori" vengono subito ridimensionati... Quanto all'italia (con la "i" minuscola, perché, per me, pur vivendoci, non rappresenta certo una Patria), beh, è una Entità troppo diversa, troppo diseguale, troppo varia. Non c'è nessun Paese nel Mondo, tanto meno di dimensioni piccole/medie, che riesce a contenere, per esempio, due Realtà totalmente diverse come il Trentino Alto Adige e... Napoli o il Sud italia. Chiaro che l'italia in generale, dopo "l'Unità", non è certo stata governata, per ragioni di mentalità, di bisogno, di approfittamento, dai... Trentini, ma dalla mentalità del Sud, che, partendo dalla emigrazione interna e dalla enorme concentrazione nella pubblica amministrazione di personale del Sud, ha plagiato, colonizzato, tutto il territorio nazionale.. Da qui il disordine, l'incuria, la disorganizzazione, la corruzione che vediamo ora quasi ovunque in italia. "Siete meno criminali": per forza, dove esiste un Paese con ben 4 fra le più potenti organizzazioni criminali del mondo (tutte al Sud italia), e dove esiste la Regione più arretrata (Calabria), e, nello stesso momento, quella più industriosa (Lombardia), d'Europa? E' l'italia, caro, quella che ci siamo dovuti sorbire, volenti o no, e che i politici del Sud (sempre ai Vertici) tendono continuamente a difendere così com'è....

Grazie mille!

This video was shot in Naples, that's why of course all the interviewees were from Naples or southern Italy. 😉

​@@EasyItalian Yes, but sometimes you guys could underline that. Because when you work in Milan there are mixed voices, but in Naples is not like that. Then, I'm not going to ask you to come in my city or leave the work for somebody elsewhere, but trying to explain that aspect to foreginers would be helpful and pleasant, because you're Italian and you know very well what being Italian is in different areas, don't play dumb…

@@EasyItalian ...not really "of course". When in Milan, interviewees are southerners. Turin, southerners. Rome, southerners too. It seems like there's a pattern that always makes you pick the "right" people to help you perpetuate this same old tacky Italian stereotype. Last, wasn't " Napoli é Napoli, un mondo a parte"? Only when it suits you then.

Can tell you’re from the north by your comment.

@@LouStoriale But you can't tell I was hiding it, I have never to hide. You're no that smart, by the need to let me know that…

The problem with this reasoning is that there thousands of people in Canada and the US that still celebrate traditional Italian events and speak their ancestral dialect, while most of these things have been forgotten here in Italy and few people still speak in dialect

I agree. People have such weird ideas about nationality. If you are born in a country and raised there, that's your nationality. You don't have to check a list of stereotypes.

Nope, if both your parents are Italian by passport and you are American by passport, you are still considered Italian in my opinion. Your mother tongue is Italian then, not English. Your nationality is not only linked to your place of birth.

@@truthseeker4084 Your nationality is where you are a legal citizen.

@@kyon_designer Thats not true, my parents for example are both Dutch and I grew up in Switzerland, I am Swiss citizen but my parents are Dutch so I AM Dutch, period. If I wanted I could have citizenship there. You are what your parents are, that is where your roots are and I am Dutch as my parents are, simple as that.

Many of them where not "Italians" Italy is only 160 years old

Great list! Just discovered Verdi from this video from a video about Parma: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZPRXQprJDyg.html

Verissimo!

È un classico.

LULZ There are tons of girls with blue eyes in Italy , especially Rome upward and British have done catenaccio far longer than Italy.

Because the interview took place in Naples. 😊

Bellissima frase, grazie mille! 😍

Ma sei una poetessa! Bellissimo pensiero, grazie. 😊

Good luck keeping them separate! I know "beginner +" level Spanish, and it's really messing with my current Italian studies!

Even if laws allow to be Italian (for reasons about the biggest massive emigration we are aware), if one person doesn't even speaks Italian, that's not Italian. Because you can even become Italian without any bloodline, but just for culture, and if you don't understand the language, you don't know the country, but obviously you're into another country, the country you lived your life in. Italy means culture, not blood. Period

@@giovannimoriggi5833 Nothing is "obvious" to you because I was BORN in Italy and speak the language (and our regional language) better than you I'm sure. I'm sorry you don't agree with Italian law. Maybe you should campaign to change it, but in the meantime....it is what it is.🤷 Don't let yourself get so worked up about it, and enjoy the holidays. Buone Feste!

@@jhlfsc I don’t care about you, I was just explaining what it really needs to be Italian, and why certain laws happened. And don’t be so sure to be better than me on something. I really don’t trust it.

@@giovannimoriggi5833 For someone who allegedly "doesn't care" about me, I'm not sure why you made assumptions about me personally? And....one thing I am clearly better at is controlling my emotions. Lol

@@jhlfsc if I care or not about you, what I meant not gonna change because I never referred at you, but at facts. We don’t know each other, it needs to remind that to you, do think what you want about yours and mine feelings. E buonasera

Vero! 😅

L'Italia non e' un monolite, da Roma in su le cose cambiano e anche di molto.

​@@alessandrom7181 questa è l'illusione dei nordisti che pensano di potersi distinguere. Siete come noialtri se non in alcuni casi anche peggio - vedi "cultura" del bere - quindi poche chiacchiere.

Lol nordisti....a Milano , ad esempio, non ne trovi più di milanesi doc. Saluti cordiali 😉

Anche in queste discussioni ci distinguiamo. Siamo campanilisti cronici

Grazie a Dio io sono del centro e sono neutrale😂

Grazie mille!

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hello @seniorslaphead8336 ! even If i think that this interview / report is full of old-fashioned stereotypes and doesn't represent at all "the Planet Italy", probably still the most various country in the world, even in the globalisation Age .. For sure the hyper-various Italian cuisine / food / care for the best products is still something unique . Greek cuisine is pretty good, being mediterrean, yet very limited in comparision . and about your country UK,, i m afraid to say that your food ( i cannot call yours "cuisine " thats too much ) is something terrible / discousting ,one of the worst on the planet, although u can now find something acceptable in major cities tho.. l love you too, from Rimini, Italy

Thank you, glad you had a good experience!

E' vero... per entrambe le cose! 😅

Molto ospitali dipende da chi è l'ospite

Sicuramente sono molto diffuse nel Veneto, ma purtroppo anche in altre regioni... 😅

Grazie mille!