Italian Accents of Different Areas in Italy | Clip from ITALIAN, FOR SURE | Podcast Clip

Polyglot from Rome Maddalena Mazzaferri does the accents of Italians from Milan, Rome, and Sicily.

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This clip is from the podcast ITALIAN, FOR SURE, the episode titled "Mamma Mia! Decode Italian Hand Gestures, Accents and Onomatopoeias with Polyglot Artist Maddalena Mazzaferri from Rome, Italy."

In the full episode, you will laugh while learning essential Italian words and sounds to avoid awkward misunderstandings, impressive regional accents that sound entirely different (e.g. Milanese vs. Roman), and the Italian hand gestures that non-Italians use, but might not fully understand.

Find the full episode on ITALIAN, FOR SURE to join host Catrin Skaperdas and polyglot artist Maddalena Mazzaferri as they have an entertaining chat about Italian culture inclusive of:

- Accents: Roman, Sicilian, and Milanese
- Italian Hand Gestures and their True Meanings
- Sounds to Communicate and Onomatopoeias in Italy
- Italian vs. U.S. Animal Sounds
- Maddalena's Mamma Mia Technique
- Challenging English Words for Italians and vice versa
- Correct Pronunciations of Italian Words: Mozzarella, Prosciutto, Spaghetti and Gnocchi
- Words to be Aware of their Double Meaning
- Similar Italian Words that have Completely Different Meanings
- Maddalena's Words of Wisdom

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For more information about Maddalena Mazzaferri, check out her YouTube channel

[federicobiondi]

milanese: "figa"
romano: "ao"
siciliano: "minchia"

[giovanniserafino]

I am a native speaker of English who speaks fluent standard Italian. I was once traveling to Italy sitting next to a native born Australian. Because of his thick Australian accent, I was having difficulty understanding him. Gratefully, he too spoke Italian, so without letting him know the real reason, I suggested we switched to Italian, since I needed the “practice.” It worked perfectly.! 😂

[marisacastledejoncaire]

"As if you were carrying a huge rucksack full of stones." Absolutely hilarious... and very, very true!

[christineb]

Oh my goodness, my Sicilian great aunt Annamaria just spoke from the grave! I absolutely love regional American accents, so hearing these Italian ones is just delightful!

[roguenrawwellness]

She nailed it hehe. The north is a very posh accent, the center is very heavy and strongly pronounced and the south is more melodic. I also feel like the further north you go words get longer. The further south words get shorter and then Sicilian is a whole other language. There are so many different linguistic influences.

[Maubald]

Spaziale come cambi accento da un momento all’altro ahaha complimenti!!

[strampy]

Thanks for the laugh especially with the Sicilian accent!

[johnsarkissian]

Excellent imitations of the three accents! Brava!

[phmagnabosc]

I work with several Italian colleagues (our working language is usually English) and this is so on point! I had noticed these differences between individual people but now I think I will be able to start recognizing which broad region of Italy someone is - as can also be done with Northern German accent vs Southern German accent in English.

[Sonosempreme]

Am an italian with b2 level of English and your accents are unbelievable, you do perfect tones

[ricklee]

Now I know that the girl speaking Italian in the Duolingo course is from the center, thank you!

[enzog_]

Meravigliosa 😍. Con l'accento del SUD, l'inglese è cosi' chiaro per le nostre orecchie che lo impareremmo in una settimana 😂

[angreagach]

I once met an Australian lady, one of whose parents was from Northern Italy and one from Southern Italy. In addition to English, she spoke two dialects of Italian!

[FranTizUndici]

I'm Italian (I'm not exactly sicilian) but your sicilian accent is very funny, almost calabrian in some moments! 🤣🤣🤣
Good job!! 👍👍👍

Io sono italiano (Non propriamente siciliano) ma il tuo accento siciliano è divertentissimo, a tratti quasi calabrese! 🤣🤣🤣
Bel lavoro!! 👍👍👍

[Leonardinho]

ahahahahahahaha fantastica davvero li ha fatti in maniera impeccabile 🤣🤣

[pavel]

The trick is amazing! I known someone from Sicily who speaks like that, so she is legitimate! Her French and Spanish impersonations are great too, not to mention German, ja! 😎

[allenmontrasio]

Pretty accurate, but being Milanese I would not describe our accent as "posh", it's actually quite coarse and dry. 😊

[podavus]

I prefer the Roman accent. It's the cutest.

[ventudeca]

WOW Bravissima! sai ricreare anche accenti di altre regioni? mi sono divertito molto

[fabiooliveri]

Funny thing, the Sicilian accent on here sounds more like a Catania one, rather than a Palermo one. That's quite natural, considering most Italians are exposed to "eastern Sicilian" more, due to some popular tv series