HOW TO BE ITALIAN • 20 Rules Italians never break | Inevitaly
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- Italian stereotypes? Well...some of them are true! Especially when it comes to Italy's social etiquette. Here's a list of unwritten "rules" Italians must respect at all times :)
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From Italian food to fashion, going through cheek-kissing, pasta cooking, and coffee making. Take a tour around the unique world of Italian conventions:
- How Italians kiss
- Espresso vs. cappuccino
- How Italians toast (salute!)
- The Italian meal structure: antipasto, primo, secondo, dolce
- The spaghetti with meatballs myth
- (Real) Italian pizza types
- The joy of the bidet
- When white socks are allowed
- ...and much much more!
We hope this video will help you plan your next visit to Italy and understand Italians better.
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I was talking to my Italian friend about pizza, and she told me "when anyone puts pineapple on pizza, an Italian dies"...
That's true😥🤦🏽♂️
@@ghreen2929 Man, I'm so sorry! I promise I'll never do it again. XD
OMG yes lol what's the point of doing that? It ruins the taste of the pizza!
omg ye!
@@dbulc5171 It doesn't. It makes the pizza better!
The ultimate unspoken rule - never ever say to another Italian "my grandmother makes the best meatballs". Your just creating a feud that will transcend for generations. Don't do it.
😂
Giusto
Oppure per i pugliesi le orecchiette
Parlare di cibo e litigare sul cibo, in Italia, è praticamente la stessa cosa!
Talking about food and quarreling about food in Italy is practically the same thing!
Guelfi e Gibellini intensify
No one:
Italians: “You break spaghetti, I break your spine. Simple”
accurato
Ahaha my Sicilian grandad used to tell me: "you knock over my coffee, I knock your lights out"
@@livw3090 ahaha
I alwaya break spagetti otherwise it wint fit in pot or my mouth. yup Im 100% Italian
@@renewhite3566 wow, mai sentito di un italiano che non sa come cuocere gli spaghetti prima d'ora
Omg I’m Italian and seeing in the comments that a lot of people love italian colture ad Italy it’s so heartwarming aww ITALY LOVES YOU ALL
People love Italian food. That's it.
If you ask any non-Italian about their greatest painters, composers, singers, writers, inventors and movie makers they can't name a single one - or maybe Italian football players. And to be a bit cynic most modern day Italians would rather consume Hollywood culture, Japanese animes and American fashion trends than to maintain their own culture. Even the French who are so proud of themselves and their culture have began enforcing laws to protect them from "foreign influences".
And when I say that people only care about Italian food I don't have to prove it. Look at what most people talk about in the comments. What foods Italians eat or don't eat, and what Italian food others like.
@@jamesshunt5123 ok so I guess I'll say it. Painter Leonardo da vinci, Michelangelo, Raffaello. Composer: niccolo paganini, one of the best violinist. Singer: Domenico Modugno, who has written volare. Inventor: Archimede. Maybe you don't know about half Italian, too. Kobe Bryant, Sylvester Stallone, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin. Is this enough? Or I have to tell you about the style? Gucci, Versace, ecc
@@jamesshunt5123 and obviously Italy has one of the best foods. I don't know where are you from, but I'm sure you don't have a bit of culture.
@@jamesshunt5123 now tell me that you didn't know anyone of the people I've mentioned
Apparte i francesi
YOU FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT = NEVER BREAK SPAGHETTI !!
Eeeehhh.. 😂
Please NEVER break Spaghetti. It's long for a reason.
@@bethy-lou3307 😂💪🏻
My dear Mother in law, God rest her soul, nearly had a stroke when my then fiance told her I broke the pasta when putting it into boiling water AND I also chopped it up with my fork while eating it! You would've thought I killed the Pope.. haha After that I've never snapped that handful of pasta before tossing it in the pot to cook and I've NEVER EVER CHOPPED UP MY PASTA WITH A FORK ON MY PLATE! Thank you Jeannie... Love you and I miss you 😘
😂😂esattooooo
Who else is Italian? (Myself I’m British, Italian, and Canadian.)
your mother, i wish
Dalaxrky me (three quarters Italian and one quarter Liverpool)
Half
Io!
Presente!
Never refuse for italian friends who wants to offer you some food.. Remember that.
And even worst: NEVER refuse food from grandmothers/elderly people.
exactly - my Italian friend ever told me about this -seriously
Same thing with Spaniards. It is truly considered insulting.
@@deannalarsen7161 ?
@@deannalarsen7161 *_Spinards sounds like an insult._*
I'm an argentinian, I'm shocked at how many of these also apply to us
Our culture is at least 50% Italian
Same from Brazil. We also have a huge italian influence, except that we mix all the food together 😂
@@LuanaCosta-xj1ll Hey, I lived in Brazil for a few months when I was a kid. Loved the country and its people
@@FakePale there was a huge Italian emigration in Argentina. For example even leo Messi is from italy
@@giuseppinocarciofo Yep yep
I'm from Buenos Aires, most people I know have an Italian surname. And the dialect of Spanish we speak here is heavily influenced by Italian
Official datas: 70% of Argentinians have at least one Italian ancestor
Spaghetti is also eaten using a fork. *Never* use a spoon to eat it.
Also, *never* cut it up.
Spoons are used in the South of Italy
@@claudiosanti5543 No, I am from South Italy, in Campania, and here if you eat the spaghetti with spoon you are a Devil
We are sicilian no spoon.
I eat it with a knife
Children eat them with spoon and cutting them out.
Uno dei traumi delle mia vita è stato scoprire che all'estero non credono nel colpo di freddo. Non capisco come possano essere ancora vivi.
+Fuchsteufelswild eppure sopravvivono... 😁
Evidentemente a un certo punto dell'evoluzione il ceppo italico si è staccato da quello di tutto il resto del mondo ed è rimasto sensibile agli spifferi, porcaccia miseria. :/
trauma?ma cos'è sta stonzata?Io sono italiano e sinceramente non ho mai creduto al colpo di freddo perchè è una cretinata inventata dalle madri per far vestire i propri bambini che poi quando crescono hanno il loro cervello che riesce a capire da solo che è una bugia.
penso che siamo solo dei poveri viziati
Pierpaolo, a suo tempo anch'io avevo messo in dubbio la validità del principio del colpo di freddo, perché non trovavo un nesso causale tra freddo = malanno. Così mi sono detta "fuck the police, mo' esco coi capelli bagnati tanto cosa vuoi che succeda". Il giorno dopo avevo la febbre. Idem dicasi per tutte le volte che a) non mi sono vestita abbastanza, b) ho mantenuto la mia postazione a dispetto degli spifferi, c) ho sopravvalutato la mia capacità termoregolatoria in fase digestiva. Perché a quanto pare la scienza ha ammesso che, se pure il freddo di per sé non ti fa ammalare, prendendo freddo nel tuo corpo diminuisce la capacità delle difese immunitarie a far fronte a possibili infezioni in corso. Ergo, cose che normalmente non ti farebbero ammalare, nel momento in cui ti raffreddi ti fregano. Quindi guarda un po', le mamme avevano ragione.
You forgot one thing: No one must EVER. BREAK. SPAGHETTI! That's illegal!
And BAD LUCK😨😲😲
Or cut it when it's cooked andon the plate.
What if you just break it in half once. Is that okay?
solo nel brodo dai
@@SpaceGirlLovesTacos no, like literally, never😂
I, as an Indian, realised my soul is already 60% Italian. I always adored Italy, time to move.
No Job in italy
Shantaram says that italians and indians are kinda brothers ;)
Can you recommend a cook book ? I love cooking
The Road to Cosplay and Comic Con
For Indian Cuisine? I don’t know a lot about them but I’d suggest you check Sanjeev Kapoor’s out. His cooking style is simple and really good. :)
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Number one : Never put ketchup and mayo on pizza
Or on everything which isn't made of potatoes
@@outwiththem Ma non sparare cazzate
Bro, I would never do that.
would hot sauce be acceptable?
I didnt even know that was possible
Me, an Italian: Let’s see how accurate this is
Me after watching this video: This is the most accurate thing I have heard all day
Dai e fatto bene
Sopratutto la cosa degli spifferi
I’m French and this is quite accurate too haha
@@Jana-ej7ui except for the bidet... Lol
Michele Morena my French family vas a bidet too (j’aventurai used it in a while tho)
Exactly!
I will never forget the face of my Italian friend when he saw me putting ketchup on a pizza
Your new American friend is over here gagging too
Woosh yeah in my country it is normal to put ketchup even to the tea
Woosh it was a joke XD
Sergioptimus Prime i totally get this but you know since the original pizza was created people from other countries modificate it like you now put ananas on it or Nutella so ketchup is not the worst option. I was raised on pizza with souses but when I went to Italy and eat really good pizza I stopped using it but in my country pizza is not so good and sometimes need improvement
『Stand User』 omg I had Nutella on pizza in Croatia and it was amazing haha. But we had it for dessert and I have no idea why it was on the main menu and why people would have it for that
No one:
CZcams: Hey, you're Italian right? Here twenty rules to never break to be you!
I love Italians!! Ive been to Italy twice!!! And i just love it more and more everytime i wish i was Italian!!!!!
Well you can live here and study the leanguege(sorry for my bad grammar😅) :3
l'erba del vicino è sempre piu buona
Thanks🇮🇹❤️
@@siene496 I'm trying but it's not that easy lol plus I still have so much of the language to learn.. and I also dont know anyone in Italy
Bravo finalmente uno che capisce
e se, dopo 2 ore e 59 minuti che hai mangiato, mangi una caramella, devi aspettare altre 3 ore prima di fare il bagno.
Un classico!
Ricordo scene con mia madre tipo "cosa stai facendooo? Hai assaggiato un grammo di anguria?? Ora devono passare altre tre ore!"
E in pratica si passavano le giornate a guardare gli amichetti che facevano il bagno
+Auri LittleMoon io non ho mai fatto così: mangiavo e mi immergevo, e così faccio tutt'ora, e sono ancora viva😎
+giu-chan · anche io faccio così
HAHAHAHAHAHAH oddio sempree.
se ti immergi subito prima che si inizi la digestione non cossi alcun pericolo
I love Italians! the way they speak, the body language🤗! so fascinating! thank you for posting this information about Italy! I wish I could visit Italy just once 😒!
Why don’t you start saving up now? Where there’s a will there’s a way.
No time like the present.
I'm an Italian, I'm gonna add another rule we all respect : never respect lines !
Queues*
That's a tough one for me. But disregarding authority in general? Piece of cake.
I'm an italian and I actually find it really rude. And no, I am not from northen Italy
This British in me is arguing with the Italian in me about this one lmao
If someone's been waiting for something longer than you, it's their turn before you. Pretty basic consideration but for some reason everyone thinks us Brits are weird...
You missed a big one with the pasta: we never ever serve the pasta with the sauce on top. We always mix it in the pan first!
fake boi, go to a restaurant.
We mix some through I the pan then some on top.
sonaz 2019 yeah “restaurants” are american-italian restaurants. not real italian.
sonaz 2019
You’re the type of person to think Olive Garden is authentic because the waiter is tan
I’m Italian and I do that all the time. I even did it tonight at dinner lol. I don’t see what’s the problem with it, it’s stil, the same pasta with the same sauce hahah
why am I watching this?
I’m 100% italian
Buon per te 😂
Anch'io. -.
Amico... anche io HAHAHAHA perché c***o sono qui
AHAHHAHAHHAHA ANCH'IO
ahahaha è assurdo effettivamente . buffo
@Marco in a BOX: When I was studying the Italian language, my teacher - from Italy and very good - wasn't feeling so well as class was getting ready to conclude, and a student suggested she skip lunch. She got very serious and said, "Italians NEVER skip a meal." That I will never forget. Ciao!
I love explaining to my British friends all the types of coffee and seeing the sheer confusion on their faces
Thank gods I don't drink any kind of coffee...
Here in Greece we like the Italian people very much! 🇬🇷🇮🇹
@@josenildoferreiraassuncao8963 that happened so many years ago... We libe in modern civilizations how could people still think about those things... Okey italians did not use to be that kind but it doesn't even matter anymore
live*
I love Greece!
Oh thank you very much _(^_^)/ ♡♩
the love and respect is reciprocated! I love Greece
Senti ma lo mandiamo come video di spiegazione sugli aerei diretti in Italia?
Ok, ora chiamo Alitalia 😂
Marco in a BOX non possiamo piu .Alitalia e fallito e
😂
Never, never asked for grated cheese to put on your pasta with any kind of fish, learned the hard way while in Italia, the waiter was horrified!
How could you even think about something like that..?
Oh God send help pls...
And for good reason. Cheese and fish do not mix.
Man you're lucky they didn't fit you into cement shoes 😂😂😂😂
cheese on fish🤢🤢🤢
I did that in Italy , the waiter looked sky ward and just shook his head. I realised I had committed a sin.
Love Italy🇮🇹 from the Philippines🇵🇭
Love your
language
Architecture
Food
People.
Thanks you a lot from Italy
👍😊
Grazie Fr🏧
We love you too
Haha, my Italian son just married a beautiful Filipino girl!
"Non fare il bagno prima di tre orette dopo mangiato"
M A ..... M A M M A ! ! !
🤣🤣🤣
Eileen Samassa what means “orette”
Yapmur Su hours...its means a couple of hours...usually when you are child after lunch your mom says dont go in the water!you need to wait a couple of hours (orette)!sorry for my bad english 😅
Edmond Dantes haha grazie mille!! Impro mio l’italiano. Sono Turca . Voglio vivere in İtalia. Cosa pensi per del mio İtaliano ? 😄
Yapmur Su sei brava !si scrive “imparo” ma immagino sia molto difficile l italiano da studiare e ancora di più da scrivere!Che bella la Turchia io ho visto Istambul ❤️
Guys please stop thinking italy is only good food. We have the highest number of UNESCO world heritage sites. We have 3000 years of history and art, for example the Roman empire, the Italian reinassance and baroque (with artists like Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio) and don’t forget an Italian explorer discovered America, and America is called like that thanks to Amerigo Vespucci. We are not only good food and mafia.
GRANDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
@@valentinabucibattorti9813 mi piange il cuore quando associano l'Italia solo a "pasta pizza and mandolino"
@@Chiaretta-xl3bf and football. I live in Italy since 2017. Its amazing here
Chiaretta Chiara f u
elisha testa f u 2
I am looking forward to live in Italy, this video is so helpful, and also i love Italy and it's culture as well 💕🇮🇹🇮🇹
best wishes and good luck in finding a job, it is not easy to find one. Or you are rich and you can live happy in Italy
My family is Italian and I was crying with how accurate some of these are.
I was adopted from Germany. Surprise, after DNA results Italian was my highest percentage. I am trying to learn as much about Italy as I can. Your videos are the best I have found regarding the culture! Great job!
Non so quanto sia difficile il tedesco ma l'italiano di sicuro non è la migliore lingua da scegliere per allargarsi il vocabolario visto le tante regole grammaticali che ha
Fidati, sono bilingue e posso dirti che il tedesco personalmente è molto più difficile da imparare
@@girodani4969 Confermo
Italian is easy to learn because of the phonetics.
@@girodani4969 bah, secondo me sono lì lì come difficoltà... Però alcune cose sono davvero un suicidio, tipo non riuscirò mai a fare un discorso dicendo tutte le declinazioni degli aggettivi giuste😂
So I’m Italian and I’m currently living in Canada, I met a Canadian family that was always drinking milk, just cold white milk, anytime they were having spaghetti 😨 Their explanation was that milk was “killing” the acidity of the tomato sauce. I told them you should enjoy the taste not kill it! 😱😱🤦🏻♀️
Bossy little bitch !
Joseph Haynes ahahaha you funny
You don t need to waste the taste to kill acidity...just put a little sugar before salt while cooking the souce ;)
Meglio lo stomaco in fiamme che latte e spaghetti!
But...i think that they have the wrong tomato sauce if is acid XD
OMG! As a Portuguese woman, I must say that the rules you mentioned are very similar to some of the Portuguese rules. The kisses, the food (the salads, the three/four-courses meals, the amazing bread), our houses also have a bidet (not everyone uses it though), the digestivi ("digestivo" in Portuguese), the three hour rule to take a shower after the meals, the wet hair rule (mama knows best), the temperature change sensitivity and the drafts (I'm always looking for a place where I can be away from drafts) and we are always making fun of tourists wearing white socks (we don't like it). In what concerns pasta and pizza, the majority of the Portuguese people love Italian food and the way Italians do it.
I'm soooo glad I don't wear white socks. It's black socks for me all the way!
Pray tell, what is the wet hair rule?
By the way we Americans love Italian food also.
I'm French and most of these rules apply to us, the kisses on the cheek, the no swimming for 2 hours after a meal.. That's how you realize we're just a breakaway province of the Empire :-)
We're less freaked out by the drafts and temp changes, though.
I grew up in America and my parents always said no swimming till 2 hours after a meal. they said it would give you cramps and you would drown
I am American and I love everything French. In my next life I will definitely be French.
"no swimming for 2 hours after a meal" - applies wordlwide.
Im tunisian and i related to 90% of your italien rules ! Mediterranien culture is so rich and amazing ☀️☀️
Appunto, qui si parla di cultura mediterranea, quindi SOLO del nord
From Italy, ignore the “racist” comments.
There are differences, but not that many... but still a lot. I don’t really get Tunisians to be honest (Turkish and Lebanese are much more understandable, but Tunisians and Moroccans... we’r quite different. the rest I don’t know much about).
Leonardo David 28 what Arabs know about Italians that they are very different from Europeans, they are not blondes and speak loudly , they don’t do a queue when they buy a tickets and not honestly people , they driving fast and crazy, they drinking coffee too much and talking too much and finally treat employees in shit way
@@goldenapplegardens2988 ...
I am blonde, and Italian. At least 1/4 of my friends have blue or gray eyes, and we definitely look alike europeans. Obviously it depends from the Italian region, but trust me when I tell you a Swiss and Milanese look the same. In Apulia (my father origins) they look like Greeks instead (From Crete, Rhodes or Naxos islands generally).
We do queues, actually, and it drives me crazy when people pass in front of me when I am in Spain and Portugal, in Naples they very much don't know how to drive, but from Rome on we certainly drive better than other europeans, in fact I actually think we are some of the best, the stereotype is just that, a stereotype. I've driven trough half of Europe, from Portugal, Spain and France, to Germany, Austria up to Latvia and Estonia.
Honesty... It depends, but we're certainly not the worst in Europe either. If a price is set, it is set, no bargaining (if you know what I mean).
We speak loudly yes. But you never been in Portugal. And we do drink a lot of coffee, good coffee however, wherever you'r from (Portuguese have ok coffee too... but it depends).
As for treatment of employees... how fu***g dare you. Yes, we do have exploitation, especially of immigrants, in agriculture for example, but that is the entire world, very illegal, and highly disgraceful. We have a very high minimum wage (higher than Germany. Although it is actually a problem, maximum prices...), and very strict laws (too strict maybe).
I advise you to learn English, and maybe come to Italy, see what we are like. From Rome, to Milan, to Bologna, Ferrara, Mantova and Verona and even Naples (which as an Italian I love), although to be honest, I'd rather you not come.
P.S as for Arabian coffee. the beans are great, but you don't know how to cook it. That is why you end up with Shit coffee anyways.
Leonardo David 28 Italy Portugal Greece all south of Europe are rubbish of Europe this is the fact all the world know that , even immigrants they don’t need these countries 😂
Io ringrazio Dio per avermi fatto Italiano.
AHAHAHAHAH grande bro, pure io
Grazie a dio
Io ringrazio 3 millenni di storia per avermi fatto italiano.
pur'io!!!! ahahah lo dico sempre
lol
I love how many people call themselves italian, but they are third generation people from Jersey... most dont even know italian food, but what the american italian cuisine created.
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They are italo-americans, they have italian blood and traditions at home. It is very sad if they can 't speak italian too.
You are not a true Italian if you can’t pronounce GNOCCHI correctly. Ho assistito a molte cadute di stile su questa parola
Hai ragione. Ma penso che è una bella cosa che tante persone non italiane al 100% dicano di amare questo paese e di sentirsi italiani. Sarebbe corretto suggerirgli di imparare l'italiano, studiare la storia, viaggiare in Italia per conoscerla veramente, ma non criticarli per come si sentono e per l'identità che pensano di avere.
@@giovaneitalia8312 "It is very sad if they can 't speak italian too." If a language isn't an official language of the country somebody lives in then it's generally forgotten within 2-3 generations. Parents born in another country often learn their kids their native languages but those kids themselves rarely learn their children that language.
Besides, in the USA it is still considered rude to speak in any other language than English (just ask anybody speaking Spanish in public and they'll be approached by all kinds of people telling them to go home to Mexico) so the impetus to maintain the native language is small.
I'd say it's easier to be an Italian in Germany, France, Britain or virtually any European country because they won't be offended by hearing another language.
One thing I noticed while there is that Italians always put themselves together well when going out for whatever reason. They are NOT fashion slouches. You'll never really see a poorly dressed Italian. No pajamas outside the house!
ALWAYS add the salt when boiling the water for pasta
stops it from sticking...
Olive oil?
@@gailmagee6901 Olive oil into boil water? Dont irritate Mount Vesuvius.
donDonau ooopsie. I guess no oil. What do I know I'm Irish. Lol
@@gailmagee6901 Am I wrong that you asked about adding olive oil into boil water?
Omg the swimming after eating one is like life threatening to nonnas everywhere.
TK Reikon
In the Southern states of the USA too.
all italian are nonna inside XD
I couldn't stop laughing during all this video! Thank you for educating us, I hope to visit Italy someday. Such a beautiful country and its people, too!
Myschivious me: taking notes to break all of them when I go to Italy to anoy the Italians.
Talk about a trip to remember!
It will be GLORIOUS!
If you survive.
Italians would make homemade sauce instead of eating jar sauce.
it's gravy.
Mmm... the times are changed in Italy too...
*Laugs in Italian*
@@krashface4870 HHAHHHHAHAHAHAHAA
of course , because someone should do it in addition to having a bad taste as all the products in the jar are full of preservatives and chemical crap so you became fat take a cancer and eat bad thinks i think is an obius thing
I’m Italian and the one rule that all Italians is always never ever for the death of you ever use ketchup for sauce this is one of the worst things you could possibly do!
dude, who cares /
That's news to me. I'm as far away from Italian as Italian can get, but I have never ever heard of somebody substituting ketchup as a sauce
As a half Italian, am I sinning for using ketchup
@@Chaddea18blue I took a job in the Midwest of the USA. This was common. I had dinner with an Italian colleague, who told me how upsetting it was to see this.
Ketchup is Cantonese
This video made me literally LOL. WELL DONE!!
I am so proud of my Italian heritage!!
I remember Salvatore, a friend of mine who keeps on moving his hands when he's talking. Haha very funny guy.
Mio marito è straniero e all'inizio non capiva. Poi ho stampato queste regole su un po' di fogli A4 e li ho appesi per casa. Ormai va in giro a predicare il Verbo da solo 🎉🎉 che soddisfazione
Ahah lo hai tramutato in un discepolo italiano :) Ne so qualcosa anch'io. PS: bellissima quella dei fogli A4, metodo infallibile
ahahahahaha
@@luislizard2626 italian razza=rom+gypsy..
Hahaha
Sei una grandeeeee!!😀
I love my Italian heritage, even though I’m 3rd generation Italian American I love and respect my heritage. Me and my cousin Tony always kiss on the cheek when see each other. My grandpap kissed everyone. I miss him so much, he was an old school Italian American barber, he loved his family and his work, a solid amazing family man. I miss him so much...
Pap its a hungarian name so i guess you're not that much italian,btw its pronounce Pop
@@adldy8618 he meant grandad
@@adldy8618 people can be mixed, like I’m half Irish half Italian, but my Italian family members pretty much changed my Irish family members into Italians without the vowels, so I just say I’m Italian American
I do too ! I feel extremely bad that i didn’t know much abt my heritage, but I’m very glad that I’m learning more about it now!
Italians have wonderful outgoing personalities. And they are very family oriented and religious good living people.
I started salivating when you talked about the food rules. The bread, the pizza... Omg
I’m of Italian descent and I really want to go there
Be prepared to be disappointed in some small ways..I’m of mostly Irish heritage and have been to Ireland several times. I love it. I will say, however, that the Irish in the “motherland “ are a totally different species than Irish-Americans, or Irish-English, what my ex is. We’ve become AMERICANIZED.
@@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918 what has it to do with Italy? What you re saying
et ventis adversis Everything. Native Italians are not the same as Italian Americans. They, like us, have been Americanized. Did you not bother to read my full comment?
@@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918 of course italians in america are not the same as the italians in Italy. But you told the girl that she will be disappointed by coming in Italy! Wtf, that's not true! I'm an italian living in italy so what you saw in this video is really accurate about our culture.
only the job is almost impossible to find, for the rest it really is a beautiful country
Friend: vegan stuff pls
Italian waiter: ??!?!!?!!?‽
NANI?!
Vegan are just a trend.
Italian food tends to be really friendly with vegans.
@@hineraable unlike Italian waiters, they could cut your through with pasta if the feel dishonored by you
@@paolaochoa1853 Arrogance and lies.. All Italiani
My Mother is 100 % Italian what you are saying is the truth. My favorite side of the family was my Italian side. Irish-Scottish side for so different. Loved, Loved my Italian grandmother.
My Sicilian grandmother was the light of my life.
No one is 100% anything--as I said, both sides of my family have been in Italy since the 11th Century--surprise, surprise. I was born in Italy---I have Italian, Sephardic, Germanic and Welch genes!! I thought I was 100% Italian. Oh, well!! None of us within the family is 100%. If you research through the ages, Italy, because of its location has been invaded a million and one times by everyone. So, no Italian is pure----No citizen of ANY country is pure. We all have roots scattered here and there🤗🙋
Hey there I am Irish American myself. And I love the Irish I think they are great. Ireland is my second country. I also love Italian Americans which I stated above. But unfortunately I have never had an opportunity to visit Italy. I know very little about Scotland and Scottish people. I don’t know why some people think that the Irish and Scottish are the same. They are not. Just like the Italians and the French are not the same.
I have zero Italian in my blood. But my friend is from Rome, and English isn't her first language. I'm learning it so I can better communicate with her. I would also really like to visit Italy some day. I think it's a beautiful country with a rich history and culture. Thank you for this video!♥️
Thanks from Milan 😊
I have to give props to Italy, from what I have seen their work/ workmanship is a high source of esteem and pride that makes some of the best in the world : food, gold smithing, glass ware, leather, furniture, wine, fashion and so so much more. Much Love
In Italy "pepperoni" don't exist. There are peperoni (with one P) but are "peppers" (fruit of capsicum plant).
What you call "pepperoni", in Italy is called "salame".
..piccante
Giusto
and (singular) it is *peperone*
So it does exist, you just call it a different name 🙄
@@MayFlora ? Its like saying that a steak Is a vegetablAs
#21 Mai mettere il formaggio sulla pasta con pesce o frutti di mare (cazzata americana)!!
Ma veramente lo fanno?😭😭😭
Si vabbè se metti il formaggio sul crudo di mare poi devi andare a fare una lavanda gastrica
😖😖😖😖😖
Che schifo
Si il formaggio va nella pasta salmone e panna
I don't know how much I actually heard. I was literally staring at his eyes the whole time(Thank God he can't see me). Why is no one talking about his gorgeous eyes..??
I DON'T KNOW!! WOW!
mi sto sganasciando dalle risate da 5 minuti, essere italiani e vedere questi video è fantastico
OMG. My entire life every time I got a cold my grandmother would say did you go outside with a wet head.
Oh my god, those are my grandparents. Anytime they see me with wet hair, even INSIDE, they’re like “Oh goodness!! Go get a hair dryer, you’re gonna get a cold!!” I really don’t get why that’s a big deal 😅
Isnt cold caused by a virus?
@@nikosaurr Though it's probably exaggerated you should remind that our head takes up lots of calories and water evaporating actually takes away lots of heat from your body, hence your body has to use more energy to keep you warm so that less energy can be used to fight against viruses (which we all breath in and out basically on every breath). The fact with hair expecially is that they tend to stay wet longer than any other body parts.
@@laposgatti3394 ooh, ok, thanks for explaining!
I thought everyone’s grandmas did that 👁👁 recently I asked my non Italian friends and they said that their grandmothers never did that-
I'm German but I love Italy so much♡🇩🇪🇮🇹
Viva L’Italia!!!
italy supported the nazis
Ash Ketchup in the past,because was governed by the fascist dictator Mussolini,but when the italian resistence called “Partigiani” fought the nazifascist troops because they wanted an Italy free,sorry for my english but I ma italian
we had no other chance, or we would have done the end of poland.
THANKSS
my dad is SO sensetive to weather changes!! He is first gen. This makes sooo much sense.
Molto! GRAZIE! per aver dedicato del tempo a creare e condividere questo video con tutti noi! Grida da Sulmona e Pacentro (L'Aquila)❤️
in un video di Babbel parlavano di ketchup sulla pizza, ho bestemmiato in sei lingue diverse
Oh porca madonna
MA SONO SCEMI!?!?
Posso accettare l'ananas sulla pizza che con il pomodoro da un sapore agro-dolce, ma il ketchup?
what the fuck in sei lingue diverse giusto perché le hai imparate con Babbel
Alessandro Amella ecco il cervello degli italiani : bestemmie solo e per una pizza @!!!!!! vai svegliati cresci cervello --- VIVA BREXIT away from a shitty country like italy : salsa qui salsa la ....what a fucking stupidity
e poi vai all'all you can eat e te magni pure il cameriere senza pensare all'ordine dei piatti ahahah
+sara tribute Dai, tecnicamente quella non è cucina italiana :P
ahahahah vero, però mandi al diavolo un qualsiasi ordine ci possa essere, almeno parlo personalmente
Io direi cameriere e amici che erano venuti con te😂
ovviamente il tutto dopo aver mangiato piatti,bicchieri e quant'altro ahah
+sara tribute una persona che parla italiano in sti comentiii!! hahahaha in romanesco poi)
“Please enjoy as it is” I laughed entirely way too hard! 😂❤️
I’m obsessed with Italy and really want to go there as much as possible so am watching these videos to not do anything wrong haha, please let me know anything other rules there are
While driving, never respect pedestrians crossing the zebra crossing, even if they're a frail, old man with a cane and there's a policewoman trying to help them get to the other side alive (I've seen that happen in Rome, true story)
@@fantasitretas yeah, we never respect zebra crossing lol
haha! No no come as you are, differences are funny
@@CHARLIE9490 but do not put ketchup on pasta
@@verevy people put ketchup on pasta!? ew why would they do that
Proudly Italian 🇮🇹
Jessica Prescott why are italians so fucking stunning
rober de isidro ikr
rober de isidro hey!
Big Brody Oh cool...
You're American, lol.
Most accurate video ever! All foreigners should watch it before they visit our country.
Grande Marco, da italiano sentitamente ringrazio.
Hehe, grazie a te Davide per il commento!
Ora contatto il Ministero degli Esteri e chiedo di installare dei video player nelle dogane 😉
true!! :-)
+Davide A. Visconti ciao da milano .
you're right, this video is very accurate and can confirm it is all true
I love this, Your presentation style is so much fun. I got a little sad about the kissing, (writing post Covid) , but it also made me smile- my friend got caught in lockdown there and her 'nonna' just won't do distancing, grabs everyone by the face, kisses them and tells them how beautiful they are! She is washing her hands a lot, though!
I love it! Very witty. As an Italian I totally understand this! My dad's mum comes from Milano and part of my mum's dad's family comes from Torino, Sardegna and Parma.
No. Non lo chiamiamo espresso. Quello che fuori chiamano espresso, in Italia è un caffè. Vai in un bar e chiedi un caffè, ti fanno quello.
Per renderlo comprensibile anche per i non-italiani è corretto indicare espresso. Poi penso sia ovvio che per un italiano chiedere un espresso è abbastanza inusuale.
Bravo
Eh? Che io sappia, il caffè espresso è quello che ti fanno al bar. Per distinguerlo dalla moka.
Cossa
toffolotty hahahaha
I ❤ italy, I'm a puertorican and i hope to live in italy some day.
We love you too ❤️❤️
You're welcome ❤️
@@vince371vc hey come whit us! 🇮🇹🍝🍕You're welcome
I too am Puertorican and love everything Italiano!
Me too but I am American.
My dad is Italian, and l know really well all these rules 🤣
Very nice, thank you. These types of "rules" we're passed down from my Italian parents, lovely people. At that time, they wanted to assimilate and learn the English language.
Yes I am old enough to remember those days. I dated a few Italian guys in my youth. Most of their parents spoke English back then which really impressed me. Because I know how difficult it must’ve been for them to come to a new country and learn how to fit in while learning a new language at the same time!
People are not doing that anymore. The Italian immigrants wanted to become Americanized as quickly as possible and I loved them for that.
I am from the south of Turkey and I remember my parents' saying don't swim after meal. Mare Nostrum :D
We say the same thing in France, but only if the water is cold :)
My mother is from Panama and always told me the same :)
Im dominican and is also a common saying here. Maybe its a worldwide recommendation
Same in Poland
U had Ottoman Empire and we had Roman Empire, yes mare nostrum
Wonderful how those 20 rules also are taught and followed by everyone who has a little respect for himself in my own country (France). It really shows that both of our countries have so much in common with history, culture and morals.
Love you Italy don't change
When I was a child, our housekeeper, Maria, was from Italy. She brought along her four-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter when I begged. Maria was so proud that her son could properly say grace and twirled his pasta like pro!
Extremely helpful! Brilliant Marco, thank you! 😂🇮🇹
[5:14] I can see that Italians haven't changed much from Romans over the millennia. Love from Greece!
Thanks to the Greek culture😊
Thanks 😍
Thanks to your amazing culture :)
Fun fact: The roman emperador Vespasiano (or "Vespasian", or "Vespa", or "Vespo" or "Sorryidunnohowyouenglishpeoplecallhim") invented the public WC
@@doccal5896 your welcome
Ever since I had the real Pasta Carbonara in Italy with egg yolks, pepper, and pancetta, I haven't put cream in it ever again ;-D
+greenmarker567 Dear greenmarker, some put just a little spoon of cream inside; by the way I'm surprising to hear spaniards making Carbonara just with cream without eggs. :-(
***** Americans and Japanese tend to do that as well.
Americans tend to kill italian recipes: pizza with pineapple, spaghetti with meatball and chiken, spaghetti ''bolognese'' (?), Cappuccino after a meal, and other recipes that don't exist in Italy...by the way, wtf are ''Cesar salad'' and ''Fettuccine Alfredo''?????
in spagna esistono i ''calamari alla romana'' e la ''milanesa a la napolitana'': ora io mi chiedo dove crescono i calamari a Roma, nel Tevere? e l'altra ricetta? è come dire ''andalusa alla galiziana''.
www.recetasgratis.net/Receta-de-Milanesa-napolitana-receta-11895.html per farti capire nel mondo cosa passa per ''italiano''. :-(
I’m Italian and I can relate to these things 😂 you inspired me to make a channel and show my Italian life!
I am looking forward to your Italian life
My mother's family is from Sicily, But she was very Americanized. I loved your video and found it informative and amusing. I am subscribing!!!
American Friend: So what do you wanna eat?
Me: Hmmmm.... Pasta.
American friend: Okay, *Cooks pasta and comes back* So, here's the pasta and meat ba-
Me: *Le gasp* Idiota tu sai che io sono italiano! Non mangio polpette con pasta!
A. F:.... What?
Me: -_- *Gets out dramatically*
😂 story of my life
IKR?! Foreigns these days.
CranberryJam _ parlo poco italiano
CranberryJam _ same 😂
sproloqui improponibili in compagni di fabbio grandissimo
A cousin of mine went to Italy and ordered a freddo (which in Greece is either cold espresso, literally on the rocks, or cold capuccino) and she was served hot espresso. When she reiterated her order to the waitress, she just took her cup and brought it back with a couple of ice cubes added in. :P
Such a cultural shock!
PS: Italians are so sexy!
LOOOOL! I never heard the "Freddo", but yes I would also assumed it's an ice coffee 😁
Its all the rage here in Greece.
Freddo Espresso or Freddo Capuccino are the two most popular coffees these days. A few years ago it was frappe (cold instant coffee).
+Jim S next time your cousin should ask for a "crema di caffè" wich is like a cold smoothie of coffee... And trust me, it's so good
Thanks! I will keep that in mind if I ever visit Italy. I bet its gonna be fun!
I may ask Marco to give me a tour. ;)
+Jim S you're welcome!
Great video, better than 99 percent of these sort of videos I've seen.
I was in Rome and the only menu I saw similar to Malaysian food was anchovy pizza. In Malaysia our national dish is "nasi lemak" which is rice and spicy anchovy sauce. 😁
I love Italy.
There are SO many common things to Spain. People being obsessed with cleaning (and therefore freaking out in Northern countries where they are si laid back at this) and also the important of ingredients and the process of a meal haha ALSO when parents tell their kids 'don't go into the water after lunch or you would get a "corte de digestión"' which basically means you will feel the most horrible things! haha you are our Mediterranean siblings!
YEAH! Los hermanos mediterráneos ;)
In Italy we have a saying: "Tutto il mondo è paese" - meaning wherever you go, you'll find something in common.
Gracias por tu comenatrio Jorge! Hasta pronto
+Marco in a BOX Ciao fratello! I am in Bolzano and here they look more like austrians haha. But my group is from all italians so I can see this is true haha.
I find Italian culture so appealing bc my mother is Greek and Italian, so she’s like the socialite chef of our whole familia.
am 72 are u dumb, italians don’t look like arabs, we are white
@Live Not Die ... Sicily was Magna Grecia in the past and was also ruled by Fernando Barbarossa, so many Sicilian are blond with blue eyes.
Live Not Die it’s true what you’re saying
MOST OF THAT CULTURE = is imported. They tend to skip those credits
cinnamonstar808 what?
hahaha love your video! very entertaining! we recently move to Italy si this is very helpful thank you ☺️
Thank you VERY much for this practical and interesting video. It is helpful and you are so charming so it's easy to watch!
So true! My husband had to learn all these rules the hard way when we first started dating. LOL
I once dated an Italian guy and I loved their traditions.
MAMA MIA PIZZERIA!!
4:44 I made the mistake of asking for ketchup once on a classic pizzeria in the middle of Rome, people on the kitchen went absolutely nuts, I could hear them screaming "il ragazzo vuole ketchup!!! cos'è il ketchup?!!! mamma mia!!" ... when the guy says do not mess with Italian pizza he is serious, DO NOT mess with Italian pizza, you eat it and you enjoy it, that's it.
😂😂😂
Schatten2712 : MAMMA, non Mama.
m a m M a mia
come se lo dicessimo spesso
but no, we don't say it that often
we don’t say mamma mia lol
Cumnduliances
IM SO HAPPY SOMEONE CAN UNDERSTAND ITALIAN! WE FEEL SO BAD WHEN PEOPLE DO THINGS WE HATE (like put pineapple on pizza) but, you forget another important rule! DON'T BREAK SPAGHETTI!
To me cooking is not that important
5:52 I have exactly that Jacket and I am so sensitive to the cold and weather change but I love the warmth
1 rule american never break:
if you listen "Marco"
You HAVE to scream " Polo "
hahahhahah respect from italy
LOL! Madonna quanto ho odiato quel "gioco"
hahahhaahahhahhahahahahha troppo pretesto!
21. N-E-V-E-R cook non Italian pasta.
22. Wear red underwears for New Year's eve.
23. Never say anything bad about your friend's favourite football team/your friend's car.
24. Call your mom everyday or she will think that you're dead or severely injured.
25. When you have a "little administrative procedure" to do, take a day (week) off.
26. N-E-V-E-R get a tiny micro look on any woman when you're with your girlfriend (or even think to any woman, Italian girls have a special brainreader for that).
27. Never refuse to take a 2nd/3rd/4th portion if you're invited at a dinner.
GRANDE:.. sono tutte giuste!
Yvan Giovanetti When I went to my grandpa's on my dad's side family reunion (he is full Italian) one day we visited this lady and she kept on offering food (I love food so I couldn't argue) so I ended up with a salami sandwich, Coke, and some cookies. So whenever you enter an Italian's house expect food to be served/offered.
Same in France (for me at least)
At meals do Italians eat a cup (approximately 8 ounces or 225 grams) of cooked pasta, or a big plate of pasta? Also do they just eat a couple of small slices of bread or a lot of bread at meals? Also do Italians eat a lot of sugary foods, or rarely?
ok I'll answer all those question but one at a time: 1. usually the size of a normal plate of pasta is 100 grams, and if you want to have a second (like meat or fish) maybe even less (obviously generally speaking, a friend of mine eats something like 300 grams every meal); 2. You can eat as much bread as you want (and it's not in slices but you tear it apart with your own hands) but your mother would suggest to not eat too much or you're gonna ruin your appetite! ;) ; 3. italians eat sweets usually at breakfast (biscuits, cakes, cereals, brioches), maybe something after the main meals (for sure if it's an occasion) and during the afternoon during the break called "merenda" (another little meal that is there for the most part for children, but if you are used to it you probably bring it through your development....I mean, it's so good stop whatever you are doing in the middle of the afternoon to eat something). clear enough? :)
This was very interesting and informative. Thank you very much!
I would like to add, consider the following when travelling to Italy:
*Do NOT make direct requests (like "bring me a coffee." / "portami un caffè."); always use courtesy instead ("I would like a coffee, please." / "vorrei un caffè, per favore." or "would you please bring me a coffee?" / "mi potrebbe portare un caffè? Prego.")
*Do NOT speak about Mussolini.
*Do NOT speak bad about the Vatican or the Pope (even if you're right).
*Do NOT pay small amounts using credit card.
*Do NOT try imitating Italian hand gesture (most Italians are willing to explain a few of them if you ask, so you can know how and when to properly use gesture).
*Do NOT even think about pineapple on pizza during your stay, it is essentially a cultural crime! At least within the 300 000 km2 of Italian territory.
Grazie della lettura e buon viaggio!
_*Do NOT speak about Mussolini._
"Whatever you do, don't mention The War!"