What's up everybody? BigBong here!
And welcome back to this series in which we study
a language while reviewing others from the same family
If you're following this channel
you probably saw that I started learning Portuguese
again, from scratch, on Busuu
Today, we'll be learning connecting words in Italian
And then, we'll be translating them
in the romance languages available on the app
Are you ready? Then let's go!
The first set of connecting words are "and", "or" and "but"
[BigBong listens and repeats the word in Italian]
[BigBong listens and repeats the sentence in Italian]
In Portuguese, it's very easy
It's the same "e"
Though most of the time, I actually hear more /i/
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Portuguese]
In French, it's also /e/ but you write it "et"
just like the alien
[BigBong repeats the sentence in French]
I don't know if you must include the definite articles in Italian
or if you could also say: "Parlo tedesco e francese"
instead of "parlo il tedesco e il francese"
But in French, you can get rid of them
and it sounds as natural
"Je parle allemand et français"
or "je parle l'allemand et le français"
In Spanish, it's "y" written with a Y
Why?
It's just the way it is, man
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Spanish]
However, there is an exception
If it precedes a word starting with the sound /i/
then it becomes like in Italian "e"
"Hablo español e inglés"
I almost forgot to mention that there is also
an exception in Italian
If it's placed in front of a word that starts with "e"
then it becomes "ed"
which sounds closer to English actually
So if you wanna say "Mario and Ezio"
it becomes "Mario ed Ezio"
[BigBong listens and repeats the sentence in Italian]
[BigBong gives the translation in English]
It's a good question
because you'll find this name in both countries
As a matter of fact, it's also a Portuguese name
Here in Canada, we've got of course
her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Congratulations on the Platinum jubilee, by the way
But in Portugal, they used to have Queen Maria II
who incidentally was born in Brazil
In French, the name becomes Marie, like Marie Curie
In fact, her original Polish name was also "Maria"
But she changed it to "Marie" when she became French
Anyway, back to language learning
with our example "Maria è italiana o spagnola?"
Well, since we're talking about Spanish
it's exactly the same "o"
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Spanish]
Here, there is also an exception
if it precedes a word starting with "o" then it becomes "u"
"Eso es subjectivo u objectivo"
This brings us to French, because it's also pronounced /u/
but you write it with both letters "ou"
[BigBong repeats the sentence in French]
And finally, in Portuguese
you write it the same way as French "ou"
Now, let's say Maria's father is Italian
and her mother is Spanish
It's interesting because "is" as well as "and" sound similar
in Italian, Portuguese and French
But as I mentioned, their pronunciation might differ a little
And you have to be careful with the way you write them
"Maria è italiana e spagnola"
"Maria est italienne et espagnole"
Actually, if you wanna sound proper French
you have to make the first liaison
but not the second one though
even though both words end with a T
[BigBong repeats the sentence in proper French]
Ha ha French is so fun!
Then, we have "ma" which means "but"
[BigBong listens and repeats the word in Italian]
[BigBong listens and repeats the sentence in Italian]
[BigBong gives the translation in English]
The closest would be French with "mais"
Ha ha ha I'm telling you
Ha ha ha I'm telling you, if you wanna struggle with spelling
you should choose French right away
M-A-I-S but it's pronounced /mɛ/
[BigBong repeats the sentence in French]
In Portuguese, it's also very similar to Italian
you just add a final S at the end
and it becomes "mas"
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Portuguese]
In Spanish, all the letters are different
There is no connection whatsoever
It's "pero"
And it's the perfect example...
because the word for "dog" is "perro" with two R
"Perro" and "pero"
So you're gonna have to practice rolling your tongue
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Spanish]
Since we're talking about cats and dogs
Do you guys know how to say "pets" in Spanish?
It's "mascotas"
So I wonder how to say "a mascot"
like for a sports team or a Japanese town
"Quindi" means "so / therefore"
[BigBong listens and repeats the sentence in Italian]
[BigBong translates the sentence in English]
Since we're talking about Brazilian
In Portuguese, "quindi" is "então"
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Portuguese]
The beginnning of "então" is similar
to the Spanish "entonces"
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Spanish]
In French, it's "donc"
[BigBong repeats the sentence in French]
[BigBong listens and repeats the word in Italian]
Actually, it means both "why" and "because"
[BigBong listens and repeats the sentence in Italian]
[BigBong translates the sentence in English]
Actually, it's almost the same for Spanish and Portuguese
to say both "why" and "because" → "por que"
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Spanish]
[BigBong repeats the sentence in Portuguese]
Gosh, that sounds so similar!
In French, it's slightly different...
"Why" is "pourquoi"
Litreally "what for"
And "because" is "parce que"
[BigBong repeats the sentence in French]
That's it for today, guys
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