Ever notice how Italians tend to sing a little when they speak?

Mamma Mia, Milano, Amore.

If you want to have an Italian accent, the fastest and easiest way is to learn how to speak with that same sing-songy quality.

But how? Find out in this episode.

Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages. You might notice things are a little different around here.

We've been away for a while and given the podcast a makeover. If you're missing that old

five-minute Italian episodes, non-ti-preoccupare. Don't worry, the format is staying the same.

We'll keep focusing on how Italians actually speak so you can learn the stuff that will be

useful to you when you're out here. And we'll keep breaking everything down into little chunks so you can learn the stuff that will be useful to you when you're out here.

And we'll keep breaking everything down into little chunks, so you can learn it one small

bite at a time. As we've been away for a while, we thought we'd spruce things up a little.

Yes, sorry, we've been away for so long. We're excited to be back with you after our very long

pausa. Speaking of which, do after our very long pausa.

Speaking of which, do you know the word pausa?

Listen carefully. Can you guess what it means?

Pausa.

Sounds a lot like pause, doesn't it?

That's actually how we say break in Italian.

So that makes it nice and easy to remember.

To say break in Italian, we say pause. Pausa. But attention, be careful, because the pronunciation is actually quite different.

Let's listen again. Pause.

Notice anything interesting about the vowels?

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