Meraviglioso! Bello! Interessante!
Marvelous,
beautiful and interesting!
These are
just some of the words that can be used to describe the experience of hearing
the Italian language spoken.
Italian is
one of the many Romance languages and to hear it spoken is quite literally
music to the ears. It is also the Romance language that has the most similarity
to the vocabulary words used in Latin. Although its sentence construction,
conjugation and use of male and female genders in the language are similar to
French and the other Romance languages, Italian simply has a way of sounding
poetic. Even when a cab driver is yelling at an errant pedestrian, or a seller
is arguing with a buyer when he is unwilling to give his wares for a bargain,
Italian can sound like a lullaby of a mother to her child or a love song
between lovers.
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| Andrea Bocelli |
Whether
it’s hearing an opera performance, listening to Italian football fans
vigorously cheer on their teams or simply listening to the ingredients list on
a menu, Italian is undoubtedly a language with a cadence that falls quite
pleasurably on the ears. There’s a softness yet almost lyrical quality to it.
Sometimes, it almost seems like a song is being sung to you as you hear the
words.
Not just for the Italians
