{"id":18905,"date":"2020-07-03T05:35:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T03:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=18905"},"modified":"2021-03-18T18:31:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:31:24","slug":"italian-tongue-twisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-tongue-twisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Tongue Twisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tongue twisters, <em>scioglilingua<\/em> in Italian, are always a fun and challenging way to improve your language skills.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19482\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19482\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19482\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280-350x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280-350x211.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As kids I am sure all of you challenged yourself and your friends to repeat some common English tongue twisters. It is a great way to practice both pronunciation as well as clear and speedy speech. <em>Vi sfido<\/em>, I challenge you to say out loud the following <em>scioglilingua!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Sopra la panca la capra campa, sotto la panca la capra crepa.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">On the bench the goat lives, under the bench the goat dies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Trentatr\u00e9 trentini entrarono a Trento tutti e trentatr\u00e9 trotterellando.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Thirty-three dwellers of Trent came into Trent, all thirty-three trotting and toddling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Tre tigri contro tre tigri. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Three tigers against three tigers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Quanti rami di rovere roderebbe un roditore se un roditore potesse rodere rami di rovere?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Guglielmo coglie ghiaia dagli scogli scagliandola oltre gli scogli tra mille gorgogli.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Guglielmo grabs gravel from the rocks, hurling it over the rocks in a thousand gurgles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Chi ama chiama chi ama, chiamami tu che chi ami chiami. Chi amo chiamer\u00f2 se tu non chiami.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Whoever loves calls who they love, you call me since you call who you love. I\u2019ll call who I love if you don\u2019t call<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Apelle figlio di Apollo fece una palla di pelle di pollo.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Tutti i pesci vennero a galla, per vedere la palla di pelle di pollo<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>fatta da Apelle, figlio di Apollo.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Apelle, son of Apollo, made a ball of chicken skin and all the fish rose to the surface to see the ball of chicken skin made by Apelle, son of Apollo.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this video of a native Italian speaker saying some of these <em>scioglilingua\u00a0<\/em>to help practice your own pronunciation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scioglilingua Italiani Famosi per i Suoni Doppia L e R (Italian, English subs)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wtyiLK2KJW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Lasciami un commento<\/em> when you try these <em>scioglilingua!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280-350x211.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280-350x211.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/smiley-3322450_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Tongue twisters, scioglilingua in Italian, are always a fun and challenging way to improve your language skills. &nbsp; As kids I am sure all of you challenged yourself and your friends to repeat some common English tongue twisters. It is a great way to practice both pronunciation as well as clear and speedy speech. 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