Italian has also influenced English !

From : http://lelo.pk/classes/language-classes/learn-french-language-italian-language/lahore/-i41708

Ciao a tutti ! 

As you know from my post of the languages modelling English, English has received influences from a great deal of languages, including French, and Spanish.

Oggi vorrei fare un post sull'influenza dell'italiano sull'inglese !  He he. I happen to adore languages and one of my favourite languages (apart from English) is Italian. It is quite a beautiful interesting language that I have studied for so many years in the language school of Salamanca. This is why, to honour this wonderful language, I had quite a brilliant idea, namely, to write a post about how Italian has somehow entered the English language. 

Let's begin : 

a) Some Italian words have entered English in the same form, especially words related to food, for example, 'spaghetti', 'maccaroni', or 'zucchini'. However, these words which are plural in Italian are, surprisingly, singular in English. So, the sentence 'spaghetti is a delicious Italian dish' is correct in English. 'Pasta' is another word from Italian present in the English language. Here you have other examples :

              spaghetti                           macaroni

 

           zucchini                       scampi (shrimps or prawns)

        broccoli                                cannelloni

b) Plurals of Italian : Italian and Spanish or English are very dissimilar. For example, to make plurals in Italian, you don't have to add -s or -es, you just have to change the final vowel, normally -i for male nouns and -e for female nouns. In English, though, there are some traces of this Italian plural. 

The English have imported the word 'paparazzo' (a freelance photographer) and the plural is 'paparazzi'. This word, however, is a bit outdated in modern English. In the same way, the word 'tempo' (in music) has the correct plural form 'tempi' (although it also admits 'tempos.'

c) Other Italian borrowings in English. Italian words and English words can coexist :

ITALIAN BORROWING	ENGLISH WORD /
donna	lady
piazza	square
veranda	porch
duo	duet
stanza	verse
studio	study
patio	courtyard
barista	bartender (coffee shop)
trattoria	Italian restaurant
stiletto	high-heel shoe
marina	port
lasagna	lasagne

paparazzo

photographer

d) Italian borrowings with no equivalence in English

ITALIAN BORROWING	DEFINITION
piano	an instrument Schubert played.
villa	large property in the countryside
finale	the final chapter in a season of a TV series / the final part of a performance
opera	a performance involving singing and acting and the use of classical music
cappuccino	a white coffee with foam
latte	white coffee
espresso	black coffee
libretto (plural librettos or libretti)	the book of an opera
Tempo (plural : tempi or tempos)	the speed in music

e) Italian borrowings adapted into English

ITALIAN WORD OF ORIGIN	ENGLISH WORD
balcone	balcony
corridoio	corridor
ombrello	umbrella
ombrellone	beach umbrella
novella	novel
appartamento	apartment

Well, as you can see, Italian has found its way into English ! Che bello, ragazzi ! This week you have learnt the influence in Italian upon English.See you next week with the influence of English upon Italian.