Italian - False Altered Words in Italian: Falsi Alterati

Now that we know about all the fun suffixes that make altered words in Italian, we have to be careful, because there are words that look like altered words, but they aren't! They have totally different meanings from what might appear to be their root word. Let's go through some common examples of false altered words so that you don't make a fool of yourself in conversation! Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College. Watch the whole Italian playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveItalian American History Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAmericanHistory Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1 Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2 General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio EMAIL► [email protected] PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience! Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVH Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT