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Because when I first learned that he was Italian I was « « shocked » » because he doesn’t « « look » » Italian (and his parents neither) so like are they German but they just immigrate to Italy or something ?

Hi anon!!!

Well… I am not Italian, I am Spanish but fortunately, I can explain you all this issue (if there are mistakes in the explanation, I am sorry and you can correct me).

Jannik was born in San Candido, a little town from the Bolzano-South Tyrol autonomous province and located on the Italian dolomites (border with austria). In this Italian autonomous province, the 70% of their population speak a dialect of German (south-tyrolean dialect), Italian is also spoken (23% of the population) and in a much minor way, they speak Ladin (4% of the population).

Furthermore, people born in this region have physical features (or even some personality traits) that are very different from Italians from the south of this region. As it borders a German-speaking country and has a Germanic past, they are people with whiter skin, lighter eyes and blond or red hair (traits more typical in central-northern Europe). On the other hand, Italians from outside this region share more typical Mediterranean traits (darker skin, dark hair, brown eyes, more extroverted people, etc.). Therefore, Italians outside south tyrol share more common traits from the southern regions of Europe (Spain or Greece, both ballads by the Mediterranean Sea).

Okay so sorry if this is a stupid question…😔

About the use of « usted » and the third person for someone : I was taught that you use it for someone you don’t know as it is something very formal but I watch a novela right now and they are using it all the time (even a mom to her daughter, brother and sisters,…) so I wanted to know how often it is really used ?

Don’t worry it is not a stupid question, you are learning Spanish and every doubt is not silly seriously.

Estoy intentado de mejorar mi español por el momento pero pudeo decirte que eres muy monaaaaaaa 🤭 (omg I have a question about spanish btw can I ask you it?)

Hi anon!!!!

Muchas gracias por estas palabras, se agradecen tras estos días contestando a varias respuestas y preguntas 🥹❤️‍🩹

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