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    learn Italian 6 days ago

    I’d love to speak fluent Italian



    Rene is focussing on learning Italian

    Impariamo L'italiano 1 week ago

    Looking for a way to improve my Italian by communicating with others (and without being taking serious) I was pointed to http://impariamo.com/ by 43things member melissamuldoon. This seems a very nice community that allows you to write and chat with Italians and is focussed on people that try to learn Italian. So mistakes are allowed ;)

    I didn’t know that such website existed before and it looks like a great addition to the tools that are available to people like myself. Grazie mille Melissa e ci vederci lĂ  !



    My life as an Italiophile 1 week ago

    By now everyone who knows me, knows I am a passionate italianophile!

    I began my love for Italy in 1983 when I studied Art History in Florence. I lived with an Italian family and traveled throughout il bel paese soaking up the culture. I was a painter and an historian, but didn’t learn the language – then. The experience of living in Italy however, changed my life forever and when my mother gave me a copy of Frances Mayes’ book “Under the Tuscan Sun” years later, just reading the passages awakened my longing for Italy and the beautiful language I had never mastered. The Italian words Maye’s sprinkled through out her writing rolled around my head, awakening in me a longing and a passion to reconnect with Italy. Shortly thereafter, I went straight into Borders filled with my new ambition to learn the language – and bought the first of many Italian grammar books. The rest is history. I self taught myself the language. Then branched out into the internet to meet Italians to converse with. I bought and read every travel diary as well as innumerable accounts of expats living extraordinary existences in Italy. THEN I began to read them in Italian.

    The main thing about learning Italian, or any language for that matter is determination, love and passion. You have to WANT to learn it. You have to spend hours a day on it. And still after 10 years, after you can read books, converse with Italians and have half your facebook page be in Italian, be continually humbled by how much you have yet to learn and master…how can anyone learn all those beautiful words (beyond the basics) in just a semester?

    It is a never ending process. I’m not sure how anyone can say they can learn a language in 2 weeks, 2 years or 2 decades. You have to love the process and live with learning a language for the rest of your life…it is that good!

    Best advice. Learn grammar first. Build vocabulary daily. Find Italians to converse with. Find Italian Meet Up Groups in your area. Travel to Italy. Read books and magazines in Italian. Find chat groups on the Internet (www.Impariamo.com) Listen to RAI Click (italian tv on the internet). Listen to italian songs. Love Italy!

    Non c’e’ un posto migliore di Italia. Per me Italia vive sempre nel mio cuore. Ritornero’. Ritornero! La lingua mi tiene in contatto con il bel paese!



    Mi piace... ? 1 week ago

    Like everything that ends up being a significant part of my life, I began this endeavor for totally superficial reasons. I decided I wanted to study abroad, but after my experiences with Attic Greek (insert screams of terror here) my grades were not exactly the nice, shiny grades they needed to be in order to be approved for the Rome program I wanted to do.

    BUT THEN: there was this little note down at the bottom about this program in Pisa. This program in Pisa that no one ever does, and no one ever applies for, because there’s a language prerequisite. And thus the cogs began to turn.

    So I applied, and I got approved, and now I’m taking Italian.

    And I LOVE IT.



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    Finished Michel Thomas foundation today 1 week ago

    Today, I finished the 10 cd’s of the Michel Thomas Foundation series and the Review series. In one word: excellent!

    The Michel Thomas (MT) method does a good job explaining you the concepts of a language, without falling into explaining the grammar only. This is also the main selling point comparing MT to other methods like Pimsleur or other on-the-go courses.

    While some find Michel’s English accent a bit annoying at times, it has never bothered me much. For now, the most important thing is that I’ll get a good understanding of the structure of the language.



    Rene is focussing on learning Italian

    Learning verbs 1 week ago

    The Italian language has so many (irregular) conjugations; much more than in English or Dutch. Luckily, I found a site today that will help me practice these:

    http://www.verbixte.tk

    Iniziare a praticare adesso!



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    Untitled 1 week ago

    Speaking Italian would be way cool. i love to learn new things.



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     wishes wishes



    Untitled 2 weeks ago

    this is amazing http://www.real-wishes.com
    this can help youu (:



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    tips to learn italian... 2 weeks ago

    1. Dating an italian guy: for instance, he can help you with some nasty words ;)



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    Mahalie asks, “Tell Me More vs. Rosetta Stone vs. Pimsleur? Anyone used any/all methods to learn Italian?”
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