I’m still slogging away at Italian, but this week I almost gave up. I never make the time to do my homework and then I spend most of the lesson telling stupid stories in the present tense (and often in the wrong person). Beh!
Mar 02, 02:46PM PST | 0 comments
Ok, after doing my English exams now it´s time to improve my Italian, maybe use the few minutes I used to use for English (Oh, but want to improve my Spanish as well!). So, today was my first day, 10 minutes of Italian with my hot water bottle in bed! It was good because it´s just 10 minutes. And then I wrote in the book the date and how many minutes. Let´s see…
Dec 18, 01:18PM PST | 4 cheers | 0 comments
It’s really helped me maintain my fluency level! Yeah!
Nov 03, 02:27PM PST | 0 comments
I have no excuse not to do this. With an Italian boyfriend (and Spanish, the same boyfriend, ah!) I really have a good opportunity to do this well and quickly. So now he speaks to me in Italian on Wednesdays and I answer in Spanish, and on Thursdays he speaks in Italian and I (try) to answer in Italian. It’s easier for me as I’m Portuguese and I speak Spanish fluently and some French but there are many things that are different.
I could be putting more effort into this but I have other priorities, but anyway I’m improving. This is a good way to couples to speak each others languages because if you know that that day you will do this you will do it naturally instead of waiting for the day when you and your partner are in the mood to learn a new language.
Aug 22, 2008, 03:04AM PDT | 0 comments
i want to be fluent in italian so i can have a proper conversation with my grandparents without my mum translating for me
Jul 13, 2008, 12:18PM PDT | 0 comments
May 13, 2008, 03:58AM PDT | 0 comments
i’lll have to come back to this one. no more trip to italy in my future.
May 13, 2008, 03:57AM PDT | 0 comments
I’ve moved on to learning some basic food names. It’s really the pronunciation of the words that frustrate me.. For example, il granoturco has 2 too many rolling r’s for my little Midwestern accent. However, I am not discouraged.. ;-)
May 08, 2008, 01:12PM PDT | 0 comments
and I think this one will have to be put on the back burner
Apr 29, 2008, 05:30PM PDT | 0 comments
I’ve officially started. I am just trying to learn some vocabulary words right now. I have little captioned pictures up all over my house and now know how to say things like ‘ladies room’, ‘milk’, and ‘keys’.
Apr 27, 2008, 07:07AM PDT | 0 comments