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fatality_uk
December 16th, 2010, 08:49 PM
I am thinking of learning yet another language. Italian really appeals, the more I listen to Opera and say Andrea Bocelli singing - Con te Partiro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfvP11Hbo I just think it is more and more a beautiful language.

So anyone have any tips, hints or stories they may care to share?

hhh
December 16th, 2010, 10:50 PM
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spydeyrch
December 16th, 2010, 10:55 PM
I am thinking of learning yet another language. Italian really appeals, the more I listen to Opera and say Andrea Bocelli singing - Con te Partiro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfvP11Hbo I just think it is more and more a beautiful language.

So anyone have any tips, hints or stories they may care to share?


How many languages do you speak fluently and which are they? :)

-Spydey

Ric_NYC
December 16th, 2010, 11:03 PM
Watch the RAI News (Radio Televisione Italiana)


That will help you to start "capiring" (capire) the language... :)

fatality_uk
December 17th, 2010, 12:39 PM
How many languages do you speak fluently and which are they? :)

-Spydey

Not fluently by any means :) but English, Polish, German, Spanish

jtcady
December 17th, 2010, 06:21 PM
It's not that hard. I am Italian :)

infestor
December 17th, 2010, 06:38 PM
go learn a programming language it is more useful :)

Irihapeti
December 17th, 2010, 10:36 PM
I studied Italian for a year, and subsequently learned Spanish for 2 1/2 years.

That was more years ago than I care to admit, but I can still get the gist of both written languages. Spoken, not so much. I think that practice would bring me up to speed fairly quickly (or living in environments where the languages are used).

I'd say that if you have a grasp of Spanish, then you'd find Italian fairly straightforward to learn.

My first language is English, by the way.