Italian classes

So excited, my youngest daughter has started Italian classes. I now text her in Italian, so fun....love it

Many say why did I not speak and teach this at a young age, I wish I did.

Anyway..... Ciao guys

 

Don't do what I did, when my nephew was learning Italian at school, his homework was to bring a word in Italian and its meaning. In typical SNM style, I suggested the word for 'strong' being 'stronzo' - well, it sounded feasible

Did exactly the same thing with lil' Ms No Mates - her teacher was not amused.

 

You stronzo... hehe

 

My daughter has set my satnav to speak Italian

 

Most people here speak a dialect which can be very different to Italian

 

amazing!

i started doing a great course on Audible called 'Learn Italian with Paul Noble'.

it's brilliant, listening to 20 mins per day while clearing up the dinner plates. loads of similar words, which help to give you a head start

could be a while before i can actually try it out in person, but they are talking about letting Brits travel from May..."grazie mille a tutti"!

 

Try the app Duolingo. It’s great fun, free and really helps you to learn the basics of a language. I’m doing French and my wife is doing Italian.

 

I only speak to my 3-year-old in German, even if other people are around. He understands virtually everything, but 95% of what he says is in English.

My wife is starting to understand more and more as well.

 

Yes
Its complicated, have a look at the map on this link

Italian Dialects: Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know (and Then Some) | FluentU Italian

I was always told that The region of Tuscany spoke proper Italian???

 

Thats great, keep doing it. He will thank you when he gets older

 

+1 for Duolingo.

I spent about 6 months learning Italian on the app before moving there for 9 months. Could understand a lot but was obviously more difficult to speak it

Io parlo poco Italiano, ma capisco di piu!

 

Bravo

 

The italian language form comes from Tuscany yes, but if you got to Florence you will have a hard time understanding the local version.
Mostly the do no pronounce the "C"s and replace them with "H"s.

Then there's different accents based on regions even though the words may be the same.
Jiust like a, Irish and Scottish in theory all speak english but in practice their accents make it sound like gibberish to me.

 

This is the most common language in Italy

 

I should change my avatar from one of my Aussie cars to my only Italian car ATM. It’s a bit like me Italian body with an Aussie heart.

 

Benon Benon.

 

Thanks, I definitely will!

I made my now wife promise me, as a condition of getting married, that we'd move to Germany for a year once we have children that are old enough to learn the language properly. She really didn't mind at the time, but now that this is drawing closer to being a reality, she's getting a little bit worried about it.

 

By the way, if anyone wants to learn French, it's actually much simpler than some people think!


That's the beginner class done.
Here is the intermediate syllabus.

 

OK, but maybe Oz is ok???? Just saying

Siamo in Melbourne.... after 15 months seeing my daughter, so nice

ciao