Italian I Tutorial: Basic Phrases, Vocabulary and Grammar • Learn Italian Online • Free Italian Lessons If you're interested in buying books to supplement your Italian studies, I've recommended some books from Amazon. Also check out the Foreign Service Institute Italian FAST Course that I am converting to HTML. If you'd like to download the mp3s, use the DownThemAll add-on for Firefox to download all the mp3s at once instead of right-clicking on each link. Thanks to Corrado for the recordings! 1. NEW! Notice that Italian has informal and formal ways of saying things. Also, the words pazzo and zitto refer to men. 2. Italian is a very phonetic language, so pronunciation should be easy. In spelling, the letter e is used to represent both [e] and [ɛ]; while the letter o is used to represent both [o] and [ɔ]. Italian consonant + vowel combinations The consonant h is always silent. Stress falls on the second-to-last syllable in Italian. 3. 4. All nouns in Italian have a gender (masculine or feminine) and the articles must agree with the gender. 5. 6. 7. Flashcards also include subject pronouns.
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English to French, Italian, German & Spanish Dictionary - WordRe BBC - Languages - Italian - Talk Italian - An introduction to Italian Learn Italian with free online lessons Italian Language Blog: Language and Culture of the Italian-Speaking World Here in we have two lovely in our : , commonly called because it houses the council offices, and . Most of the time it’s difficult to appreciate the beauty of these piazze due to their unfortunate, and somewhat controversial use as car parks. Every and the ugly cars are evicted to make room for the local market, which is more attractive but still makes it difficult to enjoy these beautiful spaces without ‘clutter’. Yesterday, however, was perhaps the first time that I’d appreciated the use of Piazza del Comune as a car park. was an Italian car manufacturer, created jointly by , and in 1955. The first car to be produced by the new company was the , whose name was a tribute to , founder of the Bianchi company in 1885. With its premium design and trendy equipment features, the Bianchina was basically an upmarket minicar, and more sophisticated than its better known counterpart, the Fiat 500. Yes, for once Piazza della Repubblica actually looked beautiful with cars parked in it.
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Incipit letterari The Difficulties of Learning the Italian Language A look at how complicated and different Italian is for English speakers, and just what learning the language involves. A Few Basics This is not an Italian lesson, just a few interesting and convoluted facts about learning the language. In Italian, like other European languages, all objects have a gender, they are either masculine or feminine, and consequently all articles and adjectives used with these objects take on the same sex as the noun. The same applies for plurals – adjectives also become plural, so do articles, and this is hard for an English speaking person to learn.Adjectives usually follow the object, so a tall man becomes - a man, (who is) tall.1 in Italian is uno, but when used before a word beginning with any letter, except “z or s + consonant” it becomes “un”.In many cases the masculine word ends in “o” while the feminine word ends in “a” and the plural of “o” is “i” with the plural of “a” is “e”. Painting by Italian artist Lou Pizzi Some of the Difficulties To Sum Up
Learn Italian with music: "Gli uomini non cambiano" by Mia Martini | Easy Learn Italian Easy Learn Italian Friday, October 11, 2013 Learn Italian with music: "Gli uomini non cambiano" by Mia Martini "Gli uomini non cambiano" by Mia Martini Song+ltalian lyrics + English translation 1) Listen to "Gli uomini non cambiano" without lyrics 2) Listen to the song reading lyrics 3) Compare Italian lyrics with English translation 4) Share this page 1) Ascolta "Gli uomini non cambiano" senza leggere il testo 2) Ascolta la canzone leggendo il testo 3) Confronta il testo in italiano con la traduzione in inglese 4) Condividi questa pagina Email ThisBlogThis! Labels: gli uomini non cambiano, italian song, learn italian, Mia Martini Newer PostOlder PostHome Social Profiles Powered by Blogger. Italian exercises and quizzes Learn Italian with music Learn Italian resources Follow us on facebook Google+ Followers Copyright © 2014 Easy Learn Italian | Powered by Blogger Design by NewWpThemes | Blogger Theme by Lasantha - Premium Blogger Themes | Virtual Private Server
Lesson 1: Basics of Italian | Yes Italian You’re going to find… Italian Alphabet – Pronunciation (Alfabeto italiano – Pronuncia) Pronunciation Tips (Tips di pronuncia) Combinations of letters (Combinazioni di lettere) Maybe you didn’t know that… Vocabulary: Numbers (0-20) and Hello&Goodbye A short dialogue First useful and basic sentences Something about Italy and a little tip! Exercises and Key at the end of the lesson in order to define how much you’ve learnt Let’s begin! *These letters are the most difficult ones to pronounce for the native English speakers who are learning Italian. C can be pronounced /k/ like in “car” or “tʃ” like in “chat”. E is never pronounced as /i/. G can be pronounced /g/ like in “goal” or /dʒ/ like in “jeans”. I is always pronounced /i/. H is always silent but in CH and GH: in these cases CH is pronounced as /k/ (“chiesa”, church) and GH as /g/ (“ghetto”, guetto). R is softer than in English. U is always pronounced like “oo” in English (for instance in the word “pool”). Combinations of letters: a) chiao/ciao (hello)
Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki Easy readings in Italian | Languages at Flinders Weblog If you would like to refine or maintain your reading skills in Italian but are frustrated by the difficulty of some of the texts that are available online, you might want to try one of the following websites: “Dueparole.it. Mensile di facile lettura”. There are 20 issues available for viewing and/or downloading. Some website offering activities for learners of Italian as a second language have several reading comprehension activities. Materiali didattici, by Roberto Tartaglione: (click on the eye glasses for visitor access) : There are also specialised magazines for students of Italian (requiring paid subscription but providing a free issue as a sample), offering reading comprehension activities as well as audio versions of the articles recorded by native speakers: Like this: Like Loading...