Spoken by over 60 million people, Italian is a romance language that hosts a generous number of cultural works known worldwide. Considered to be the closest living language to Latin, Italian’s grammar is considerably simpler than its ancestor’s.
You may be interested in learning Italian for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you are going on a vacation to Italy or intend to live there. Maybe you have Italian ancestry or plot on getting a job that involves work with Italians. Whatever the reason may be, learning Italian can be a very rewarding experience.
One thing that may help speed up your studies of Italian is if you already have information of another romance language like Spanish or French. Linguists consider these languages to be very similar and if you know one, you will find that you already know much of the vocabulary and grammar.
For English speakers, Italian is often remarked to have a “pleasing” sound to it, most likely due to its fantastic use of vowels and mainly its use of vowels at the end of words. Unfortunately, this stress of vowels also means that listening to Italian seems like an incomprehensible stream to most English-language Italian language learners just initiation their studies.
Some differences in Italian from English contain the fact that there are two genders for nouns: masculine and feminine. It will be necessary to gather which gender a noun is everytime you gather a new noun. You will also find that Italian verbs conjugate quite differently based on the subject.
Word order, though, is quite similar between Italian and English. Both languages are subject-verb-object languages and because the syntax is similar, it will be very simple for you to start putting together your own sentences in Italian even as a learner.
Because so many people are interested in learning Italian, there is a fantastic variety of Italian language learning programs for you to choose from. From audio programs to traditional textbooks, you will never be at a loss for equipment to gather from.
Whatever your Italian language goals may be, remember that to succeed in learning any foreign language, you should make a commitment to learning the language everyday and continue to apply effort to your studies for as long as it may take to reach your goals, even years if you are aiming for fluency. But don’t not remember to have fun at the same time! Make sure to delight in Italian by listening to Italian music and watching Italian films. These cultural elements can be the most fun and most rewarding parts of learning Italian.
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#1 by Darryl Coleman on December 9, 2009 - 8:44 pm
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