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Teach Yourself Italian by Clelia Boscolo

 Author: Clelia Boscolo  Category: Italian  Language: Italian  File Size: 27 MB  Tags: Italian | Language | Learning |  Download PDF
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Teach Yourself Italian by Clelia Boscolo

Complete Italian (Learn Italian with Teach Yourself) by Clelia Boscolo

Making flashcards

It is a tried-and-true method for learning Italian vocabulary and grammar concepts on your own. Flashcards allow you to break down the language into manageable chunks, focusing on specific words, phrases, or grammatical structures.

Where to start:

The present tense, also called the present indicative or presente indicativo, is the first tense you should learn in Italian. It’s very similar to English’s present tense and we use the Italian present indicative for actions that are happening in the moment or that happen on a regular basis.

Summary:

One of the first topics you need to learn are greetings and introductions. These expressions are essential to communicate with native-Italian speakers.

Italian greetings:

  1. Buongiorno! (Good morning!)
  2. Buona sera! (Good evening!)
  3. Buona notte! (Good night!)
  4. Come stai? (How are you?)
  5. Stai bene? (Are you all right?)
  6. Cosa c’è di nuovo? (What’s up?)
  7. Che cosa stai facendo? (What do you do?)

Note:

  • Italian became an official language in 1861
  • The Italian alphabet only has 21 letters
  •  Italian is considered one of the closest languages to Latin
  • Some Italian words are misused in English
  • Approximately 66 million people speak Italian worldwide
  • Over 700,000 Americans speak Italian
  • The word ‘Volt’ was created by an Italian
  • The Italian language loves double consonants
  • The longest Italian word contains 30 letters
  • The word ‘America’ comes from Italian
  • Italian is one of the most studied foreign languages in the world
  • The word America is actually an Italian word
  • The longest Italian word has 30 letters (psiconeuroendocrinoimmunologia)

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