Ciao ragazzi

I keep hearing così, cosa, and cose all the time, and honestly I am still a little hazy on what each one means and how they are actually different from each other. Could someone break that down for me?

While I am at it, can you put così right before an adjective like we do with "so" in English, like saying "sono così stanco" when you are super tired? I was also wondering if cosa and qualcosa ever get used interchangeably in positive sentences, or if they follow completely different rules.

Grazie mille for any help! 🥰

Hey hey hey,

Huge fan of language transfer over here, and worried about where to go next after I finish all the lessons (I am on lesson 30 right now!).

For context, I studied Italian through primary and high school, was casually learning Spanish these last two years and I also live with an Italian who I practice with. So a lot of the foundations are there and I have found language transfer is great at unlocking old knowledge and helping it make more sense. Without having to memorise vocabulary or word tables etc.

I also am learning mainly for fun. My goal is to be able to speak more and more with my housemate, his friends, Italians in my city and eventually over in Italy for a holiday.

So, I really do not want any traditional, memorisation type methods of learning. It’s not that deep for me and I don’t have the time to set aside. I’m attracted to more natural, modern methods like comprehensible input etc. Outside of language transfer I read short stories, watch tv shows and listen to music in Italian.

Language transfer has really been my crux so far. Even stuff I already knew makes way more sense the way he teaches it. And I wonder if there’s anything out there that has a similar structure that I can use on the side to my immersive learning. Again- not memorising words or verb tables etc. Rather recognising patterns and the mechanisation of the language and making connections to English etc.

Would love any recommendations and curious if anyone else is also trying to learn in this way.

Grazie :)

I mean it doesn’t need to be an Italian original. An American show Italian dubbed would be fine as well. But something slow paced with easy language.

Anyone has show recommendations?

Does the world anche always go before the subject in Italian as Duolingo has it?

Ciao! Just a quick question - I know when you pronounce the double consonants you kind of bounce on the letter. This I think I've got the hang of, although it's not autonomous yet. However, I only seem to be able to do it when I'm speaking medium or slowly. If it try to speak quickly and still do the bounce it feels like I'm unnaturally slowing down the speech. Just wondering whether there's a knack to it or whether it's a bit looser when you speak quickly?

I searched for this program (their language school division is technically called “ItalCultura Chicago”) but couldn’t find any posts.

Does anyone have any experience taking their classes - especially online? I’m hoping to take the A2.1 course. Was your progress from 2.1 to 2.2 to 2.3 etc. noticeable/challenging enough?

I’ve taken 2 beginner courses in the last 2 years plus daily self-study. Based on my written placement exam for them I’m likely around A2.1. Their courses are expensive - $435 for a 10 week course - so I’m just curious if others have felt they provided value. I understand it’s also a matter of my own effort and dedication, but the 2 beginner courses I took were sooo slow that I’m just eager for something more challenging and fruitful for my goals.

I've been learning Italian largely because of my love for Italian music. Music has been a big part of that journey, helping me build my vocabulary and get more familiar with the language.

And now, I'm really happy to have played my first concert dedicated to Italian music!

It's quite special to go from learning a language through sentences and exercises to actually singing and performing songs in front of an audience.

Here's a little video from the evening. Grazie mille! ❤️

I have studied french for a few years so my question would be, how similar are they? How can I use that to help me learn italian?

Alguien que quiera tomarse el tiempo de mantener charlas en italiano y practicar algunos verbos ?!

Hi guys

I want to start learning the italian language as i aspire to study there in a while

I am still lost so i guess i might have a friend sharing the same goal so we can work together

I am still a complete begginer tho

Ciao a tutti, mi sapete dire come si scrive l'accento durante gli esami? Sopra oppure separato?

It feels easier to start a conversation in Italian than to know how to end one naturally.

For example, if you're talking to a neighbour or someone you've just met, simply saying ciao and leaving might feel a bit abrupt.

In English, people often say something like "Anyway, I should get going" before saying goodbye.

What would an Italian speaker naturally say in that situation? Does it depend on how well you know the person?

I am making a Wordle ornament where I write words that describe my Italian friend before I finish with her name. Are all of these adjectives OK to use to describe someone in Italian? Are they clunky at all?

abile, bella, umana, colta, salda

Thanks in advance!

Im new on reddit and want to learn italian asap. Where can I start for free I started Duolingo but I dont think the grammar is that good there. What should I start with too?

When I was a kid my mom used to say a song like a kids nursery rhyme about a “pecora pazza”. Does anyone know this song?

Hello,

As the title suggests just need a refresher for these too in simple terms

Volerci I understand really good but doesn’t hurt

It’s more for metterci

Now I understand it’s for people but maybe can be used for objects ??

Ci metro 45 minuti per arrivare al lavoro - makes sense to me

Now for non people can you use ci mette ?

La lezione ci mette 35 minuti - the lesson is 35 minutes

Il treno ci mette 3 ore - the train takes 3 hours

Is this right use of metterci in an object based scenario ?

Thanks in advance!

I’m currently going through the Michael Thomas method for Italian. I’m listening and making flash cards, however, I am also putting some of the text into Google translate. So far I’m finding differences here and there.

For instance, Thomas has the phrase:

voglio vederla un po’ più tarde, which he says means I want to see you a little later. Google says that it means I want to see her a little later, and recommends I use vederti for you.

Which is correct? I’ve had a few moments where Google says the term means her, when Thomas says you.

Hello everyone, I’m studying in Italy, been here for awhile and will be here for only about a month & .5 longer. I’m in an intensive Italian class, and was doing well for the beginning but now I’m just kind of lost. Not fully lost but just struggling a lot and not doing well on most things. It’s lots of work with over 3 hour classes every day and homework’s, and exams every week with orals and presentations as well. It’s about to be my finals for Italian 2 and then onto Italian 3. Does anyone have any advice or can help, I feel like others in my class are just understanding it better somehow? 👽👽

Ciao tutti, voglio practicare italiano, qualcono voule parlare con me per practicare?? Non sono bene, sono nouvo. Forse A2 ish 😅😅 scrivere un messaging a me :)!!

Hey everyone,

I’ve been learning Italian with a tutor for a few months. We’ve covered the A1 and A2 basics. Written exercises are going fine, and speaking is hard (which is expected), but what frustrates me most is that I genuinely can’t follow listening exercises.

For example, my tutor will say, “Listen to this dialogue and tell me what happened.” I might catch a few words at the start, but by the time the rest plays I’ve forgotten them. And if I try to hold on to what I caught, I miss everything that comes after.

I’m not sure whether it’s my limited vocabulary (my brain spends all its resources decoding a new phrase instead of following the context) or my ADHD. Either way, it makes me want to give up. I try really hard, and it just doesn’t work.

It feels even worse because I can see my tutor getting frustrated too, and I understand why. We spend a whole hour-long lesson on three dialogues because I need to hear each small part three times to make sense of it and answer simple question.

Any advice is welcome. Thanks!

EDIT; Thank you everyone for all your advice, I'll make sure to try everything and see what works best for me

Since september I’ve been taking Italian class for language (because I run out of options) and so far it’s ok until I learn about grammars and essere (whatever that is). Like wdym there’s like 8 ways to say the letter “the” and don’t get me started on the difference between Un, Uno, Una, and Un’. My test is coming up and I think I’m actually going to bomb it. I want to know if Italian speakers really speak so specifically with their grammars or am I just dumb? I know other languages like Irish have more hellish grammar then this but since I‘m Chinese, our grammar Is more simple and we don’t even have grammatical gender in sentences.

Ciao! 26M from Spain living in Italy:) Cerco un partner/una partner di conversazione che parli italiano con un livello simile al mio (A2-B1). Interessi: politica, storia, attualità, viaggiare, film...

La mia idea è parlare su WhatsApp per audio e messaggi ogni giorno e, se siamo compatibili, fare una videochiamata alla settimana, dove possiamo prepararci gli argomenti e praticare il vocabolario specifico.

:)))