Archive for August, 2011

Are the Spanish and Italian languages similar?

There was an Italian girl (on a temporary exchange I think) in my old Spanish class once. Seeing as there weren't any Italian classes in my school - only the basic French, German or Spanish - she opted for our class. I was amazed at how much better she was than the rest of us were, and we had already been studying the language about 3 years then. So I'm wondering, is there a close similarity between the Spanish and Italian languages in grammar and vocabulary? Obviously they're not the same: I can tell when someone is speaking Spanish or not; but if I were to ever start learning Italian, would I find it easier if I had completely mastered Spanish?

Learning to speak italian dialects?

Well I was wondering if there was any program or something out there on the internet I could look into to learn how to speak italian and some forms of italian dialect, preferably barese. One or the other would be find, and I greatly appreciate anyones reply.

I'm talking a thick pizza with lots of cheese, pepperoni, hot peppers, and Italian sausage?

The pizza in Rome was pretty bland, so I'thinking since the south of Italy produced the most immigrants to the USA, that's where the pizza (and other Italian foods) will be most simmilar. Probably not real simmilar, but something alike. More so than Rome, put it that way. The 6 provinces are:

Sicily
Calabria
Basilicata
Puglia
Compania (Naples)
Molise

Best software or software to learn Italian?

I'm going for a boat trip in about a week and people are nearly all italian:/ so i need some simple sentences or words in italian

Italian Translation Needed?

How do you say in Italian:

Good Luck on your music exam. I hope you do really well.

Only native italians please.

Im talking beautiful bread, great meats, oil and vinegar, lettuce, tomatoes, spicy peppers, etc.

I need help translating the lyrics to the song, "Prayer in the Night" by Amici Forever.

I have tried all the translating websites in the book, but they only translate some of the song. I'd like someone who REALLY knows Italian to give me the real deal. Thank you!

Here are the lyrics:

http://lyrics.astraweb.com/display/84/amicii_forever..the_opera_band..prayer_in_the_night.html

What's the best way to learn Italian?

i want to know the best way to learn italian, i mean I dont want to go to the country, well I can't anyway. But please tell me ways you might have learnt a language easily. Thanks.
HAHAHA lol @chris

Hi to everybody I'm an Italian girl, I'm 17 and I want to learn english. I think that the best way for do it is talk with people who konw the language. I can teach you Italian if you want.
My addres is : ambrarioti@yahoo.it thanks very much :)
thank you very much cRiMsOn. when you want you can write me to my address :)
Will be a pleasure talking with you.

Best/quickest way to learn italian on my own?

No classes, just on my own. I tried rosetta stone for arabic and it sucked, but i already know some italian so please give me feedback/best and quickest methods

I want to learn how to speak italian.?

well, i checked the librarys here, and there is nothing to help me, and i can't take any classes anywhere, and i can't spend much money. (less than 20 dollars) Do you know of any good website or, software for learning italian? Can someone help? Please?

how do you say "Family and Friends" in Italian?

I want to get those three words tattooed but have not taken Italian and need some help from someone who knows what they're talking about. Thanks!

Italian translation help?

I would like to get a tattoo for my Italian grandmother that says "my heart" in Italian. I would like the proper translation seeing as it's on my body forever, and rather learn the translation from an Italia expert than from Google translate.

So, Italian experts; whats the translation for "my heart" in Italian?

Hello,
I am looking for a ski station in Italy or northern Switzerland where I can learn to ski and learn Italian at the same time. Any idea?
thanks

La Tua Cantante? Whats that mean in Italian? My dad said something like " Are you content?" But the more I look into the phrase, the more I think he is wrong... (My dad needs to refresh his Italian? LOL! He probly does, though) I think La tua Cantante means "The {not sure what word} singer", right?

Thanks for the help...( xD)

I'm good in English but my writing skills needs to be improved ..
am studying Italian currently so any ways to improve my Italian skills ? online ?

Grazie, grazie, grazie...

i just wondering, i went in sweden 1 year ago....and i also read some articles in internet, they didn't talk very well about our behaviour.... what do you think?

I kinda want to have some kind of online thing, but most all of them are very expensive. And there is other ones that are too confusing. I need some way to learn it and understand. One that you can listen to. Please help me out, thanks!

Ok, my grandpa has this document from San Cataldo. Its from 1896 and we have no idea what it is. Its sealed twice with the San Cataldo Stamp. I'll email you a picture of it, its just a copy of the document, my grandpa has the real one. But tell me first what your email is and you must beable to speak Italian. Some of the words are kind of hard to read so its hard for me to put everything in a translator. Thanks guys!

How to talk to an Italian exchange student?

So I have this super cute Italian exchange student in my 1st period class, today I asked him if he was new and where he was from and I think I'm in love but he doesnt talk to anybody because he doesnt know how to speak english so we spoke a little Italian between us, for how long do exchange student last in the school? and how to act when around him and his european friends? help pls!!!

I want to learn italian. Does anyone know what the best book would be for me to buy that I could learn it from? Preferably one that I could get at borders.

Can someone help with this Italian? translation?

My babysitter when I was growing up was Sicilian and she taught me a phrase that sounded something like "a dalia ben" to which the response sounded like "asai asai". Can anyone tell me what the actual words are and what it means?

Anyone speak Italian? Tattoo help please?

I wanted to get a tattoo of one of the following in Italian...

never hold back
life is beautiful
live for the moment

... how would i say these in italian? thankkk youu! :)

Is learning Italian hard?

I'm a fifteen year old girl :) ) I'm also English :}

I have Italian pen pal and we talk on webcam :)
I would like to learn Italian so i'll be able to communicate more understandingly also because it's a beautiful language :) )

So my question is this is it a hard language to learn?

I already know how to speak French and Japanese.

I want to learn fluent Italian?

Hey everyone i want to learn fluent Italian i can speak Italian now but its dialect Italian and i haven't really been around my grandparents enough to learn it I'm not bad but when it comes to watching a movie or TV show in Italian its very hard for me to understand what they are saying i was looking into those learn Italian in 6 days or 31 steps to learning fluent Italian i was wondering if they actually work I'm more interested in speaking Italian more then writing Italian.

What is the Correct pronunciation in Italian?

I am making a memory book of my engagement and wanted to put these phrases on the back.
Can any native or fluent Italian speaker tell me how to pronounce them correctly?

I know the "i" makes an "ee" sound...but I'm not sure on all the other vowel combos.

Phrases:
"Sei il sole della mia vita. Vuoi percorrere il sentiero della vita insieme a me?"

Thanks!

do you Speak italian?

what do you think of italy? i'm italian! siii io sono italiana e voi no! hahahahah

Spanish,Italian or both?

Hello i have been learning spanish for a few months it is easy and i learn fast but since there are many italian people in my country (Greece) i decided to learn Italian so i can talk to them.At first i thought of learning only the basics just to be able to understand them my mother has rooms to let so when Italians rent a room it is hard to understand and help them especially when they need something as most Italians i have met do not speak English or Greek and to impress my Italian friends.The thing is that have started to love Italian as much as spanish they are Beautiful languages and i want to learn them both but should i focus on the one and leave the other?I do not want to do that as i have become quite fluent in spanish and i am afraid that if i stop learning i will forget what i know.On the other hand i do not want to leave Italian cause i like it too much. I think i can handle them both they are easy languages and learning languages is my strength also i believe spanish can help me with italian.Any suggestions?

Italian translation: No one got hurt?

How do you say this in Italian?

What is a good program to use to learn Italian?

I really want to learn how to speak Italian, but it isn't a language offered at my school. So, I was looking for a good program to use.

My wife and I have been wanting to teach our daughter Italian and spanish. I am originally from Italy but my family moved to America when I was 7 years old. My wife has lived here in America all her life and she is part Italian on her dad's side and part Cuban on her mom's side. Because culture is so important to us we want to teach our daughter to speak Italian and Spanish. She is only 2 years old right now. Is that a good age for her to start learning? And does anyone have any ideas how we can teach her these languages?

how do you say… I am very happy in Italian?

I sent some photo to my friend in Italy and she loved it so put it on her mobile phone screen.

I want to say to her "I am very happy" in Italian. I know we talk in English, but I want to say that in Italian.

Is Sono molto contento OKEY ?