I've been told Rosetta Stone is good but its EXPENSIVE. What programs or books or methods in general do you recommend for learning a second language? I'm in my early 20s live in america and work full time and am hoping to go back to school so I don't have a huge budget and sadly won't be speaking it regularly.

I speak predominately abruzzese, but also napulitano, and of course standard italian as well. Lately I have been finding myself speaking in abruzzese which is confusing to everyone else :p

I've been told Rosetta Stone is good but its EXPENSIVE. What programs or books or methods in general do you recommend for learning a second language? I'm in my early 20s live in america and work full time and am hoping to go back to school so I don't have a huge budget and sadly won't be speaking it regularly.

Ive been wanting to learn italian for a while, but when i was in high school i took two years of spanish and dnt remember a thing so i want to learn something im interested in. So i am looking for the best and most effective way to learn how to speak italian. I looked at rosseta stone but it is so expensive so can anyone help or have suggetions

In Italian how do I say: I want your tenderness, your kindness, and your love, very much?

Can you please translate the following useful phrases into Italian. Please only answer if you speak Italian, don't use any online translation site/service. Thanks!

Where is the next exit?
Where is a supermarket?
Where is a pharmacy?
Where is the bus stop?
Where is the airport?
Please take me to the airport.
I want a double room.
I would like to have some laundry done.
When do I have to vacate the room?
I’ll pay by credit card.

I need translation help, please translate "life is beautiful. . . . (continue anyone) or just translate "life is beautiful, live it with no regrets" or "life is beautiful, live it delightfully" or any ideas? thanks.
I need to translate them into italian language.

I was wondering, what proportion of these separate languages is common between them in terms of grammar and vocabulary?? and can you provide some examples??
Thanks a lot!!!

how do you say
"Bittersweet memories, i will always love you"
in italian?
please help
thank you

I have an Italian passport/ I am a resident, but I live in South Africa, my mom is from Italy. I am a 19 year old male and would like to enroll, but understand a bit of Italian and can only speak a little bit. So yeah do I need to be fluent in Italian to join?

Also is there a proper English version of their military website, as I always get error when I click on it.

Thank You.
Sorry: Do I have to necessarily speak Italian to join the Italian military? **
I would like to be part of the Italian airborne if they have, if not just infantry.

Does anyone know how you would say this phrase in Italian? "learn by doing" When I run it through an online translator I get impari facendo..when I run this back in English it comes out as "it learns making? Appreciate any help out there..thanks

I don't know when you joined us or how long you have been with us but I know that we enjoyed your company... I certainly did. Even though I wasn't able to talk to you much, I still enjoyed the few times we had (I particarly liked your enthusiasm). So I wish you all the best. You will certainly be missed.

I don't speak Italian very well, but I'm fluent in English and have been all my life. Actually I grew up speaking English so is my native language English or Italian?
Let me be clear though. My family speaks Italian too. And I can speak it. It is just that I guess I picked up more on english than I did on the Italian. I'm more comfortable with English.

I'm looking for some advice from a Native Italian as to which translation is the most accurate. I'm looking for a short phrase which is based around hope, or never giving up hope in the context of the hope that difficulties won't last forever and that in time I will overcome them. I looked at a few possibilities I've put below I just wanted to know are they correct in the translation relating to the context and that they are about myself (female). Thank you in advance

Don't lose hope = non perdere la speranza but some list it as non perdere mai la speranza and I dont understand the differences.

Non perdere mai la speranza nell'inseguire i tuoi sogni? Which I believe means never lose hope while following your dreams.

Or just the word 'Hope' I believe is just the verb Sperare but I'm not sure if it would be Speranza
Thank you both for your answers they help greatly )

I want to learn how to speak Italian, but my mom doesn't want to buy me Rosetta Stone and she said that the only way I'm going to learn Italian is if I teach it to myself. I already bought a Italian-English Dictionary and I know the days and months, but that's about it. How hard would it be to teach myself?

I am writing to my grandpa who is Italian, and understands little English, so please, please, help me translate this into Italian. "Hello Grandpa, happy eightieth birthday, i hope you are having a good time in Italy, I look forward to seeing you when you get home, bye." ------"p.s. is the pasta better then yours?"

Does anyone know the meaning of these 2 comments?? They were made in casual conversation, so they would be the casual translation-
1st comment
"Ciao cugi, sono tuo cugino devi che cazzo fait te lai fatta una trombata anche x me"
2nd comment
"Ciao cugi, ci io fatto danti trombati anche per te;)"

If anyone could help me out that would be great!! Thanks!

I need to know how to say "you are very beautiful" to a girl who speaks Italian.

Correctly though, sometimes google translate uses the wrong tense of words, and in some languages, the word is pronounced differently depending on who youre saying it to.

Thanks!

I'm performing a song and it has a small section of Italian, and I just want to make sure i'm saying them right.
Could someone please write it out for me in sounds..EXAMPLE: Soccer = Sock-er. or Circus - Ser-kis.

Well you get what i'm saying I hope :/

Here are the lyrics:

Sogniamo un mondo senza più violenza
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno lo dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace, di fraternità

È la fede che
Hai acceso in noi,
Sento che ci salverà

Hii[:
So long story short i need to know how to say "I love you" in Italian.

Could you help [; ?

Thanks in advance.

I want to learn how to speak Italian, but my mom doesn't want to buy me Rosetta Stone and she said that the only way I'm going to learn Italian is if I teach it to myself. I already bought a Italian-English Dictionary and I know the days and months, but that's about it. How hard would it be to teach myself?

Hello, If possible can someone who speaks fluent Italian translate the following from English for me:

My Beautiful Daughter
My Beautiful Son

Thank you very much.
Gav

Im going to italy in august and I do not speak italian.. nor have I ever taken a course. Do most people speak at least some enlgish? Or do the italians get upset if you don't speak their language the way the french do?
I do plan on learning italian I just wont have time before I leave.

(you could also answer my other question)

I'm trying to say, "truth, goodness, and beauty, are different faces of the same". Is anyone fluent in italian who can tell me if it is said "La verità, la qualità e la bellezza sono ma fronti differenti degli stessi"
its an emerson quote so i am trying to keep it as close to the actual quote as possible... its for a tattoo... do you think it would be better if i just left it in english?

I want to learn how to speak Italian, but my mom doesn't want to buy me Rosetta Stone and she said that the only way I'm going to learn Italian is if I teach it to myself. I already bought a Italian-English Dictionary and I know the days and months, but that's about it. How hard would it be to teach myself?

How do you say ballad in Italian?? The Italian dictionaries give ballata which is a dance. I am looking for ballad used for poems. Thanks.

I don't really trust translators. I speak English and Spanish fluently and I know that when I translate a sentence from English to Spanish the order of words and such don't make much sense. Does anyone speak Italian well and can translate this for me? Thanks in advance =)

Good day and welcome. We are the 10th grade class and we are representing Italy. We are very proud to present to you our Italian culture though our delicious foods. Please enjoy.

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?

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.

How do you say in Italian:

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

Only native italians please.

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

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?

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?