Learn Italian

What is the BEST way to learn Italian? (aside from face to face lessons)?
Im talking about good software, good texts, good workbooks, good audio lessons. Anything that will help. Please be as specific as possible, thanks.

(4 points best answer)

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What are some common soccer phrases in Italian?
I’m going to a soccer game tomorrow between Inter Milan and Manchester. I’ve spent some time in Italy, but never had enough money to go to a game. So, I was wondering what are some common Italian phrases, i.e. “Go team!” and chants and such. I’ve scoured the internet with no avail. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks!

Allora, comé sei dici “go milano!”?

Allora, comè sei dici is wrong….the correct phrase is allora, come si dice….

Go Team = forza squadra! or forza Milan!
An other way to say goal is “rete!”
We are the champion = siamo i campioni
Manchester comes homes = Manchester torna a casa
Losers = perdenti
goalkeeper = portiere

I hope I help you

@Kateall…..squadra di andare is very wrong…it means nothing

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What are some similar words in the romance languages ?
Can you say some similar words in spanish, portuguese, french, italian ?

Amor (Portuguese), Amore (Italian), Amor (Spanish) and Amour (French).

There are way too many to list here….

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Here you some Italian names!!!!!!?
Hi!!!! I’m an italian girl…this is really not a question…I just wanted to tell you some of the most popular Italian names…maybe someone who’s pregnant can take an idea…(sorry 4 my bad english!!!!)…whatever, the most used girl names are Giulia (Ju-ly-a), Martina, Alba (that is also an italian word which means “sunrise”), Alice, Arianna, Aurora (that means “dawn”), Beatrice, Bianca(that means “White”), Camilla, Candida(that means “white as snow”), Carlotta, Caterina, Celeste(that measn “sky-blue”), Chiara, Deborah, Federica, Fiore(that means “flower”), Giada(that means “Jade), Gioia(that means “joy”), Giorgia, Ilaria, Irene, Lavinia,Letizia, Licia, Lucrezia, Ludovica, Matilde, Marica, Margherita(that means “marguerite”), Maria, Marianna, Marilena, Noemi, Paola, Patrizia, Priscilla, Serena, Silvia, Speranza(that means “hope”), Stella(that means “star”), Susanna, Tiziana, Valentina, Vera(that means “true”), Viola(that means “violet”), Virginia…aren’t they awesome???? What do you all think about them? Bye-bye

cool.

I’m italian too!- so why couldn’t i be named some of these?

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Can someone translate a few basic Italian phrases for me?
Google seems to be unclear.

“l’ha” This comes up a lot. What exactly does it mean, and when should I use it?

“Mi sono messa il vestito”

Simply stating “Lavora”. That’s the whole sentence. The picture is of a guy working. Does it just mean “works”?

“é Suo questo” What does this mean exactly, and can it also be “é questo il suo”?

1 ok i try with an example: l’ha preso? did he take it. the exended form is “lo ha preso?” or “la ha presa” so we cut the vocal and put the apostrophe.
2 i put the dress on. vestito may mean dress or clothe(s)
3 la foto è di un ragazzo al lavoro (at work)/ che lavora.
4 yes it can be both and means: is this yours? this is the formal version, because we use the third person to speak in a formal way to someone, so the exact meaning could be : is this yours, sir? or is this yours, lady?

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What are my chances of getting into boston university?
Hello everyone =] I’m only a sophomore, but I’ve been set on BU for over a year now.That being said,since I am only a sophomore so I haven’t taken the SATs of ACT yet. However, here is my current info just to see if I’m on track.

*I plan on applying early decision to BU’s college of health and rehabilitation sciences under a human physiology major and a minor in italian.

-My GPA is 3.7-3.8 ish
-I’m number 20 or 30ish out of about 350 in my class
-I take all honors classes and I’m one year accelerated in math
-The only honors class I haven’t taken is concert band freshman year because you can’t take honors band until at least sophomore year, but this year I am playing my oboe in the wind ensemble which is honors
-Every year since eighth grade I’ve been a medalist in the district and national spanish contest
-I am on my school’s swim team as well as an outside club team
-I work as a lifeguard
-Since I am applying to the health science school i feel the fact that I am certified in CPR,first aid, and oxygen administration is relevant
-I am in the medical scholar’s club
-I compete on the biology olympiad team
-I am involved with a local science symposium
-I’m about to start volunteering at a local hospital
-I am in color guard as well as marching band
-this year our band and color guard were the PA state champions
-I take private oboe lessons as well as play in a small chamber ensemvle, I plan to continue to play in college
-I am in
my school’s academically gifted program for having a GIEP(high IQ) and I’m currently completing an independent research study on stem cell medical therapies
-I give group and private swimming lessons

So what do you suppose are my chances of BU so far? I know it’s hard to tell without SATs but thanks!

So far so good. Write back when you get your SATs.

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learn italian?
does anybody know a helpful site or a downloadable program that can help me learn italian?

you shoul try, www.mangolanguages.com
if you want we can practice through emails

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What’s a common Italian slang word or phrase to describe a “moral deviant”?
A person with no scruples, values or honor; an amoral person; the kind of criminal even other criminals distrust. The word/phrase would be used in casual conversation by a younger (20-30something) type crowd, so I’m after something still in use today. Preferably something that is PG-13.

I think there’s not a common word or phrase to describe a moral deviant.

We can say different words which can be used as insults: figlio di pu.ttana (son of a bi..), testa di ca.zz.o (literally dic.. head) and so on, offending the person, let’s say

If I knew the equivalent English word, I might translate, but I think we use to insult with above words first, marking pronunciation strongly.

But for a PG-13 you’d better say “sc.e.mo” or “stronzo”, they’re not so offensive as those words

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Romantic Italian phrases that sound very well when spoken?
Can anybody tell me some romantic italian phrases that sound lovely and roll off the tongue? This is a language of romance after all =D

sei la donna più bella del mondo=you are the most beautiful woman in the world
ti amo da impazzire or ti amo tantissimo or ti amo alla follia =i love you so much
sei la mia ragione di vita=you’re my reason for living
sei la cosa più bella che mi sia mai capitata= you are the best thing that ever happened to me
non smetterò mai di amarti=i’ll never stop loving you
sei la stella più brillante di tutto il cielo =you’re the brightest star in the sky
sei il primo pensiero al mattino e l’ultimo prima di dormire=you are the first thought in the morning and last before bed
sei stupenda or sei bellissima or sei meravigliosa=you are beautiful

i’m italian, bye!

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Using the rosetta stone italian language software how long would it take to become fluent in the language?
K I own the rosetta stone italian language software and I was just curious as to how long it would take to become fluent in the language.

First, you can’t become fluent just by using Rosetta Stone. It’s the best way to start off learning a language, but it doesn’t have every single grammatical structure or every single word in the language.

If you’re asking how long it takes to get through the whole program, it depends on the person. Just to do the exercises, it might take about 100 hours all together to do all three levels, but that doesn’t take into account how long it will take you to figure things out or how long it would take you to remember everything.

If you’re of normal intelligence, it might take about six months on an average of one hour a day (of course you could do seven hours every Saturday or two hours every other day or something).

Use the audio companion whenever you can and get supplementary books to practice more, “Easy Italian Reader” is good. Also, rent Italian movies.

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