Hi there! I'm currently taking an Italian language minor, I'm in an advanced conversation Italian course, and yet, I feel like I know nothing. My classmates are all super ahead of me. I studied abroad this summer in Italy, and I feel like I did fine with natives -- I had to look up some stuff, but they understood me and I understood them (at least the gist).

However, in class, I feel like I legitimately can't understand anything. It feels like Charlie Brown's parents in my ears, but I do love the language and learning it. My professor talks with a mix of English and Italian, but I don't know what he's saying. I don't understand questions or my classmates talking. I don't understanding any of the reading assignments given...

I feel very confused and stuck. I skip classes because I'm embarrassed about my level. I second-guess myself a ton about my pronunciation, so much so, that I pronounce things wrong even if I know how to say them.

How can I improve? How can I be able to actually hear the words and understand what they mean?

Thank you for any comments, I look forward to reading them.

I've tried searching this up but I'm getting different results. I'm at an extremely basic level of Italian, and I've found myself stuck at how to say "you are".

Some places say that don't need to specify the "you" i.e. by saying tu or Lei, where as other sources state that is it required so to differentiate the setting/relationship.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Mi piace molto la ortografia unica di italiano. In italiano non si usa lettere come X, J, Y ecc. quindi certe parole si vedono molto diverso dalle parole equivalenti in spagnolo, francese ed inglese. Per esempio abbiamo “ossigeno” e “galassia” mentre altre lingue hanno “oxygen, oxígeno, oxygène” e “galaxy, galaxía, galaxie”. Altro esempio è “Giappone” me “gi” mentre altre lingue scrivono “Japan, Japón, Japon”. Questo fa l’apparenza di italiano scritto distinguersi.

Cosa ne pensate voi, specialmente le persone chi imparano l’italiano? Pensate che l’italiano deve adottare lettere come X, J e Y? Preferete lortografia italian? A me mi piace molto. Penso che “ss” e “gia” si vede più bello di “x” o “ja”.

Se ho fatto errori per favore correggete me.

How can I say "I don't wanted to mess this up" in Italian

My husband and I have an upcoming trip so I'm trying to learn anything I feel might be needed. Super new to Italian and have only started learning this past week.

A lot of times we will be ordering things like "two waters" or "two cappacuinos"

Here, I would say "we'll have two waters please."

Would "Vorremmo due acqua per favore." Be the best way to do that?

Or "Salve, due acqua per favore."

Or is there a better way? Thanks so much!

Hello, which book/ resource would you recommend to a native English speaker to pass an Italian test at B1 level? No prior Italian knowledge, some very basic Spanish knowledge (maybe level A1).

thanks

Do you recommend some tv show for kids?

Is there a similar phrase in Italian as "old fart", as in, "Sono un..."

My Italian course requires it and if I order it, it'll be more than 50 euros :'') my classmates had PDFs so i figured it might be out there.

I'd appreciate some links.

Hi there! I’m an English speaker and started my independent study about two months ago. I feel like I’ve learned a ton, but am having trouble wrapping my head around a new grammar, especially direct / indirect object pronouns.

I actually have a decent understanding of things theoretically, like if I had to write out a sentence and had time to think it through, but in the moment listening or even worse trying to speak, I freeze up.

I had 2 sessions with an iTalki tutor, but she’s on vacation now and I wanted to know if anyone had advice on how to really drill grammar independently in the meantime. I don’t know anyone who speaks Italian to practice with. Even if I did, I would need someone really patient for an absolute beginner.

I’m at a point where I don’t want to overload my brain with new lessons / info without really having a grasp on the things I’ve already learned. And I don’t want the gap between my reading and writing V my listening and speaking to get huge.

This is what I’ve been doing:

• Duolingo every day
• A Pimsleur lesson every day (a new one or repeating an old one)
• Listening to Coffee Break Italian and Language Transfer
• Listening to a ton of old Italian music
• Changed my phone language to Italian
• Following Italian accounts on Instagram
• Had 2 sessions with an iTalki tutor
• Anytime there’s something I don’t understand in any of the above I search it on Google or Reddit for grammar explanations or Google translate for vocabulary

ANY GUIDANCE, CONTENT OR LEARNING MATERIAL RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED!! Grazie a tutti !!!

Hello! I am around the A2 level and am looking for some recommendations.

I thought the LingQ mini stories were great, and they have helped my confidence in listening and speaking (and of course reading). Does anyone know of any similar structured content that I can import that have a similar layout to the stories, i.e., reading, listening, then a question/answer or speaking component?

To be clear, the stories have this sort of format:

A) Narrator telling a story in the 1st or 2nd person B) Another narrator telling the same story but in a different person with slightly different vocabulary using synonyms C) One of these narrators asking you, the listener, questions from the story. The questions are followed by the spoken answer, but allow you time to formulate it yourself.

Again, I am very grateful to receive any recommendations, nevermind the LingQ app. I guess I am hoping there might be others who found this sort of content helpful and also found other similar resources. As of now, I am struggling to stick to importing something like Learn Italian with Lucrezia, for example, because of the lack of course structure.

Thank you!

I’ve done University of Salamanca Spanish courses and hope to find something similar to that in Italy. What was different about it through the university is that it is part of the university and it has its own separate building and you get access to the university campuses and perks. Is there something like this anywhere in Italy? Or if not are there recommendations on Italian immersion classes?

I’ve been studying for a few months and can understand people pretty well when they speak, I just feel like my vocabulary is still kind of limited, any programs you’d recommend that have vocabulary lists?

Any recommendations for immersion classes in Lecce? Grazie!

I've only found ones in Italian.

n inglese ci sono alcune parole che non hanno una forma singolare. Per esempio “scissors”, “jeans” e “glasses” sempre si dice in forma plurale.

Qual è la situazione in italiano?

My scissors ARE red. ✂️ Le mie forbici ____ rosso? Rosse?

My jeans ARE blue 👖 Il jeans è o sono (è?) azzurro?

My glasses are clean 👓 Il mio occhiale è…? I miei occhiali sono…?

Grazie in anticipo e non vedo l’ora di vedere le vostre risposte e spiegazioni

Ciao a tutti. Does anyone know of a place or group in LA where I can practice Italian? Not looking for classes or anything online, just a little meet up or club. Thank you!

Hi Everyone,

I moved to Italy around 1.5 years a go and I am currently working for a consultancy firm where our client's official language is English. However, some of their team members only speak Italian and I am not proficient at all in Italian. I can understand 50% what they are saying but i am not confident enough to respond to them in Italian.

My management is also pushing me to improve my Italian and start having meetings in Italian only. Which for me is impossible at this time considering my level of Italian.

I can understand some of the questions and I am also able to make responses in my mind as well but when I open my mouth to speak I either go blank or what ever I speak is totally wrong grammatically and pronunciation wise. Also I have noticed that by the time I make up a sentence in Italian in my mind and respond the people on the other side either loose interest in the conversation or they switch to English.

I am working on improving my language. I have taken many online courses and joined a local language school as well but they are just teaching the basics till at A2 level and I easily understand whatever is being taught. But when I try to have real life conversations with people e.g. at bars, comuna, banks etc most of the time they use the words or form of verbs that I haven't heard of and they speak very fast as well. In the start I understand what is being said but gradually things start to jumble up and I totally loose the context of the conversation.

Can you guys helpe me tackle this situation?

i’m a little confused on the conjugation of the verb capire; on one of my language apps it has the sentence “do you understand english”, which i assumed would translate to “capisci l’inglese?”, but instead it says “le capisce l’inglese?”. i thought that capisce was used for he/she understands; is this a formal vs informal way of saying it?

thank you!

I’ve read/heard a few people say that learned Italian through the above platforms and I have a few questions.

• How long did this take overall?
• Were you concurrently using other learning tools (classes, Duolingo etc)?
• were you using dictionaries, or searching things whilst watching?
• did you pause and practice phrases/words?

Just curious if this learning occurs overtime while watching with subtitles and no additional effort.

Thanks in advance :-)

How would I say "two more," as an example, and would it be the same for any number?

Would it be someone like due più?

Edit to add: what about "two fewer"? Due meno?

Hiiii

I want to learn Italian for an Italian job I want to apply for so are there any free Italian resources where I can learn conversational Italian soon?

I just downloaded the software today and I am thoroughly impressed. I can say it is definitely worthwhile for the advanced speaker. I ask a relevant question and it responds in seconds with a logical and substantive response. It confirms my usage of words I am not sure of as today: andare in delfino/ride dolphins, in Caribe (I used Karibik - German), giocare a pinochle (learned just use names of games if not sure), even doppia pinochle! Instead of looking up the words on your favorite translation app or checking the words out on Treccani, I got literally instant feedback. And, the conversation keeps moving forward until I changed the topic. Wow. OK..we are supposed to ask questions but I can’t help it. I love sharing. So, any experience say at a beginner’s level, such as our Duolingo crowd? How about intermediate level. What advantages/disadvantages have you experienced? In bocca al lupo!

I’ve noticed that I pick up Italian faster when I learn it through Spanish, especially on Duolingo’s Italian for Spanish speakers lessons. What are some textbooks or resources in Spanish for learning Italian that y’all have found useful?

I haven’t found any English to Italian Assimil copies online anywhere, do they not offer it as an option? If that’s the case it seems crazy that one of the leading language book series has such a significant language not available to English speakers

Are there any books similar to Assimil that can fill the gap?

Looking for recommendations, I get bored with most movies / tv shows, I really liked The Trial on Netflix, looking for similar movies / series to watch in Italian.

I also liked Tutto chiede salvezza, but I can get bored of dramas quite fast if they are too long.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: The person has been chosen, thank you all for your interest.

On Thursday afternoon (Italian time) I will be doing a tutorial to a future language tutor. I am looking for someone who is interested in taking Italian lessons who would like to get one lesson for free so that my future colleague can see how a lesson is done and also practice a bit. It will be a topic of your choice, grammar, reading, conversation, or listening.

I will choose the person among those who express their interest based on suitability.

Lingua Latina is one of the mainstays of books for Latin learning, and it entirely uses the natural method. I've personally loved that approach to language learning, are there any equivalents for Italian?

I’m an italian engineering student that want to help and offer people the opportunity to improve the everyday speaking, giving also tips and grammar lessons

i know Andare + a cavallo = Andare + con il cavallo
does this apply to piedi as well?