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Leafyblue

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I'm just curious how many of you actually speak Italian. I'm in the process of learning it using apps, but it's slow going, considering I am Italian and my parents spoke it and I worked construction my whole life and understood what everyone was saying. You'd think I'd be good at this. 🤷‍♂️
 
I'm very good with my hands at least.

But i need a bunch of drinks before my italian can flow at all.

it's mostly very bad. Definitely understand much more than speak.
 
zeke said:
I'm very good with my hands at least.

But i need a bunch of drinks before my italian can flow at all.

it's mostly very bad. Definitely understand much more than speak.
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I'm fluent with the swear words. Nothing made me laugh harder than a group of Italians having an animated conversation in Italian but swearing in English. Ah fack!🤣
 
Leafyblue said:
I'm fluent with the swear words. Nothing made me laugh harder than a group of Italians having an animated conversation in Italian but swearing in English. Ah fack!🤣
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Same, I know the swear words. But I recently got my Italian citizenship and if I want to retire there I got to get cracking.

Ironically, my wife who is not Italian speaks it much better than me , as she had to pass a language test for her Italian citizenship apllication.
 
wiseguy1 said:
Same, I know the swear words. But I recently got my Italian citizenship and if I want to retire there I got to get cracking.

Ironically, my wife who is not Italian speaks it much better than I, as she had to pass a language test for her Italian citizenship application.
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Oh, nice. I want to go back there, too. Maybe not to live, but long enough to bypass winter. My old boss has a place in Tuscany and says I can use it anytime I want. Retirement there would be a dream. :love:
 
I spoke it as a kid. Now I need a 3-4 days hearing it in Italy and I’m pretty much fluent Can get around and small talk like a pro but really can’t discuss any weighty topics.
 
That's pretty good, though. I'm hoping to get there. I'm finding that just watching Italian content on YouTube helps a lot. There is an app that is a lot like Netflix and has tons of movies in all kinds of languages. I may try that too. :)
 
Leafyblue said:
That's pretty good, though. I'm hoping to get there. I'm finding that just watching Italian content on YouTube helps a lot. There is an app that is a lot like Netflix and has tons of movies in all kinds of languages. I may try that too. :)
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Which app?

My singing Italian pronunciation is good from years of singing Italian art songs as a kid and through university, but I'm not conversant; read it ok-ish bc it's a romance language. If you speak the language to me at a stroll using basics, my pretty okay Spanish might bail me out. Maybe. 😉
 
Leafyblue said:
That's pretty good, though. I'm hoping to get there. I'm finding that just watching Italian content on YouTube helps a lot. There is an app that is a lot like Netflix and has tons of movies in all kinds of languages. I may try that too. :)
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Good idea...but I would watch something light and mid like a sitcom with lots of small talk. Not going to learn words you're gonna use if you're watching a high end crime drama set in Naples. In a similar vein, watch regular folk in Insta reels.

the Tuscan dialect is the closest to the official language
 
Leafyblue said:
I'm just curious how many of you actually speak Italian. I'm in the process of learning it using apps, but it's slow going, considering I am Italian and my parents spoke it and I worked construction my whole life and understood what everyone was saying. You'd think I'd be good at this. 🤷‍♂️
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I can get buy with proper Italian but speak mostly dialect with my families
 
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