Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5857 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque
| Message 17 of 24 25 November 2014 at 2:03pm | IP Logged |
I'm glad to see you back and at it, your logs are always great!
Nice dialog, though i think you've either been watching too many Julius Caesar films or have some French influence with that "et".
How are you finding Italian with your background in French?
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5948 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 18 of 24 26 November 2014 at 3:50am | IP Logged |
Excellent, thanks Gary.
Tuscany, and in particular Florence / Firenze, may be perfect for us from what I have read so far. Still considering whether to include Rome on this trip. May be dependent on how many of the extended kinfolk may be going. I expect it will be easier (not necessarily easy, but easier) to travel as a group in areas away from Rome.
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5948 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 19 of 24 26 November 2014 at 3:56am | IP Logged |
Thanks Crush, much appreciated!
Crush wrote:
Nice dialog, though i think you've either been watching too many Julius Caesar films or have some French influence with that "et". |
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D'oh!! [insert my best Homer Simpson impression here]. Yep, cursed French strikes again.
Crush wrote:
How are you finding Italian with your background in French? |
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Characterizing my past tangles with French to constitute a "background" is exceedingly generous of you! I am actually finding more interference from the very modest amount of Spanish I studied earlier this year: The phrase "Come stai" invariably comes out in the following manner: "Como ... er, dang, nope... Come stai"
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garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5199 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 20 of 24 26 November 2014 at 10:21am | IP Logged |
I've written "et" in Italian a few times, and written "e" in French more than a few times...
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5948 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 21 of 24 14 December 2014 at 9:52am | IP Logged |
I am keeping a running tally of my progress by way of edits to the first post in this
log.
Keeping a list of helpful links here for active or future reference:
duolingo
italianpod101
learnitalianpod
Italian verbs conjugator
italian.about.com
FSI
Italian FAST course
En attendant
Godot - bilingual English/Italian text
il piccolo principe (the little
prince) - audio
il piccolo
principe - text
Edited by Spanky on 14 December 2014 at 10:07am
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5948 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 22 of 24 14 December 2014 at 5:13pm | IP Logged |
youtube links that are helpful:
resonance2001
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tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4657 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian
| Message 23 of 24 14 December 2014 at 5:23pm | IP Logged |
I will be starting Italian soon and these links seem like they should come in handy. Thanks!
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5948 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 24 of 24 14 December 2014 at 5:43pm | IP Logged |
tastyonions wrote:
I will be starting Italian soon ... |
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I have found it so far to be a fun language to learn and I expect you will find all of
your previous work with French will be of considerable assistance for you with Italian.
Good luck!
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