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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 1 of 5 02 November 2013 at 4:45pm | IP Logged |
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Catchy title to attract attention :)
Have any learners of Italian practised it in Malta? If all is well I'm going there soon, and I certainly hope to improve my Italian there. But although many people speak Italian, would they rather speak English since I'm not Italian myself? Share your experiences? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| drygramul Tetraglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4468 days ago 165 posts - 269 votes Speaks: Persian, Italian*, EnglishC2, GermanB2 Studies: French, Polish | Message 2 of 5 02 November 2013 at 5:08pm | IP Logged |
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I speak Italian, but as far as I remember I used English in Malta this spring. The only ones addressing us in Italian were actual workers from Italy.
However, I was there for just a couple of days. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
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Well, but you wanted to speak English. I'm sure a monolingual Italian would get by just fine.
Would I seem weird for insisting on using Italian? Should I pretend my English is really bad? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| fiolmattias Triglot Groupie Sweden geocities.com/fiolmaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6689 days ago 62 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, Arabic (Written) | Message 4 of 5 02 November 2013 at 5:35pm | IP Logged |
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We just came back from a week in Malta. Most Maltese are very good at Italian and doesn't
mind speaking Italian at all, so go right ahead! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| oziohume Bilingual Hexaglot Newbie Belgium Joined 4738 days ago 30 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan, Italian, French, German Studies: Dutch | Message 5 of 5 02 November 2013 at 6:16pm | IP Logged |
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I lived for several months in Malta, and I can assure you that most people you are likely
to have conversations with will have no problem to do so in Italian. I do think however that most people will speak English if you show great difficulties when speaking Italian. I do encourage you to pretend like you don't know much English so you can get the most out of your stay. Have fun! 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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