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| attraversiamo Newbie United States Joined 4787 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, French | Message 1 of 3 21 October 2011 at 2:42am | IP Logged |
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Currently I'm taking courses on Latin (past the heavy grammar drills -- mostly just reading Cicero and Vergil) and
I'll be brushing up on my French for language proficiency exams, but I want to learn Italian on the side. What would be the pros and cons to studying these all together? Would there be any conflicts from French or Latin that would make learning Italian more difficult? Thanks in advance! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| yall Diglot Newbie Italy Joined 5961 days ago 22 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Latin, French | Message 2 of 3 21 October 2011 at 7:46am | IP Logged |
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I think they would complement each other. Both Latin and French will help with Italian, but they are different enough that I don't think mixing would be a big problem. I read in the Italian section of the forum that French and Italian have like an 89% lexical similarity, so your knowledge of French will definitely give you a leg up with Italian. At the same time, Italian and French sound different enough that it probably won't cause a lot of problems.
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6011 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes  Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 3 of 3 21 October 2011 at 12:10pm | IP Logged |
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You'll mix up a few words from time to time -- it's inevitable. Most people think this is a sign that they're doing themselves damage. It's not. Because for all the difficulties that similar languages present, they're absolutely packed with things that make life easier for you.
Effectively, you're getting about three-quarters of the Italian language for free, so if you get confused with a dozen or so words, you're still up on the deal.... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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