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| Skims Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5116 days ago 18 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 1 of 3 15 June 2010 at 10:40am | IP Logged |
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I'm currently learning French, and would really like to move onto Italian. After completing Italian with Ease, I'd like to move onto 'Perfectionnement Italien'. However, I've heard this course has mostly literal translations into French.
Would this mean it would harm my French if I worked through it? Would it be more beneficial to just use the recordings and translations on the left hand pages, and ignore the French altogether? I want to learn Italian, but don't want to mess up my French at the same time :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| RedBeard Senior Member United States atariage.com Joined 5912 days ago 126 posts - 182 votes  Speaks: Ancient Greek* Studies: French, German | Message 2 of 3 16 June 2010 at 4:43am | IP Logged |
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Please take this with a grain of salt:
I don't see how studying the Italian book would mess up your French. If anything, I think that you would notice the similarities and differences and thus reinforce your knowledge of both. By the time you get to that level in French, I think you'll have it figured out. I can almost guarantee that you will come up with the "other" word or phrase once in a while, but treat it with a smile and good humor and you'll be ok. [Edit: nice typos I had in there...] Edited by RedBeard on 17 June 2010 at 5:24am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6913 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 3 of 3 16 June 2010 at 8:36am | IP Logged |
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I think the OP was more concerned with the "quality" of the French in the course rather than interference between the two languages. However, as noted - by the time you can use the course comfortably, your French should be at a level to distinguish the differences.
Can anyone comment on these literal translations? Perfectionnement Italien is on my wishlist in the absence of an English-based course. Edited by Andy E on 16 June 2010 at 8:36am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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