60: How to Learn Italian - Tips from a Polyglot Italian teacher

Published: Jan. 13, 2019, 11 a.m.

An interview with Italian teacher and language expert Stefano - get tips on how to learn grammar, make consistent progress and stay motivated all year.

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Today's Italian words

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Buon 2019 a tutti! = Happy 2019 everyone

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Buon = good

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A = to

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Tutti = everyone

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Oggi parliamo di cosa ci vuole per imparare bene l\u2019italiano\xa0= Today, we're talking about what's needed to learn Italian well.

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Oggi = today

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Parliamo = we speak

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Di = about

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Cosa = what

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Ci vuole = is needed

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Per = in order to

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Imparare = learn

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Bene = well

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l\u2019italiano = Italian (literally "the Italian")

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In questo nuovo anno appena iniziato\xa0= In this new year (that's) just begun.

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In = in

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Questo = this

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Nuovo = new

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Anno = Year

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Appena = just

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Iniziato = started

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Innanzitutto, bisogna sapere ascoltare\xa0= First of all, it's necessary to know how to listen

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Innanzitutto = first of all

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Bisogna = it's needed/necessary

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Sapere = know how to

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Ascoltare = listen

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Per poi ripetere e imitare = in order to then repeat and imitate.

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Per = in order to

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Poi = then

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Ripetere = repeat

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e = and

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Imitare = imitate

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Inoltre, ci vuole pazienza = Furthermore, you need patience

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Inoltre = furthermore

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Ci vuole = it's needed

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Pazienza = patience

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Meglio progredire piano e bene, che non rapidamente ma male = It's better to progress slowly and well, rather than quickly but badly.

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Meglio = better

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Progredire = progress

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Piano = slowly

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e = and

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Bene = well

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Che non = rather than

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Rapidamente = quickly

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Ma = but

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Male = badly

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Infine = in the end

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Serve = it's needed

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Una forte = a strong

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Motivazione = motivation

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La nostra passione \xe8 il motore che pu\xf2 portarci lontano = our passion is the engine that can take us far

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La = the

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Nostra = our

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Passione = passion

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\xe8 = is

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Il motore = the engine

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Che = that

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Pu\xf2 = can

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Portare = take

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Ci = us

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Lontano = far