Learning ITalian?! HElp!?
339317
If spanish is the first latin-based language that you learn, italian is going to be tricky sometimes because you're going to use words from spanish thinking that they'll work in italian as well...and this works sometimes, sometimes doesn't because of the so-called "false friends"...i.e, words that are almost identical in both languages but do have completely different meanings!TRICKY...Example: I'm italian actually, and i'm learnig spanish (so it's the reverse process) so when i went to spain last summer it happened i wanted to say i was embarassed...i tried to create a spanish word using my italian (embarassed= italian imbarazzato)...but "embarassado" in spanish means PREGNANT!\nSo don't use your fantasy too much...
597917
There are many options available on the web. Some are free some are paid for. The best way would be to go to free sites, get your bearing right on the language. Then go to a paid site and learn them fast.\n\nHappy learning.
788499
Immersion in the language, living in another culture is, hands-down, the best way.  It's also the most disruptive to your life, and few can do it.\n\nIf you're learning on your own, some general tips for learning languages:\n\n1. Look at people's reviews on Amazon to determine what are some of the best courses.\n\n2. Go to the library and check out different types of courses, and see what works for you best.\n\n3. Put aside 30 - 60 minutes per day and study some each day.\n\n4. If you get discouraged, take a couple of days off, but set your next time to study and stick to it. If you go too long (say a week) between study sessions, you'll start forgetting.\n\n5. Go into the experience realizing that you'll make lots of mistakes, don't worry about them and keep going.\n\n6. Try to find someone better than you in the language to speak with. You can't learn to speak a language without speaking it. If you're trying to learn with someone else who is also learning, you'll lead each other into learning errors.
727170
You will find some information in the following Wikipedia article about the accents used in Italian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language#Writing_system\n\nIn a nutshell, they are: é, è, à, ì, ò, ù
332999
I suggest you buy "Teach yourself Croatian" by David Norris. This book is simple to use, moves at a quick pace and has relevent texts. \n\nI suggest in the beginning (unless you know a language with cases such as latin or german) not to worry too much about the cases it is about communicate something, anything, at first. And people can understand the meaning without the cases. \nBUT I would learm the basic grammer such as the endings (sorry can't describe it well but in croatian for 'I GO  you dont need to say ja(i) idem(go) just idem(i go) because the endings indicate the meanings. You will find the rules are very regulaur. Once you have understood them you will see how easy it is to make short sentances . And now you are speaking :-)\n\nWhen you get a little better I would use the internet. There are many sites in croatian. And chat rooms are a great place to start because the language is easy. That way you build up your vocab, and you actually see how people write and speak in real life because they use alot of slang.\n\nOf course use every oppourtunity to practice with native speakers (or anykiind :D) Go on holiday there, seek out Croats in your local community, listen to music if can bregovic, zabranejo pusenje -no smoking-, are cool, for easy lyrics try pop and turbo folk type music, watch tv etc etc\n\n SRECNO :-)
978113
You can learn Latin at textkit.com.  They have downloadable grammars and readers, and it is all free.  They have an online forum where you can post things.  I don't believe they have a lot of activity, but you can't beat the price.  Plus the moderators there actually know Latin.
890501
www.learnitalianinonemonth.com
1169522
u can learn portughese!! it's pretty similar to spanish!! // italian sounds good too/ FRENCH  it's like HARD GURL!! so stick to those 2!!:)
24269
Other recent questions have addresed the issue of how to learn a language.  Do a search on Yahoo! Answers to find out what people have said about this.\n\nI'll give you a shortened version of my answer: get as much exposure to understandable Croatian as possible.
333644
yeah , I'm Sicilian and the best way to learn is to go volunteer at your local , Sicilian social club . most of the elders are really happy to keep the old ways alive .\ni am proud of our heritage , and I'm glad you are exploring how to be true to it . please go if you can , everything there is more colourful , tastes better , and even the air is filled with perfume ! (i volunteered on a cruise ship so i could go in collage ) good luck!
296854
There's a bunch of language schools in Toronto.  You'll have to research them to figure out which ones offer Italian.
114476
first of all, are you a visual person or an audio person? If you learn by visual, reading or watching movie (in your language) with subtitle (in the language you want to learn) will help.\n\nIf you learn by audio, listen to the songs (the language you want to learn) and find out the translated lyrics. Another way is to have someone to speak the language to. That helps a lot.
684510
Nope, you have to learn Italian
928252
Hi, I'm italian, you can take a look at www.translation-traduzione.com, they say that the price per word is € 0,018...good luck, and if you need any further info, get in touch with me, ok? Have a nice day!
226696
Probably the best anwer for learning a language that I've had so far is a program called Rossetta Stone. It's pretty easy to use, but it can only help you learn the language as it's taught in schools. If you can, find some Russian speakers and practice with them!
285695
copy a few passages from the languange that u want to learn\nevery day.any words that u don't know immediately see in the dictionary.learn the grammar as well as the pronounciation...just a tip,depends to the person hardwork...
451293
http://www.language-reference.com/Latin/Italian/vocabulary/z1.html\n\nhttp://www.lexicool.com/online-dictionary.asp?FSP=A18B37