Regarding my study of the #Italian language, I can report that I am making measurable progress. I can understand the gist of most sentences, and only occasionally have to look up specific words.
The big challenge remains speaking Italian. I am attending evening classes, which helps - but most of my self-practice is based on written texts, and not spoken words. And, to be honest, I am not particularly extroverted anyway, so speaking something when I am uncertain of my words is always going to be difficult.
Oh well. I got over this hurdle with English, and hopefully this will be true with Italian as well.
A. No, née: Moose
in reply to Jürgen Hubert • • •Also try watching movies in the desired language (dubbed American ones work best, clearest pronunciation) and with subtitles in the target language. That always helped me a lot.
Jürgen Hubert
in reply to A. No, née: Moose • • •@A_No_nee_Moose
Socializing with the locals is tricky at the moment, since I have basically committed myself to bringing my father along on these trips as long he is still able to do so - and he speaks no language other than German.
Max - Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹
in reply to Jürgen Hubert • •@Jürgen Hubert
If you like we can exchange some vocals on Signal (I created a group for foreigners Italian students but at the moment it's quite... let's say... empty 😁).
Recording a vocal could help if you still don't feel at ease speaking "live".
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Jürgen Hubert
in reply to Max - Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹 • • •@max
Thanks! Right now I have too much on my plate (due to work and other reasons), but I'd be happy to join in the new year!
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Marc Etienne
in reply to Jürgen Hubert • • •anch'io ho studiato italiano con la aiuta della VHS in anticipo un escursione da Monaco a Bolzano.
Und ja, mir fehlt auch oft Gelegenheiten italienisch zu sprechen, aber ich halte durch, schaue Serien auf italienisch an, usw. So wie ich Deutsch lernte. 😉