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Post #653509

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Leonardo
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Personal Quest to Learn Over 20 Languages
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Date created
7-Aug-2013, 9:56 AM

twister111 said:

 

Un poco è maggiore che niente.

A little bit is better than nothing.

Allow me to correct you on that:

"Un po' [un pochettino] è meglio di niente."

 

Leonardo said:

Once again, I applaud your ambition and your determination, and I humbly offer my help. Feel free to PM me.

 

Tì ringràzio! So I was thinking about what to PM you but I felt my question would benefit others here too. Do you know of any interesting Italian shows or movies I may not be aware of?

 

Ehhh.... Tv in Italy is comprised of 85-90% American (or British) shows dubbed in italian. What's produced locally is utter crap IMHO. Movies might be a good bet, but here's what I thought:

you've heard about the Rosetta Stone, the ancient piece of rock that had writing in Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphs, haven't you? Historians were able to understand the hieroglyphs because they had the Greek text as a reference. Now, I think this is a good method to learn another language: use something you already know, say like the Bible, as a reference to understand it.

Since we're on a Star Wars forum and all, I think it might be a good idea to use the Star Wars movies to learn a foreign language! What do you think? :)

As for what to PM me about, I was willing to make short youtube videos to demonstrate correct pronunciation, grammar and so on. In fact, I have an idea. Let me get my mic.