suggestions - a fast and relatively easy way to learn to speak some basic italian?

[Ava]

anyone got any suggestions? i'm looking to learn in about 2 & 1/2 months.

[mzteris]

1. Rosetta Stone

for vocab

or Pimsleur for conversation.


Not based on personal experience - but other people's references to RS for other languages, and a brief foray witn Pimsleur doing conversational Mandarin.

Why? Are you going on a trip??

Can we go with you?

:bounce:

[Orrex]

2. Watch all the Marx Brothers films you can find

Chico's faux-Italian is legendary even 70 years hence.


Heck, watch them anyway.

[Omphaloskepsis]

3. A few links..

http://www.word2word.com/coursead.html#italian
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Default.asp

Or you could buy a book. Or take a community ed class at a Community College.

[Blue-Jay]

4. Learn to ride a scooter, smoke a cig, and say "ciao" a lot.

That's all you need to know.

[GirlinContempt]

5. Brain transplant.

Or that cook mind swap device from Ninja Turtles.

[Blue-Jay]

6. Ciccolina Mind Meld?

(When I made that reply, I didn't know that I had unintentionally thought of the best band name ever.)

[GirlinContempt]

8. I ain't fellating no horse no way

[Blue-Jay]

10. Not again, you mean.

[GirlinContempt]

11. You think I'd name a kid LUDWIG?

[Blue-Jay]

12. No way!

Not two in a row, anyhow. You're not Ludwig Foreman.

[jpgray]

7. Movies and kid's books, a dictionary, and a grammar textbook

You'll have to do it every day, however. If you've taken other languages, it'll go a lot easier. Look around for Italian clubs in your city or town and attend them. Go for immersion if you only have 2 months. Mi piace molto l'italiano!

[grace0418]

9. www.learnitalianpod.com

I've been downloading the podcasts (free!) and they've been very helpful. You can get them off this website or from iTunes.

Granted, I took some Italian and a lot of French in college, so I have a little bit of a head start, but I still think these will help you pick up the basics pretty quickly. Are you going to Italy?