Beginner Italian Course Lesson 1 (Part 2) - Is it easy to learn Italian?

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This Beginner Italian language course is designed to give you the most solid foundation to become a confident speaker of Italian.
In this video you will learn what are the foundation of the Italian language. Is it easy to learn Italian?

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Lecture Notes:
1. Italian falls into category 1 language, so it's easy for English speakers.
2. English and Italian shares about 60% of thier Vocabulary.
3. It has easy phonetics. You say what you write. You write what you say.
4. The sounds are consistent.
5. Having a strong vocabulary in English, you can guess the italian equivalent.
Good luck.

[sandyforero]

For me it’s easier because it’s very similar to Spanish 😉

[fushiamoon]

I love your style of teaching. You're always excited and happy to give the lesson. This is a wonderful thing you are doing. Italian is a beautiful language. It was lost in my family and I'm trying to bring it back in. Thank you Manu!

[anderso.madsen]

Salve! My name is Anders and i'm 16 years old, i'm from Norway. I've always been in love with Italy, i've spent many vacations there! 😁I've always wanted to learn italian but thought that the idea of learning a completely new language was intimidating, but i realized that if i was able to learn english then why can't i learn italian. I'm really dedicated to this as i'm spending a lot of time every day learning new words, and listening to people who speak it. I remembered that one of the ways i learned english was to just watch movies and listen to music with norwegian subtitles, eventually i would start to understand more and more, so that is my method for learning italian; i'm watching tv shows that i've already seen but with italian dub. One of the things that inspired me to learn is actually quite peculiar, i was in Lucca with my family, and we were at a café because it was raining. On the radio i heard an italian song which i absolutely fell in love with (i was 13 at the time) so i found out who the artist was and it was Vasco Rossi whom i had never heard before, i later realised how famous he is in italy (i thought i had discovered a completely unknown artist😂). I use his music to learn new words and it's a great help. But i have to give you a lot of credit aswell! You inspire me so much and you make me want to learn the language without being intimidated by it! I can't wait to follow this 30 day course and i'm looking forward to my journey of learning this beautiful language, and i'll let you know how i'm doing on the way. Thank you for doing all of this❤

[Antcarhuman]

My goal is to speak Italian as well as you speak English. Grazie Manu.

[AKawesomeman]

It's my 2023 goal to finally learn Italy. This channel is a blessing in that journey. One video a day seems like a good pace for me, I have already taken your advice on the QVC Italia channel and I have it on in the background when I am playing games. Grazie :)

[armani_is_gucci]

I've got 5 months to learn before visiting Italia! I've been practicing Spanish for a while now, so it's a little easier but I'm committed to this series and fully understand the need for exposure, so I've got music, QVC, movies, and Duolingo helping me along as well! Wish me luck!

[IsabelLorena-brmq]

Speaking Spanish and learning Italian is awesome so much! There is many similarities in both language

[canaldamariesteves]

Your English is so perfect. I'm listening you without difficult to understand. I want to learn English and Italian at the same time. Thanks so much!

[ridiculouslycute]

Such great videos and teaching methods. I am italian born and fluent, but have lived in the US for 40 years. I grew up multi-lingual (German, French, Spanish, and English, too) with English being my 2nd language. My son never had interest in learning Italian growing up, so now that he is an adult, these lessons are so perfect for him. Thank you for all of your hard work!! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[emmarosenkowitz]

The best italian teacher hands down 👐. Just came across your channel. Been trying to learn italian for ages and trying to find the right person to teach me. I have finally found you, as you explain everything well, clear and precise. I will be moving to sardina to work there in the near future. Grazie Mille 🙏

[ylbimhh]

I'm soooo in love with Italian. It's amazing that I've got that opportunity!
Grazie!

[k_]

I really love your energy and way of teaching! very welcoming and friendly makes me feel very comfortable. My dad spoke italian and would speak it to me sometimes and i know some few words and sentences, i also had some cousins from italy come over a few summers and would teach me a bit but i mostly lost all of this throughout the ages.

I've always wanted to learn italian properly and my dream was to have a conversation with my dad in italian but sadly that never happened and he passed away last year. i'm finally motivated to take the time and put in the work to learn the language partly as a way to honor him and feel closer to him in a way.

it's actually crazy how some words, completely randomly said out of context will make me instantly cry because it reminds me so much of him the most recent one was "anche". I'm very grateful to have found your channel and your lovely teaching style, i really feel like following your lessons will help me reach my goal.

thank you and looking forwards to all the lessons.

[Nilvils]

Hello! I'm a Spanish and Catalan native speaker and I want to learn Italian. I'll visit Roma in May so my goal is to be able to understand most of what people say and speak a little bit when I go there. The good thing is that I already speak 3 languages so it's easier for me. Italian has a lot of words which are almost identical in Spanish, and if they are not similar, a lot of them are like in Catalan!

[jgestiot]

I am fluent in English, French and Spanish and I find Italian quite easy to understand even though I have never studied it. Each time I have been in Italy, I have been able to understand most things, especially when they are written. French and Spanish being two latin languages make it easy. For example in this lesson, Dente is very differrent from the English Tooth but very similar to the French Dent or the Spanish Diente. My only real challenge is to learn how to speak Italian fluently, which I know I can without too much trouble. Speaking French and Spanish also helps understanding the concept of masculin and feminine, somethint that is harder for English speakers to understand. I remember when my father lived in Nice (France), we used to go shopping in Ventimiglia because everything was cheaper there than in France. We never studied Italian but we never had a problem understanding or being understood. If you know a few key words, Italian people will understand you even if you cannot make proper sentences. For example mangiare pizza. Finally I want to say how close the French and Italian cultures are. We are a carbon copy of each other, especially southern French. Thank you Italy for making me feel welcome every time I visited your beautiful country.

[Ashiiqah]

Thanks for a great lesson. You made me start to think of many words in my own native language, Urdu. Urdu is an Indo-European language similar to Hindi, with lots of Persian, Arabic and Turkish influences.

In Urdu, the word for “tooth” is “daanth, ” (دانت) from the Indo-European root “dent”… Ciao!

[mariannegibson]

Thank you, can't wait to get started and I am very glad I found this course. As an ex-teacher of English as a foreign language, I can see you have a great rationale for the way you teach and a really well-structured approach, along with fantastic energy, thanks again!

[secretariatgirl]

Was anxiously waiting for the next video...now I realize lessons will be spaced...which is good! I have been watching QVC Italia in the meantime and picking up a lot of vocabulary, writing it down and I feel so motivated now after months of being turned off by an Edx course...now I feel much more inspired!!

[kuegnes]

The root dent is from greek and as a Greek I find so many other similarities between greek and Italian. It's actually so easy to learn Italian as an English and Greek speaker

[peterpaton]

Ciao Manu. You are a great teacher of both Italian and English at the same time. Grazie.