Archive for November, 2010
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Making sense of Italian slang
After learning basic, grammatically correct Italian, it’s important to also learn some slang. Most languages have a ton of slang, and Italian is no exception. Today I’ll just discuss a few fun little Italian slang words.
magnia
If you see it written, in context, this one’s not too hard to figure out. The n and…
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“They only say that in Rome” and similar nonsense
The United States is a large country, and I’ve lived all over the US. I know how people talk in the northeast, and how they talk in the south. I can recognize a Carolinian accent and distinguish it from a Tennesseean accent, and I can hear a single word in your speech that tells me…
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4 reasons you’re still not fluent
I get a lot of comments, emails, tweets, and other communications related to this blog, and perhaps the most common theme among all of them is this: “I’ve been studying for a long time but I’m still not fluent. What advice can you give?”…
I give tons of advice every week that answers that question,
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How to practice speaking on your own
This is a guest post written by Pete Lypkie. Pete is a language learner, and the author of Language Fixation. He is currently working on German, Esperanto, and Swedish. He is also a regular reader and commenter here.…
This was originally a response to a question about how introverts can practice speaking a language. Not