Posts Tagged ‘patterns’
Jul
Jul
Word pattern recognition
Have you ever thought about what’s actually going on in your mind when you listen to someone talking? If so, you may have already noticed that your brain is guessing at the words to come next before you even hear them!
It works with reading too. If I write “six of one…“, I
Jul
Jul
Verb+preposition+infinitive patterns in Italian
In my last post, I talked about the importance of learning word patterns on your way to fluency. Today, I want to focus on some simple patterns: verb+preposition… patterns.
Jul
Jul
A few Italian word patterns
Since we’re in the second half of the year, the focus is less about grammar and vocabulary, and more about building “muscle memory”. It’s still important to continue picking up new words, of course, but the focus should be on word patterns and common usage. The idea is to get away from translating in your…
Aug
Aug
More Italian patterns
Staying on a recent theme, I intend to continue focusing on useful word patterns in Italian. While one should never stop learning vocabulary, my attention during the second half of my year of Italian will be focused more on learning words as part of common phrases, rather than simply as vocabulary words without any context.…
Aug
Aug
Everyone should stand for something!
When I look back at all the people in life who have inspired me, or who still do inspire me, there is one thing that’s true about all of them: they all stand for something. Interestingly, this can be a great language learning tool.…
Dec
Dec
A few more Italian idioms
Today, we have a few more Italian colloquialisms, or idioms, or slang… or whatever you like to call them — I still don’t know (or care) what the difference is.
These are fun little phrases because they don’t mean what they say, and it’s important to understand them correctly when you hear or see them…