If you are thinking of learning a new language and are wondering whether French or Italian is easier I have the answer for you. During my childhood and teenage years in Italy I studied French at school for eight years. As well as being a native speaker of Italian who knows some French, I also …
Is it useful to learn Italian? Learning Italian is useful for a number of reasons, including opportunities to use Italian, benefits to your personal development and health, giving you the ability to go on holiday and even move to Italy for work or retirement and opening up your cultural horizons. In this article I will …
If you are interested in the Italian language, you might know that Italian is spoken in several different accents depending on the area. You may have wondered what is the best Italian accent? For example, some Italian accents may sound to you more musical than others, some accents may have more closed or open vowels, …
You may have wondered if Latin sounds like Italian, and whether someone with no knowledge of Italian would be able to tell the two languages apart just based on how they sound. Overall, Latin sounds less melodic than Italian and has more consonants, leading to a slightly harsher sound. Although Italian, of the Romance languages, …
If you have ever learned, or are learning, Latin, and plan to learn Italian, you may have wondered if knowledge of Latin might make it easier to learn Italian. In this post I will answer the question: “in which ways are Latin and Italian similar?” and I will explain how knowledge of Latin might help …
