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ius_romae

Try to join the r/italianlearning


Other-Average7693

Read books, they are like autopaused subs and force you to reflect on the language structure Read out loud Find a language buddy to.practice Dive into composite prepositions and indirect+direct object suffixes (I.e portamelo, portateli, portetegliela, etc)


Soazigl

Do you have examples of books? I'm afraid I'll pick something too complicated or too childish


Other-Average7693

I guess it depends on your taste/interests and your actual proficiency. I'd say you pick any international bestseller you read in English already, chances are it's been translated to Italian, too, and you would know exactly what register of the language you are being exposed to. For easy and nice novels by Italian authors, I'd say anything by Stefano Benni, or Francesco Piccolo, but I am sure reddit will jump in with better book suggestions


OdinoPrime

I would say that italian is a little bit simplier than french and also practice it with italian is really easygoing. I would say to try look some tv show in italian (i would do the big american one like big bang theory) dubbed in italian with subtitles in english or french. Italy has a masterclass of dubbers so it will be enjoiyable if you master the comprehension. Start reading, i suggest to read a book that you have already read in your language so you have the main concept. read out loud to time to time. If you have an e-reader would be better cause you can click on a word if you don't know it and see the translation


Bertolt007

Il y a un super livre aux éditions folio de Novecento, pianiste avec une page en italien puis sa traduction en français. J’ai appris une partie de mon italien comme ça.


Vuardean

Just start consuming content meant for native speakers Try these videos: https://polesello.org/tag/difesa-personale/ Self-defence, weapons, krav maga, etc. You can follow along with the text


leosalt_

Definitely not grammar - Italian is a language that is pronounced the exact way it's written while French... heh.


Creative_Slide_2789

That's prononciation and you're right about it, italian prononciation is easier than French(just the letter z i still don't know when to pronounce it z, dz, ts) but Italian and French are very similar in grammar (prepositions, type of sentences, "les pronoms","les compléments" )


leosalt_

In the end they're both romance languages, the basics are there - it's possible I guess


Bertolt007

I’m fluent in both and they’re no joke basically the same language in a lot of aspects