[TI] Italian Language

[anna riggio]

Sharon,
When my Uncle was here in America I thought I was smart, the very little 
words I knew I tried to use them.
He would laugh.  He said I was speaking Sicilian Dialect and that was a 
no no.  He lived in Northern Italy
since WW II.  I went to a school and I did not know when one word ended 
and a new one began.
So I gave it up.
ann
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon R. Reif" <sreif1956 at comcast.net>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [TI] Italian Language


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> Tom,
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> There is an Italian group that meets here in Oak Brook at the Panera 
> Bread once each month. I saw an article about them in the Tribune. I 
> have not met with them as of yet, but, just as your group, they speak 
> Italian at all levels. My goal is to join them sometime in the future. 
> Forcing myself to do this will make it easier to speak fluently, or at 
> least enough to get by.
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> I have the Rosetta Stone Italian program, but have not picked it up 
> for months. Too busy lately. However, I found it to be good for 
> conversation. I also took a beginner course at the DuPage Community 
> College a few years back. Don't really remember a lot since I did not 
> keep it up, except for one phrase: I have the hunger of a wolf....Ho 
> una fame da lupo. Gee, I wonder why I remembered that phrase????? 
> Because I like to eat???
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> Sharon Reif
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thomas Corso, PhD" <tcorso at lecom.edu>
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:15:27 AM GMT -06:00 Central America
> Subject: [TI] Italian Language
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> I have just joined an Italian language group here in Erie, PA. It is
> really cool, a mix of native speakers and "wanabees" like myself get
> together every week for an hour to drink coffee, have a sandwich and
> speak Italian. I am now up to about a 12 word vocabulary and working
> hard to improve that. (Although I am now starting to get pretty good 
> at
> translating the TI documents). My wife (who actually speaks fluent
> French) just bought me an 8 disk/16 lesson set by Pimsler (sp?), on 
> sale
> for $10 at Boarders (list on the box was $50). Its pretty good (I'm up
> to lesson 4 and can now introduce myself to a young Signorina at the
> airport :)). Does anyone have experience with others? I want a set
> that can be listened to in the car. That's the only time I am likely 
> to
> actually use the disks. I have tried other "immersion" methods in the
> past such as Berliz back in the 80's and they didn't really work for 
> me.
> I need a set that has English "coaching" within the lessons.
>
> Tom
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