On a hiking holiday to Spain I met a fellow hiker who was ordering food in Spanish. I asked him if he had learned Spanish in school. No, he had taught himself Spanish, every day for a year, ready for his holiday.
I was inspired by his success and dedication. I decided I would learn Italian for my next forseeable trip the following summer.
I learned Italian on Duolingo. Each time I started a new set of exercises, I began to make two lists of words I learned on Duolingo, the easy ones, which is encouraging, and fun. Then the harder ones which I need to practise.
You might like to test yourself, from your own list, or mine, or both. Make two columns of words in any language you are learning, a minimum of 5 to 15, a maximum of twenty to thirty.
Then cover each column and test yourself. Keep repeating your self-administered quiz until you score full marks once, after some hesitation and thought.
Then repeat another time or two until you get 100 per cent right. Instantly and effortlessly.
At the end of the day, or week, or month, look back over the previous lists, or my posts. Duolingo will help you learn the grammar and sentence construction. My lists simply help you with the vocabulary for reading comprehension.
Easy Words
Italian - English
classico - classic
fame - fama
familiare - familiar (adjective, not the noun family)
finendo - ending
fisica - Physics
foto - photo
immagini - pictures (like images)
muro - wall (like mural)
sezioni - sections
stile - style
studi - you study
video - video
English - Italian
finding- trovando - like a treasure trove ando is an ing ending, going on AND on n END (other words end endo
sections - sezioni
wall - muro
Difficult words
Italian - English
mostra - exhibition (I thought it was a mosque wrong. more like a demonstration)
placo - stage (like a platform, or place to perform not
a park)
English - Italian
exhibition - mostra (think mounting pictures)
pictures - immagini
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