I am enjoyig learning Italian. I am also proud of my progress.
I am encouraged to learn new words every day on Duolingo. All this work is in preparation for a holiday to Italy in 2025.
I am keeping lists of words which are almost the same or similar spelling and the same meaning. The technical term for thsee is cognates.
I also note on a second page those words which are completely different. On a third page I list, those which have similar spelling but confusingly have a totally different meaning.
Here are some of the easy ones, starting with the Italian on the left alphabetically, followed by the English on the left alphabetically. Note that the letter i is used for the masculine plural. A word ending in e is feminine, like the word feminine. A word ending in o is masucline singular, like Romeo.
Italian - English
ambulanza - ambulance
amore - love (amorous)
banca - bank balcone - balcony
cattivo - evil (like catty)
differente - different
emozioni - emotions
errore - error / mistake
facile - easy
funghi - mushrooms
Germania - Germany
hotel - hotel (they also use albergo)
importante - important
inizio - the start (like initiation and inital letter)
jk - these two letters are not used in Italian
livello - level
mappa - map melone - melon
naturale - natural
odio - I hate (like odious)
progetto - project
questione - question
radio - radio
Spagna - Spain
telefono - telephone
universita - university (notice Italian has an accent on the a)
veloci - fast (like velocity) veranda - veranda villa - villa
vulcano - volcano Many words are used in music. Virtuoso.
wxy - these three letters are not used in Italian. But appear in borrowed words.
xilofono - xylophone. xenofobia -
zoo - zoo
Useful Websites
https://www.parlaitaliano.co.uk/50-italian-cognates-to-supercharge-your-learning/
https://www.quora.com/How-many-Italian-words-begin-with-Q
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Italian_origin
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