Tag Archives: Italian

Update. Changing my phone’s language to Italian and other weird ways to learn languages.

I changed my phone’s language to Italian for free and stress free language learning.

I had doubts, and in my worst nightmare, I saw myself lost and not being able to understand or change my GPS. Actually, I could get lost if the GPS gives me directions in Italian, so I have to test it and change it to English prior to use because driving is no joke.

I have been doing this for two days and it has been a great success and worth the slight discomfort.

Words I learned from changing the language on my phone:

  • Titolo: title
  • Pubblica: publish
  • Ottobre: October
  • Inizia: start
  • Verso: verse
  • Piu tardi: later
  • Registro: register
  • Sabato: Saturday
  • Ristoranti: restaurant
  • Deserto: desert
  • Aperto: open
  • Salva: save
  • Lingua: Language
  • Ora: now
  • Messaggi
  • Cerca: search

Weird ways to study a language

I changed my password to another language.

Do karaoke in my target language

Write in my target language then use AI to review your accuracy

Have set up passwords in languages I study

Jokes using vocabulary from language class

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What non ordinary language learning tips do you have?

Eve

Language Learning with Music: New Italian words I learned

Dear reader,

Update on my learning Italian using music: Words I learned exclusively from music.

I learned these words completely from music. I searched all these words in the dictionary. For some I had an idea what they meant, some I simply became familiar with the word enough that once I could recall it, I searched it for the correct spelling and meaning.

Principessa: Princess

Maleducato: Rude

Festa: Party

Corona: Crown

Cristaleria: glassware

poetica: poetics or poetic (female)

Ricordare: to remember

Elefante: Elephant

Words I now know from music:

La noia: the boredom

Me addormentero: I will fall asleep

Piangere: To cry

Parlare: To talk

Piu: more or most

Sources to learn more Italian:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-italian

I use Duolingo for free. It is not as fun as music, but it works. Add me and let’s learn together.

Access the Italian music I listen to on Spotify

Coming next:

I will be doing something tacky: tagging certain items with their name in Italian/ Spanish/ Latin

I will also be changing my phone language to Italian

I will be writing my second Italian poem

And you, what language are you learning?

Please tell me what works for you

I have an English as well as a Spanish class available.

Eve