where can i learn italian?

krisamata · #1 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

does anyone know where i can take an italian class?
i need to be prepared for my trip there next summer.

im sure kwantlen offers something but i dont know if i can go back there yet, it hasnt been five years...and i got kicked out for having shitty grades.

nabs · #2 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

si amore <--- oh shit, that was spanish

dave mcnasty · #3 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

all u need to know for italy is

prego - please/ur welcome
grazie - thank you
ciao - hi/bye
quanto (costa) - how much

everyone speaks english

whited0ve · #4 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

the italian community center, close to commercial in vancouver, always has italian classes going on. find them in the phone book!

PaIniNyErAnUs · #5 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

date a italian?

veN · #6 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

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Originally Posted by McNasty

all u need to know for italy is

prego - please/ur welcome
grazie - thank you
ciao - hi/bye
quanto (costa) - how much

everyone speaks english

ima hafta spell these how they sound:

doh-veh il banyo - where is the bathroom?
bach-el-la-cool-ah - kiss my ass

*first one is the one i used most in italy in '97... the second one was told to me, not sure if its real italian or if someone was putting me on.

mugwump · #7 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

most europeans can speak/understand english well enough so that you won't need a translator to order food, or get directions, or w/e. places like Holland and Scandinavia speak english better than a lot of Canadians:)

matéo · #8 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

kwantlen doesn't offer italian.

dave mcnasty · #9 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nev

ima hafta spell these how they sound:

doh-veh il banyo - where is the bathroom?
bach-el-la-cool-ah - kiss my ass

*first one is the one i used most in italy in '97... the second one was told to me, not sure if its real italian or if someone was putting me on.

i think the word ur talkin about is vaffanculo....which has the same use as "fuck you".....literally meaning "you can go take it in the ass"

might also be useful

but still......everyone speaks english so u wont have any trouble if u cant speak italian

and chances are if you DO take a course and learn some italian....it wont compare to most of their english....so if you try to speak the little italian that u did manage to learn....they'll just shift the conversation into english

veN · #10 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

^ Ya..?

And I didn't use hardly any italian when I was there.

Akeel · #11 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

italy!

Antenna_Boy · #12 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

Quote:

Originally Posted by krisamata

does anyone know where i can take an italian class?
i need to be prepared for my trip there next summer.

im sure kwantlen offers something but i dont know if i can go back there yet, it hasnt been five years...and i got kicked out for having shitty grades.

screw wasting money on school, just go on the trip and learn in a hurry when you get there :)

desiRAWR · #13 (**permalink**) Nov 21, 05

A friend of mine went there (to be a tour guide nonetheless) and learnt all she needed to know before hand teaching herself. I guess with books/books on tape.

Ragga_Wh0re · #14 (**permalink**) Nov 22, 05

Quote:

Originally Posted by McNasty

i think the word ur talkin about is vaffanculo....which has the same use as "fuck you".....literally meaning "you can go take it in the ass"

might also be useful

but still......everyone speaks english so u wont have any trouble if u cant speak italian

and chances are if you DO take a course and learn some italian....it wont compare to most of their english....so if you try to speak the little italian that u did manage to learn....they'll just shift the conversation into english

bud what the chcik said was accurate about asking someone to kiss thier ass because baci in wop=kiss culo(sp) in both wop and spic=ass.

this is coming straight form the source.

kthanxbye.

oh yah and hit up the wop cultural center however they`ll treat you different cuz youre a mangia cake.But good luck:)

Ragga_Wh0re · #15 (**permalink**) Nov 22, 05

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Originally Posted by desiRAWR

A friend of mine went there (to be a tour guide nonetheless) and learnt all she needed to know before hand teaching herself. I guess with books/books on tape.

learning italian or spanish form the book or from tapes is a fucking joke,if you learn it straight from the source ...a wop...they teach you slang and different dialects because there are diff slangs for wop and diff dialects depends on which parts youre going to.

Im calabrese,calabria is povince in italia however they have a diff dialect.Its the same type of idea of cantulun in spain.

krisamata · #16 (**permalink**) Nov 22, 05

i know that they speak english well in italy, i've been there,

but i want to learn a third language anyway and have always loved italian

Ragga_Wh0re · #17 (**permalink**) Nov 22, 05

^its fun to learn and easy to learn if you already know spanish or french because theyre all rooted from latin and so very similar with certain pronounciations and how things are femme and masc.

krisamata · #18 (**permalink**) Nov 23, 05

ya i already know french

anewlife · #19 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

Switzerland? ;)

Ms.Tarantula · #20 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

Quote:

Originally Posted by krisamata

does anyone know where i can take an italian class?
i need to be prepared for my trip there next summer.

im sure kwantlen offers something but i dont know if i can go back there yet, it hasnt been five years...and i got kicked out for having shitty grades.

UBC to the rescue!

https://courses.students.ubc.ca/cs/m...eq=1&dept=ITAL

decypher · #21 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nev

ima hafta spell these how they sound:

doh-veh il banyo - where is the bathroom?
bach-el-la-cool-ah - kiss my ass

*first one is the one i used most in italy in '97... the second one was told to me, not sure if its real italian or if someone was putting me on.

dove il bagno

bacio mi culo (not sure about this one)

Yeh everyone is right. In the main urban centres a lot of people speak english but not everyone, especially older people. It would be helpful to learn some of the language though. I'm taking italian 100 at SFU. I know douglas does not offer it.

I know someone who took a beginners class somewhere downtown Van so i can ask them about it.

For now the most important things are learning how to pronounce the language. It reads and writes exactly how it is pronounced.

A - ahh
E - ehh
i - eee
O - ohh
U - uww

CI - chee
CE - ceeh

Chi - key
Che - Keh

etc.

Do your numbers and learn how to conjugate the 2 main verbs Essere and Avere. Then work on regular vocab like chair is sedia, window is finestra. All the basic vocab that you encounter on a daily basis.

decypher · #22 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragga_Wh0re

learning italian or spanish form the book or from tapes is a fucking joke,if you learn it straight from the source ...a wop...they teach you slang and different dialects because there are diff slangs for wop and diff dialects depends on which parts youre going to.

Im calabrese,calabria is povince in italia however they have a diff dialect.Its the same type of idea of cantulun in spain.

Good point. A young person from Napoli pronounces things differently and has different words for many things, compared to the Romans.

frogprincess · #23 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

vsb, continuining ed

http://www.continuinged.ca/courseinfo.htm?group=382

Séguin · #24 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

Its similar to French (only because they both evolved off the Latin souns set). So its not too hard to pick up if you know your way around french. I'm not sure about the grammar though.

esoter1c · #25 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/24...leur_Spanish_1

http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/24...ur_Spanish_2_3

Listen to it as you fall asleep.

Once you can reply in spanish in your dreams.

You can speak Spanish in reality.