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May 2024
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138: How to Learn Italian Faster, Accord...

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You’re learning Italian, but it’s going slower than you’d hoped? These unconventional tips will help you speed things up!

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Today's Italian words:
Impossibile = Impossible
Importante = Important
Normale = Normal
Errore = Mistake
Il vocabolario = (the) vocabulary
La grammatica = (the) grammar
La pronuncia = (the) pronunciation
Anno = Year (remember to make the “n” long!)
Sono di New York = I’m from New York
E tu? Di dove sei? = And you? Where are you from? (informal)

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