60: How to Learn Italian - Tips from a Polyglot Italian teacher

An interview with Italian teacher and language expert Stefano - get tips on how to learn grammar, make consistent progress and stay motivated all year. Learn about our Online Italian School and get a free mini lesson every week: https://joyoflanguages.online/italian-school Subscribe to our new Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@joyoflanguages.italian?sub_confirmation=1 Bonus materials for today's episode: https://italian.joyoflanguages.com/podcast/how-to-learn-italian Today's Italian words Buon 2019 a tutti! = Happy 2019 everyone Buon = good A = to Tutti = everyone Oggi parliamo di cosa ci vuole per imparare bene l’italiano = Today, we're talking about what's needed to learn Italian well. Oggi = today Parliamo = we speak Di = about Cosa = what Ci vuole = is needed Per = in order to Imparare = learn Bene = well l’italiano = Italian (literally "the Italian") In questo nuovo anno appena iniziato = In this new year (that's) just begun. In = in Questo = this Nuovo = new Anno = Year Appena = just Iniziato = started Innanzitutto, bisogna sapere ascoltare = First of all, it's necessary to know how to listen Innanzitutto = first of all Bisogna = it's needed/necessary Sapere = know how to Ascoltare = listen Per poi ripetere e imitare = in order to then repeat and imitate. Per = in order to Poi = then Ripetere = repeat e = and Imitare = imitate Inoltre, ci vuole pazienza = Furthermore, you need patience Inoltre = furthermore Ci vuole = it's needed Pazienza = patience Meglio progredire piano e bene, che non rapidamente ma male = It's better to progress slowly and well, rather than quickly but badly. Meglio = better Progredire = progress Piano = slowly e = and Bene = well Che non = rather than Rapidamente = quickly Ma = but Male = badly Infine = in the end Serve = it's needed Una forte = a strong Motivazione = motivation La nostra passione è il motore che può portarci lontano = our passion is the engine that can take us far La = the Nostra = our Passione = passion è = is Il motore = the engine Che = that Può = can Portare = take Ci = us Lontano = far