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Italian is an easy language to learn : Italian is an easy language to learn sentence structure pronunciation shares a number of words of Latin origin with English
Sentence Structure : Sentence Structure Marco mangia una pizza Marco eats a pizza
Pronunciation : Pronunciation We have only 5 vowels ( a, e, i, o, u ) and their pronunciation is always the same (you spell words as they sound) ‘cosa’ ‘poi’ ‘mare’ ‘uva’ ‘uomo’ cfr. for example ‘a’ in the English words ‘c a t’, ‘be a t’, ‘r a w’
Italian vocabulary : Italian vocabulary nouns ending in -tion in English creation >> crea zione destruction >> distru zione adjectives ending in -ive in English positive >> posit ivo negative>> negat ivo creative>> creat ivo
Italian vocabulary : Italian vocabulary adjectives ending in -ary in English necessary >> necess ario ordinary >> ordin ario nouns ending in -ty in English ability >> abili tà city>> cit tà creativity>> creativi tà
Italian vocabulary : Italian vocabulary -tion >> -zione -ty >> -tà -ive >> -ivo -ary >> -ario Can you think of further examples of English words with one of those endings and work out how the possible Italian translation will be? eg: protection >> protezione
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