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I’ve summarized professor  Alexander Arguelles’ video, because I think this is crucial for language learning. 

There is no magic trick that will help you become fluent in 1 month, but there are very effective approaches to learning a new language and if you combine them, you will surely become fluent.

If you’re learning a new language, the most important thing you need to consider is – what type of language learner are you? 

1. If you:

have a more deductive approach, which means that you’re better at listening to and observing the language first and learning through that, rather than starting with plain grammar points from a textbook

have a fair degree of intuition

like to observe a phenomenon

feel somewhat comfortable with ambiguity for a while, until things become clear

are someone who can feel comfortable being corrected when they realize they were wrong, rather than getting confused and frustrated because they went down an initial path that turned out not to be correct (so you actually learn from being corrected and you don’t get confused by it)

then, these manuals are best suited for you: the Assimil Language Series, the Linguaphone Series, the Cortina Methods.

2. If you:

have a desire to have things explained to you beforehand in a nice and clear way

have a logical and analytical mind (which is usually the product of education in general)

have a need for a systematic approach (basically if you’re most comfortable with a book which is going to introduce the grammar according to an agreed set of methods or an organized plan)

then, you should try out some of these manuals: the Hugo Series, the Made Simple Series, the Teach Yourself Series, the Buske Series. 

3. PAY ATTENTION TO PATTERNS!!!

the most important part are the patterns of a language

no matter what type of language learner you are, I think it’s really clever to incorporate this method into you learning. 

a language is actually made up of patterns which constantly repeat themselves and that is THE KEY TO FLUENCY

repeating the patterns over and over again, until they become natural, until you no longer have to conjugate the verbs in your head before speaking

when you become really good with patterns, your sentences will come out naturally, and patterns are what will get you to fluency

I’ve provided the links, where you will find a review of the books, so that you can have an idea of what they look like. You can find most of these on amazon.

Raise your hand if you have ever got stuck while learning a language. Going from intermediate to advance sounds impossible, sometimes even passing that beginner stage can be a struggle.

- Been there, done that. -

We wanted to change our current situation of feeling stuck and create a master plan to level up in any language at any any level. We believe that the best way to keep moving forward in language learning is by challenging yourself to get out of your comfort zone. The simple act of trying something new can put you in an ideal learning situation. We also know that we need motivation to learn a language, and learning with friends is one of the most motivational things that could ever exists. This is why right now we want to officially invite all of our internet friends to join the level up challenge! So we can all help each other stay motivated while we work on those language learning summer goals.

This is how it works:

First step: Choose a language you love and ask yourself which level you are in and how would you like to improve. Second step: Download the free checklist in the level you want to join (Beginner, intermediate, advanced) Third Step: Join the challenge on June 1rst and start leveling up. Fourth step: Share your progress on social media using the official hashtag (#leveluplanguagechallenge) and tag @therealpolyglot so we can see you! This way we can all help each other stay motivated. Oh, and don’t forget to follow us as well, we are going to be sharing our own progress and helping you with any questions you may have. We also want to give our friend Erika a warm welcome to the challenge, she will be joining us at the beginner level of the challenge in polish.

** Download the checklist here**

“I don’t always get the opportunity to practice Dutch, which is really sad. I don’t want to forget it. I accepted the challenge because I want to feel like I can talk fluently about every topic in this language, I know this challenge is created to make me try new things. I will be doing the advanced version because I want to push myself into moving forward. I can’t wait to share with all of you the frustration and the beauty I find in this language. I am sure I will learn a lot with the level up language challenge.” - Mari (@MariPolyglot) “I really want to improve in Greek because I’d love to speak with my family. And don’t feel ready to do that as far as I’m with my Greek, even though I know I could. I already understand a lot on an intermediate level but I can’t speak or write like that. Therefore I plan to do the intermediate version. I’m so happy about the challenge and I’m also afraid to get out of my comfort zone, I’ve been too long in there. I hope I’ll find myself with new confidence after doing the challenge for a whole month!” - Chrissa (@polyglossa) “First of all, I’d like to thank Chrissa and Mari for inviting me to this challenge. I love challenges because they have goals, and I like the sense of accomplishment at the end. It’s an opportunity to test my grit, increase my focus, and use my creativity to find ways to complete tasks. I’m sure I’ll learn a lot about the language itself, as well new ways to learn it! I’m excited about the possibility to complete different tasks and do things I haven’t done yet!” - Erika (@polyglot_erika) Mari and Chrissa

Cómo avanzar en cualquier idioma.

Levanta la mano si alguna vez te has sentido estancado cuando aprendes un idioma. Pasar de intermedio a avanzado puede sonar imposible. A veces, incluso pasar esa etapa de principiante puede ser un desafío.

- A mi también me ha pasado -

Un día nos dio por querer cambiar nuestra situación actual de estar estancadas y decidimos crear un plan maestro para poder subir de nivel en cualquier idioma y en cualquier etapa. Creemos que la mejor manera de avanzar en un idioma es desafiandonos a salir de nuestra zona de confort. Este simple acto de intentar algo nuevo puede colocarte en una situación ideal de aprendizaje. También sabemos que necesitamos motivación para aprender un idioma, y sabemos que aprender con amigos es una de las formas más efectivas para mantenerse motivado. Es por eso que en este preciso momento queremos invitar a todos nuestros amigos de internet a participar en el Level Up Challenge. De esta manera todos nos podemos ayudar mientras nos esforzamos a conseguir nuestras metas de idiomas este verano.

Cómo participar:

Primer paso: Elige un idioma que te encante y analiza en qué nivel estás y cómo te gustaría mejorar. Segundo Paso: Descarga la lista gratuita del nivel en el cual deseas participar (Principiante, intermedio, avanzado) Tercer paso: Únete al challenge este primero de junio y empieza a subir de nivel. Cuarto paso: Comparte tu progreso en las redes sociales usando el hashtag oficial (#leveluplanguagechallenge) y etiqueta a @therealpolyglot así te podremos encontrar. De esta manera nos ayudamos unos a otros a permanecer motivados. Ah y no olvides seguirnos en todas las redes sociales, nosotras estaremos compartiendo nuestro progreso diario y respondiendo cualquier pregunta que puedan tener. También queremos aprovechar esta oportunidad para darle una bienvenida a nuestra amiga Erika, quien formará parte oficial del challenge. Erika estará completando el nivel principiante en polaco.

** Descarga aquí la lista gratuita**

“No siempre tengo la oportunidad de practicar el holandés, lo cual no me agrada. No quisiera olvidarlo. Acepté este desafío porque quiero sentir que puedo hablar fluidamente de cualquier tema en este idioma y sé que este desafío está creado para hacerme intentar cosas nuevas. Estaré completando la versión avanzada porque quiero desafiarme a salir de mi zona de confort. Ya quiero compartir con ustedes toda la frustración y la belleza que encuentro en este idioma. Estoy segura que aprenderé muchísimo con el Level Up Challenge.” - Mari (@MariPolyglot) “Realmente quiero mejorar el griego porque me encantaría hablarlo con mi familia y porque no me siento segura de utilizar el griego como quisiera aunque sé que es posible. La verdad entiendo muchas cosas al nivel intermedio pero no puedo ni escribir ni hablar como el resto. Por eso planeo completar el nivel intermedio del desafío. Estoy muy feliz con el challenge pero también tengo mucho miedo de salir de mi zona de confort, he estado en el mismo nivel en mucho tiempo. Espero poder encontrarme más segura cuando termine el desafío al final del mes.” - Chrissa (@polyglossa) “ Primero que nada quiero agradecerles a Chrissa y a Mari por haberme invitado a este desafío. Me encantan los challenges porque tienen metas claras, y me gusta esa sensación de éxito al final. Es una oportunidad para poner a prueba mi fuerza de voluntad, aumentar mi enfoque y para usar mi creatividad cuando deba completar estas actividades. Estoy segura que aprenderé mucho sobre el idioma como tal y que encontraré nuevas formas de aprenderlo. Estoy muy emocionada por saber que completaré este desafío y por que haré muchas cosas nuevas.” - Erika (@polyglot_erika) Mari y Chrissa

Wie du in jeder Sprache fortschreiten kannst

Erhebe deine Hand, wenn du jemals in deinem Lernprozess festgesteckt hast. Von einem fortgeschrittenen Anfänger zu einem Fortgeschrittenen überzugehen scheint unmöglich, manchmal kann es sogar ein Kampf sein aus dem Anfangsstadium auszubrechen

- Ich war dort, ich habs gemacht -

Wir wollten unsere jetzige Situation des Stillstands ändern und einen “Masterplan” erstellen, um in jeder Sprache und auf jedem Level vorwärtszukommen. Wir glauben, dass der beste Weg, um in einer Sprache vorwärts zu kommen, darin besteht dich selbst herauszufordern und aus deinem Wohlfühlbereich rauszukommen. Der einfache Vorgang einfach mal etwas neues auszuprobieren, kann dich in eine ideale Lernsituation versetzen. Wir wissen auch, dass wir Motivation brauchen, um eine Sprache zu lernen, und mit Freunden zu lernen, ist eine der am meisten motivierenden Dinge, die jemals existieren könnte. Deswegen wollen wir nun offiziell all unsere Internet-Freunde dazu einladen, mit uns an der “Level Up Challenge” teilzunehmen. Damit wir uns alle gegenseitig helfen können, motiviert zu bleiben während wir an diesen Sprachlernzielen für den Sommer arbeiten.

Und so funktioniert’s:

Schritt 1: Wähle eine Sprache aus, die du liebst und frage dich selbst, auf welchem level du dich befindest und wie du dich gerne verbessern möchtest. Schritt 2: Lade dir die kostenlose Checkliste herunter, die dem Level entspricht, dem du dich anschließen möchtest (Anfänger (beginner), fortgeschrittener Anfänger (intermediate), Fortgeschrittener (advanced)) Schritt 3: Schließe dich der Challenge am 1. Juni an und beginne aufzusteigen. Schritt 4: Teile deinen Fortschritt auf Social Media Plattformen und nutze das offizielle Hashtag (#leveluplanguagechallenge) and markiere @therealpolyglot, damit wir dich sehen können. So können wir uns gegenseitig helfen, motiviert zu bleiben. Oh, und zudem solltest du nicht vergessen, uns zu folgen, wir werden unseren eigenen Fortschritt teilen und wir werden dir bei jeder Frage behilflich sein, die möglicherweise haben wirst. Zudem wollen wir unserer Freundin Erika ein herzliches Willkommen zur Challenge wünschen, sie wird sich uns anschließen, als Anfänger in Polnisch.

** Lade die Checkliste hier herunter **

“Ich bekomme nicht immer die Gelegenheit Niederländisch zu üben, was wirklich traurig ist. Ich möchte es nicht vergessen. Ich habe die Challenge angenommen, weil ich mich gerne so fühlen möchte, dass ich fließend über jedes Thema in der Sprache reden kann. Ich weiß, dass die Challenge so gestaltet ist, dass ich neue Sachen ausprobiere. Ich werde die Version für die Fortgeschrittenen machen, weil ich mich anstrengen will vorwärts zu kommen. Ich kann es kaum erwarten, die Frustration und die Schönheit, die ich in der Sprache finde, mit euch zu teilen. Ich bin mir sicher, dass ich eine Menge lernen werde mit der Level Up Challenge.” - Mari (@MariPolyglot) “Ich will wirklich meine Griechisch verbessern, weil ich es lieben würde mit meiner Family zu sprechen. Und ich fühle mich nicht noch bereit mit dem jetzigen Stand in Griechisch, obwohl ich weiß, dass ich könnte. Ich verstehe schon eine Menge auf einem fortgeschrittenen Anfänger Level, aber ich kann nicht so sprechen oder schreiben. Deswegen plane ich die Version für den fortgeschrittenen Anfänger zu machen. Ich bin so glücklich über die Challenge und ich habe auch Angst davor aus meinem Wohlfühlbereich zu gelangen, ich war dort zu lange. Ich hoffe ich werde neues Selbstvertrauen in mir finden, nachdem ich die Challenge für einen ganzen Monat gemacht habe!” - Chrissa (@polyglossa) “Als erstes, würde ich gerne Chrissa und Mari dafür danken, mich zu dieser Challenge eingeladen zu haben. Ich liebe Challenges, weil sie Ziele haben, und ich mag das Gefühl etwas erreicht zu haben am Ende. Es ist eine Gelegenheit, um meine Entschlossenheit zu testen, meinen Fokus zu erweitern, und meine Kreativität zu nutzen, um Wege zu finden, Aufgaben zu lösen. Ich bin mir sicher, ich werde eine Menge über die Sprache selbst lernen, und außerdem neue Wege sie zu lernen! Ich bin gespannt auf die Möglichkeit verschiedene Aufgaben zu beenden und Dinge zu tun, die ich zuvor nicht getan habe!” - Erika (@polyglot_erika) Mari und Chrissa

This is one of the most fantastic language learning tools I have ever encountered. I’ve often tackled books in foreign languages, but it was always a hassle. Even with a dictionary in hand, it took a long time to understand certain passages, and it made reading slow and tedious. I recently started reading Harry Potter in German using Kato Lomb’s method, and admittedly I got further than I ever had in a foreign language book, but still, it was oftentimes grueling.

Using ReadLang, I can progress quickly through a book I’ve never read, and more importantly, it’s enjoyable. ReadLang allows you to click on any word, and translates it in a non-invasive manner, so you can keep focused on the story. It stores the words you translated in a vocabulary list that can be reviewed later on, and it serves a great set of self-made index cards.

You can use the texts they have available in a variety of languages, or upload your own texts (as I have done with Game of Thrones in Spanish). You can translate an unlimited number of words, and for only $3 a month, an unlimited number of phrases of 8 words or fewer. For such a great tool, this is so affordable that I can’t praise it enough. Even when the translations are not exact, once you reach a certain level in your target language, you can use the translation to correctly determine the meaning. If you want more information about a translation, you can click on the little tab to the right (not pictured), and view the dictionary webpage.

For certain public texts in certain languages, there is also audio attached. This program is a lot like Bliu Bliu or LingQ, both of which I’ve tried. The reason I stuck with ReadLang is twofold: 1) RL is a lot less invasive, so I don’t get distracted with bright colors and popups while I’m reading. 2) LingQ and Bliu Bliu both cost over $7 a month, and because of the way the programs are designed, a subscription is almost a necessity because their free versions are very limiting. The “trial” version of ReadLang, however, allows unlimited word translations…which may be more than enough for most users. But, in case it’s not, $3 is undeniably affordable, even for a cheapo like me.

Want to maintain or improve your writing skills in your target language this summer? Try this 30-day writing challenge for June: Every day, answer the following prompts in your target language (in a personal journal or in a tumblr post). Good luck!

Write a short letter to someone you haven’t talked to in a while.

What are your future career goals?

What’s your favorite childhood movie? Why?

If you could learn to cook anything this summer, what would it be and why?

List 5 (or more) things that make you happy.

What is your morning routine?

What is your night routine?

Who is one influential person in your life? Why?

Write a poem about someone (or something) you love :)

List 5 of your pet peeves.

What’s something about yourself that you want to improve?

What’s one place you’ve always wanted to visit? Why?

What’s one thing you’re looking forward to this summer?

What’s one of your favorite things about yourself? Why?

Write a haiku about summertime.

What are your future career goals?

Who’s your celebrity crush? What do you like about them (besides how cute I’m sure they are lol)?

What’s your favorite summer memory?

Translate 3 of your favorite quotes into your target language.

Write 3 things that scare you and why.

Write about a challenge you’ve overcome!

Who is someone, dead or alive, you would love to meet? Why?

Who is your best friend and why do you love them?

What is your favorite item in your room?

What’s one book you had to read in school that you DIDN’T like? Rant about it.

What’s one good memory from school?

List an insecurity, then refute it by reminding yourself how great you are :)

How do you think someone would describe you?

How do you relax after a stressful or difficult day?

What was your favorite part of this month?

WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?  A preposition is a word / words that are usually followed by a noun or pronoun, in order to show how that noun is related to everything else in the sentence. 

A

This is the preposition that is used most often to talk about ‘where’, for example going to a place, or already being at a place. Please note that it cannot be used when talking about a country! When ‘a’ is put in a sentence next to a definite article, then it changes into the following forms: 

a + il  = al a + lo = allo a + la = alla a + l’ = all’ a + i = ai a + gli = agli a + le = alle

DI 

This is the preposition that is used most often to talk about ‘who’ or ‘what’ something belongs to. This is notably because the use of apostrophe+s to show possession in English does not exist in Italian. Di can often be translated as ‘of’. When ‘di’ is put in a sentence next to a definite article, then it changes into the following forms: 

di + il  = del di + lo = dello di + la = della di + l’ = dell’ di + i = dei di + gli = degli di + le = delle

DA

Da can often be translated as ‘from’. When ‘da’ is put in a sentence next to a definite article, then it changes into the following forms:

da + il = dal da + lo = dallo da + la = dalla  da + l’ = dall’ da + i = dai da + gli = dagli da + le = dalle

IN 

‘In’ is often translated to mean ‘in’, particularly when used with essere to talk about where something is. This does not work in the case of towns (please see ‘a’ for that one). When ‘in’ is put in a sentence next to a definite article, then it changes into the following forms:

in + il = nel in + lo = nello in + la = nella in + l’ = nell’ in + i = nei in + gli = negli in + le = nelle

SU

‘Su’ can be used to mean ‘on’ or ‘about’, When ‘su’ is put in a sentence next to a definite article, then it changes into the following forms:

su + il = sul su + lo = sullo  su + la = sulla su + l’ = sull’  su + i = sui su + gli = sugli su + le = sulle

PER

‘Per’ is often used to mean ‘for’. This can also be translated as ‘in order to’, and if it is followed by a verb, then the verb is in the infinitive form. ‘Per’ does not change when followed by an article. 

Others? 

Please note that there are also two-word prepositions, as well as lots of other one-word prepositions, such as: 

So, @historyandlanguages and I are helping each other out with our respective target languages, and I was asked to translate this list of common words useful for beginners into Italian. I translated them following the list’s order, so if you want to know what they mean just confront them with the original post linked above! For some adjectives and pronouns I’ve also written the changes that must be made for the feminine form, but I am lazy so I didn’t do it for all of them, sorry (anyway most of the time you just have to change the final “o” with an “a”). Of course, if there’s anything that’s unclear feel free to message me, I’ll be glad to help if I can :)

EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)       

‘Yes’ and ‘no’: sì, no, assolutamente (sì) [but I honestly think “certamente” is more used], assolutamente no, esatto.    

Question words: quando? dove? come? quanto? quanti? perché? (che) cosa? chi? quale? di chi?    

Apologizing: scusa (or, if formal, “scusi”), scusa (if plural, “scusate”) se interrompo/scusa (same thing as before) per l’interruzione, insomma, temo di sì, temo di no.    

Meeting and parting: buongiorno, buon pomeriggio, buonasera, ciao, ciao (“arrivederci” is more formal), cin cin/(alla) salute, a dopo, piacere (di conoscerti), è stato un piacere (conoscerti).    

Interjections: per favore, grazie, figurati/di niente, scusa, sarà fatto, sono d’accordo, congratulazioni, grazie al cielo/grazie a Dio, sciocchezze.    

NOUNS (about 120 words)

Time: mattina, pomeriggio, sera, notte; domenica, lunedì, martedì, mercoledì, giovedì, venerdì, sabato; primavera, estate, autunno, inverno; tempo, occasione, minuto, mezz’ora, ora, giorno, settimana,     mese, anno.    

People: famiglia, parente, madre, padre, figlio, figlia, sorella, fratello, marito, moglie; collega, amico/a, fidanzato, fidanzata; persone/gente, persona, essere umano, uomo, donna, signora, signore, ragazzo, ragazza, bambino/a.

Objects: indirizzo, borsa/zaino, libro, macchina, vestiti, chiave, lettera, luce, denaro/soldi, nome, giornale, penna, matita, immagine (image)/foto (photo), valigia, cosa, biglietto.

Places: posto, mondo, paese, città, via, strada, scuola, negozio, casa, appartamento, stanza, terreno.    

Abstract: incidente, inizio, cambiamento, colore, danno, divertimento, metà, aiuto, battuta, viaggio, lingua, inglese, italiano (this is the language in our case), lettera, vita, amore, errore, novità/notizia, pagina, dolore, parte, domanda, ragione, tipo, sorpresa, modo, tempo, lavoro.

Other: mano, piede, testa, occhio, bocca, voce; la sinistra, la destra; la cima, il fondo, il lato; aria, acqua, sole, pane, cibo, carta, rumore.

PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)    

General: di, a, a (sometimes “in”), per, da, in, su. [Generally speaking, the basic Italian prepositions taught in primary school are di, a, da, in, con, su, per, tra, fra]    

Logical: su/di/riguardo a, secondo, tranne/eccetto, come, contro, con, senza, da, nonostante, invece di.    

Space: dentro, fuori da, fuori, verso, lontano da, dietro, davanti a, accanto, vicino a, tra, sopra, sopra di/in cima a, sotto/al di sotto di, sotto, sotto/al di sotto di, vicino a, molto lontano da, attraverso.        

Time: dopo, fa, prima, durante, da/da quando, fino a/finché/fin quando.    

DETERMINERS (about 80 words)   

Articles and numbers: un/a, lo/la; nos. 0–20 (zero, uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci, undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove, venti); nos. 30–100 (just decimals here: trenta, quaranta, cinquanta, sessanta, settanta, ottanta, novanta, cento); nos. 200–1000 (just the multiples of 100: duecento, trecento, quattrocento, cinquecento, seicento, settecento, ottocento, novecento, mille); ultimo/a, prossimo/a, primo/a, secondo, terzo, quarto, quinto, sesto, settimo, ottavo, nono, decimo, undicesimo, dodicesimo.        

Demonstrative: questo/a, quello/a.        

Possessive: mio/a, tuo/a (vostro/a if plural), suo/a, suo/a (in Italian the distinction is based on the gender of the possessed thing rather than that of the possessor), nostro/a, loro.    

Quantifiers: tutto, un po’ (di), niente/ nessuno/a, qualsiasi, tanti/e, molto, (di) più, (di) meno, qualcuno/alcuni, vari, intero, un po’ di, tanto/a.    

Comparators: entrambi, nessuno dei due, ognuno/ciascuno, ciascuno/tutti, altro, un altro, stesso, diverso, così.        

ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)    

Color: nero, blu, verde, rosso, bianco, giallo.

Evaluative: cattivo, buono, terribile; importante, urgente, necessario; possibile, impossibile; giusto, sbagliato, vero.

General: grande, piccolo, piccolo, pesante; alto, basso; caldo, freddo, tiepido/caldo; facile, difficile; economico, caro/costoso; pulito, sporco; bello, divertente, curioso, solito, comune, carino/bello, carino/bello/grazioso, meraviglioso; noioso, interessante, pericoloso,     sicuro; basso, alto, lungo; nuovo, vecchio; calmo, chiaro, asciutto;     veloce, lento; finito, libero, pieno, luminoso, aperto, silenzioso, pronto, forte.

Personal: spaventato, solo, arrabbiato, certo/sicuro, allegro, morto, famoso, lieto/felice, felice/contento, malato, buono, sposato, soddisfatto/compiaciuto, dispiaciuto, stupido, sorpreso, stanco, bene/in salute (not really adjectives but that’s the translation), preoccupato, giovane.

VERBS (about 100 words)    

arrivare, chiedere, essere, essere capace di, diventare, iniziare/cominciare, credere, prendere in prestito, portare, comprare, potere, cambiare, controllare, raccogliere, arrivare, continuare, piangere, fare, far cadere, mangiare, cadere, sentire, trovare, finire, dimenticare, dare, stare per/avere intenzione di, avere, dovere, sentire, aiutare, stringere/tenere, sperare, farsi male, fare male/ferire (qualcuno), tenere/conservare, sapere, ridere, imparare, lasciare/partire, prestare, permettere, stendersi, piacere, ascoltare, vivere, vivere/abitare, guardare, cercare, perdere, amare, fare, essere autorizzati a, potere, intendere, incontrare, dovere, avere bisogno di,     ottenere, aprire, dovere, pagare, giocare (suonare if playing an instrument), mettere, leggere, ricordare, dire, vedere, vendere, mandare/inviare, dovere (used in the conditional form), mostrare, chiudere, cantare, dormire, parlare, stare in piedi, restare, fermare, suggerire, prendere, parlare, insegnare, pensare, viaggiare, provare, capire, usare, essere abituati a (to be used to something), aspettare, camminare, volere, guardare, there’s not really a verb to express future in Italian you have to conjugate them, funzionare, lavorare, preoccuparsi, again I don’t think would is translatable, scrivere.    

PRONOUNS (about 40 words) 

Personal: Io, tu (voi if plural), lui (the correct form would be egli but no one uses it anymore), lei (same thing as egli, but this time it would be ella; hasn’t been used in a pretty long time), we don’t have neuter forms, noi, loro, uno/a; io stesso (I’m just gonna put the subject form of these, object is different), tu stesso, lui stesso, lei stessa, no neuter, noi stessi, voi stessi, loro stessi.

Possessive: il mio/la mia, il tuo/la tua (il vostro/la vostra if plural), il suo/la sua (depends on the object), il suo/la sua (same), no gender neutral, il nostro/la nostra, il loro/la loro.

Demonstrative: questo/a, quello/a.        

Universal: tutti/ciascuno, tutti, ogni cosa/tutto, ognuno, entrambi, tutto (tutti if plural), uno, un altro.

Indefinite:  qualcuno, qualcuno, qualcosa, un po’ (di), pochi, un po’ (di), più, meno; chiunque, chiunque, qualsiasi cosa/qualunque cosa, qualsiasi, qualunque, molto, molti.

Negative: nessuno, nessuno, niente, nessuno/niente/nulla, nessuno dei due.

ADVERBS (about 60 words) 

Place: qui/qua, lì/là, al di sopra, oltre/al di sopra, al di sotto, davanti, dietro, vicino, molto lontano, dentro/all’interno, fuori/all’esterno, a destra, a sinistra, da qualche parte, da qualsiasi parte/ovunque, da tutte le parti/ovunque, da nessuna parte, a casa, (al piano) di sopra, (al piano) di sotto.

Time: adesso/ora, presto, immediatamente, rapidamente/in fretta, finalmente, di nuovo, una volta, per molto (tempo), oggi, in generale, a volte, sempre, spesso, prima, dopo, presto (or in anticipo if you get somewhere early), tardi (or in ritardo if you get somewhere late), mai, non ancora, ancora, già, allora, poi, ieri, domani, stasera/stanotte.    

Quantifiers: un po’, più o meno/all’incirca/circa, quasi, almeno, completamente, molto, abbastanza, esattamente, soltanto, non, troppo, di più, di meno.    

Manner: anche, specialmente, gradualmente/a poco a poco, certo/certamente, soltanto/solo, altrimenti, forse, probabilmente, piuttosto/alquanto, così/quindi/allora, quindi, anche, sfortunatamente, molto, bene.        

CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words) 

Coordinating: e, ma, o; tanto/come (if something is as good as something else)/mentre (if something happens as something else’s going on), di/che, come.    

Time & Place: quando, mentre, prima, dopo, da/da quando, finché; dove.

Hello! A lot of you have been asking me where and how I’ve learn multiple languages and well, after a few hours of digging through my browser history and bookmarks, I was able to collect all of these resources. I have personally used all of these, so I can assure you they are useful! If there is something wrong with a website or a link, please let me know. Also, if you have any questions or if you want a learning buddy, my ask box is open. (I speak English and Spanish. I’m learning Korean, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, and Esperanto)

Note: Learning a new language requires a lot of dedication, more than you actually think! Especially if you’re learning multiple languages at the same time. It isn’t impossible, but it will take time. And by time I mean months and/or years! So please, be patient. Take your time. Don’t rush. Keep in mind that you will mess up and that’s okay. Practice as much as you can. Practice out loud. Talk to yourself if you can. It doesn’t matter if people think you’re crazy. They won’t be thinking the same when you become a polyglot, so don’t mind them. This is for you and your future.

Get started:

Everything listed below is FREE! Some sites do require you to sign up, but that’s for you to keep track of your own process.

Tips to get you started

Language Hacking tips (blog)

More language hacking tips (blog)

The Polyglot Project (Library with foreign books that lets you translate while reading)

How to Learn Any Language

Effective Language Learning

Ankidroid (flashcard maker)

Multiple languages, one website

Duolingo (Latin American Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Ukrainian, and Esperanto)

BBC Languages (40 languages)

Learn A Language (18 languages)

Conjuguemos (French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish)

L-lingo (21 languages)

101languages (167 languages)

Languagepod101 (31 languages)

Foreign Services Institute (44 languages)

My Languages (95 languages)

Surface Languages (43 languages)

Lingualia (Spanish)

Linguanaut (16 languages)

OmniGlot (All languages [basic info for some of them])

Memrise (Various languages) (flashcard system)

Livemocha (Various languages)

Polyglotclub

Sharedtalk

Interpals (specify in your profile you only look for language exchange because there can be some creeps in this one)

Couchsurfing

Babbel

Specific Languages

Korean:

Learn to read Korean in 15 minutes! - Really helpful as well

Learnkoreanlp - Focuses on grammar

k-is4korean

Talktomeinkorean

Learn-korean

korean-flashcards - Focuses on vocabulary

Easytolearnkorean

Korean.go.kr/ - Focuses on pronunciation

Lang-8 - Community to correct your entries

Dongsa - Conjugations for verbs

Howtostudykorean- EXTREMELY helpful when it comes to learning hangul and writing structure!

hangulpractice - This blog has some useful posts.

letstteok-korean

Talktomeinkorea (YouTube channel)

fluentkorean

sweetandtasty

seoulistic - For culture lessons

GenkiKorean

Korean Word Game

English-Korean Vocabulary Quizzes

Hangul Keyboard - This is also EXTREMELY helpful with Hangul/romanization. It also converts any romanized syllables into hangul

Korean - Reddit threat

Chinese/Mandarin:

Hackingchinese

Chinese-tools - Pretty helpful with pronunciation.

Chinese Open courseware

Chinese Language - Reddit threat

Chinese Textbook

Chineasy

Learn Mandarin

Chinese Hacks

yoyochinese

How can I learn Chinese

Why is Chinese so damn hard?

Japanese:

Learn Japanese I / II - YouTube

Guidetojapanese

Free Japanese lesson

Japaneseclass.jp

thejapanesepage

Japanesepod101

Tofugu

Erin’s Challenge!

Jplang

Yesjapan

Marugoto - Includes culture lessons

Kana Invaders - Fun game for learning Kana

Another great masterpost for Japanese - So many resources!!!

Esperanto:

Note: I did a research and supposedly Esperanto is an easy-to-learn language that helps you with other languages.

Esperantofre

Esperanto “library”

Esperanto Grammar

Esperanto (Duolingo)

German:

Learn German Online

German Language Guide

Mission Berlin - Mystery adventure game

Basic German

Deutsch Lernen

Slow German

Kids’ Games - For vocabulary

Italian:

MIT Open Courseware

Italian Language Guide

Italian Grammar

Italian For Beginners - YouTube

Latin:

Some Latin grammar

Latin Course - YouTube

Portuguese:

Oneness

Ta Falado

Portuguese (Duolingo)

French:

Learn French Guide

Coffee Break French

University of Texas: Francais interactif

Podcastfrancaisfacile

French Language Guide

Lingopolo/french

Le Journal en français facile

News in Slow French

Francolab

Cliffs Notes

Native French Speech

French Podcast

Spanish:

Spanish - About.com

@spanishskulduggery

Study Spanish

Cliffs Notes

Destinos

One Minute Spanish

One Minute Spanish (Latin America focused)

Thai:

Learn Thai Podcast

Woman Learn Thai

Let’s Talk Thai

Thai 101

Lingopolo/thai

Arabic:

Books to Learn Arabic

Mandinah Arabic

Arabic Verbs (PDF)

al3arabiya

Arabic Pronouns (PDF)

Arabic Alphabet / Also Here / And Here!

Arabic For Language Exchange

Peace Corps

Hindi:

A Door Into Hindi

Learning Hindi

NYU Hindi Course

Quillpad - Great for typing

Namaste Dosti

SU Hindi Course

ispeakhindi

Hindi Script

Vietnamese:

VietnamesePod101

Survival Phrases

seasite.niu.edu

Learn Vietnamese Online

Greek:

Some Greek Grammar (New Testament)

Romanian:

Rolang

One Minute Romanian

Welsh:

Say Something in Welsh

Welsh Vocab

Dutch:

Lingopolo/dutch

Learn Dutch

Russian:

Speak Russian

Russian Alphabet

Taste of Russian

Master Russian

Russian Open Courseware

Russian Handwriting

Swedish:

Klartext

SwedishLingQ

Survival Phrases

I took the liberty of filling out the 300 Essential Words chart devised by @funwithlanguages for Italian. Enjoy!

First Verbs

be - Essere

there is - C’è

have - Avere

do - Fare

go - Andare

want - Volere

can - Potere // Riuscire

need - Avere bisogno di

think - Pensare

know - Sapere // Conoscere

say - Dire

like - Piacere

speak - Parlare

learn - Imparare

understand - Capire

Conjunctions

that (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”) - Che (”Penso che…” o “la donna che…”

and - e

or - o 

but - ma

because - perché

though - però

so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”) - Quindi (”Lo volevo, quindi l’ho comprato)

if - se

Prepositions

of - di

to - a

from - da

in - in

at (a place) - a

at (a time) - a

with - con

about - circa // su

like (meaning “similar to”) - come

for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of) - per

before (also as a conjunction) - prima

after (also as a conjunction) - dopo

during - durante

Question Words

who - chi

what - (che) cosa

where - dove

when - quando

why - perché

how - come

how much - quanto

which - quale

Adverbs

a lot - molto

a little - un po’

well - beh // insomma

badly - male

only - solo

also - anche

very - molto

too (as in “too tall”) - troppo (”troppo alto”)

too much - troppo

so (as in “so tall”) - tanto // così

so much - tanto

more (know how to say “more … than …”) - più (”più…. che…”)

less (know how to say “less … than …”) - meno (”meno…. che”

as … as … (e.g. “as tall as”) - come (”alto come”)

most - più // la maggior parte (di)

least - minimo

better - meglio // migliore

best - migliore // meglio

worse - peggio // peggiore

worst - peggiore // peggio

now - ora // adesso 

then - poi // allora

here - qui // qua

there - lì // là

maybe - forse // magari

always - sempre

usually - di solito

often - spesso

sometimes - a volte

never - (non) mai

today - oggi

yesterday - ieri

tomorrow - domani

soon - presto

almost - quasi

already - già

still - ancora

even - anche

enough - basta // abbastanza

Adjectives

the, a (technically articles) - il, lo, la

this - questo, questa

that - quel, quello, quella

good - buon, buono/a, bene, bello/a, bravo/a

bad - male

all - tutto

some - di // del, dello, della // alcune

no - no

any - qualsiasi

many - molti/molte

few - poche/pochi

most - la maggior parte di 

other - altro/altra

same - stesso/a

different - diverso/a

enough - abbastanza/basta

one - uno

two - due

a few - poche/i

first - prima

next - prossimo

last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday”) - scorso/scorsa

last (meaning “final”) - ultimo/a

easy - facile

hard - difficile

early - prima / presto

late - tardi

important - importante

interesting - interessante

fun - divertente

boring - noioso/a

beautiful - bello/a

big - grosso/a ,grande

small - piccolo/a

happy - felice

sad - triste

busy - occupato/a

excited - eccitato/a

tired - stanco/a

ready - pronto/a

favorite - preferito/a

new - nuovo/a

right (meaning “correct”) - giusto/a, vero, proprio

wrong - sbaglioto/a

true - vero

Pronouns

Know them in the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), and possessive (“my”) forms.

I - io

you - tu

she - lei

he - lui

it - il, lo

we - noi

you (plural) - voi

they - loro

Nouns

If your language has grammatical gender, then learn each noun as “the [noun]” with “the” in the correct gender. (e.g. in Spanish, instead of learning language = “idioma”, learn language = “el idioma”.) This will help you remember the gender.

everything - tutto

something - qualcosa

nothing - niente // nulla

everyone - tutto

someone - qualcuno

no one - nessuno

(L’)Italiano

English - (L’)Inglese

thing - (una) cosa

person - (una) persona

place - (un) posto

time (as in “a long time”) - (un) tempo (”molto tempo fa)

time (as in “I did it 3 times”) - (una) volta (”l’ho fatto 3 volte)

friend - (un/a) amico/a

woman - (una) donna

man - (un) uomo

money - (i) soldi

country - (un) paese

(L’)Italia

city - (una) città

language - (una) lingua

word - (una) parola

food - (il) cibo

house -  (una) casa

store  -  (un) negozio

office -  (un) ufficio

company  -  (una) società

manager - (un) gestore

coworker  -  (una) collega

job - (un) lavoro

work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”) - lavoro (”ho un sacco di lavoro da fare”)

problem - (un) problema 

question - (una) domanda

idea - (un’)idea

life - (la) vita

world - (il) mondo

day -  (un) giorno

year -  (un) anno

week -  (una) settimana

month  -  (un) mese

hour  -  (un’)ora

mother, father, parent - mamma, papà, genitore

daughter, son, child - figlia, figlio, bambino/a

wife, husband - moglie, marito

girlfriend, boyfriend - ragazza/o, fidanzato/a

More Verbs

work (as in a person working) - lavorare (la donna lavora)

work (meaning “to function”, e.g. “the TV works”) - funzionare (”la tv funziona”)

see- vedere

use - usare

should - dovere (dovere also means “to have to”, i.e. “Devo andare, ciao!” – “I have to go, bye!)

believe - credere

practice - praticare

seem - sembrare

come - venire

leave - lasciare

return - tornare

give - dare

take - prendere

bring - portare

look for - cercare

find - trovare

get (meaning “obtain”) - ottenere

receive - ricevere

buy - comprare

try - provare

start - cominciare // iniziare

stop (doing something) - fermare // smettare

finish - finire

continue - continuare

wake up - svegliarsi

get up - alzarsi

eat - mangiare

eat breakfast (in several languages, this is a verb) - mangare la colazione

eat lunch - pranzare

eat dinner - cenare

happen - succedere

feel - sentire

create (aka “make”) - creare

cause (aka “make”) - causare

meet (meeting someone for the first time) - incontrare//conoscere

meet (meaning “to bump into”) - riunare // incontrare

meet (an arranged meeting) - riunare

ask (a question) - chiedere

ask for (aka “request”) - domandare

wonder - chiedersi

reply - rispondere

mean - significare

read - leggere

write - scrivere

listen - ascoltare

hear - sentire

remember - ricordare (ricordare also means “remind”)

forget - dimenticare

choose - scegliere

decide - decidere

be born - nascere

die - morire

kill - uccidere

live - vivere

stay - stare // rimanere

change - cambiare

help - aiutare

send - mandare // spedire

study - studiare

improve - migliorare

hope - sperare

care - interessare

Phrases

hello - Ciao, salve

goodbye - Ciao, ci vediamo, a dopo, a presto

thank you - grazie // ti prego

you’re welcome - prego, di niente, di nulla

excuse me (to get someone’s attention) - scusami

sorry - scusa // mi dispiace

it’s fine (response to an apology) - tranquillo/a

please - per favore

yes - sì

no - no

okay - okay, va bene

My name is - Mi chiamo …

What’s your name? - Come ti chiami?

Nice to meet you. - piacere di conoscerti

How are you? - come stai? (formal: come sta?)

I’m doing well, how about you? - va bene, anche te?

Sorry? / What? (if you didn’t hear something) - scusa? cosa?

How do you say ______? - come si dice ____?

What does ______ mean? - cosa significa _____?

I don’t understand. - non capisco, non ho capito

Could you repeat that? - puoi ripetere?

Could you speak more slowly, please? - Puoi parlare più lentamente, per favore?

Well (as in “well, I think…”) - insomma

Really? - davvero? vero? sul serio? seriamente? veramente?

I guess that - credo che // suppongo che

It’s hot. (talking about the weather) - fa caldo

It’s cold. (talking about the weather) - fa freddo

This is a post about masterposts about resources and books for studying many languages. I made this since many people do not know about all the resources that have been posted.

Resources for Many Languages: thelanguagecommunity

General

Language Library  

Free Online Language Courses 

Massive Language Resource  

Language and Linguistics  

Language Families/Groups

West African Languages 

Classics Resource Masterpost  

Latin & Greek Masterpost 

Celtic Languages Resources  

Celtic Family Masterpost  

Dutch, Afrikaans, West Frisian, Limburgish  

Finnish, Estonian, Saami, Voro  

Germanic Languages Resources  

Scandinavian Language Resources  

North Germanic Languages  

South Asian Languages Resources  

Alien Languages of Star Trek 

Afrikaans

Learn Afrikaans Masterpost  

Afrikaans Resources

Ainu

Ainu Resources

Albanian

Albanian Resources  

Arabic

Arabic Learning Resources  

Arabic Language Resources  

Arabic Language Apps

Moroccan Masterpost  

Free Arabic Resources

Armenian

Armenian Language Masterpost 

ASL

American Sign Language Masterpost  

ASL Masterpost

Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani Resources 

Belarusian

Belarusian Masterpost

Belarusian Resources

Bengali

Bengali Masterpost

Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian

Resources

Bulgarian

Bulgarian Resources

Catalan

Catalan Masterpost

Resources to Lean Catalan  

Catalan Resources

Cantonese

Cantonese Resources

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese Masterpost  

Chinese Language Resources I  

Chinese Language Resources II

Pinyin Masterpost  

Intermediate Chinese Resources  

Crimean Tatar

Crimean Tatar Resources

Czech

Czech Resources for Beginners

Czech Masterpost

Danish

Danish Masterpost  

Dutch

Dutch Resources  

Dutch Masterpost

English

English Online Courses  

English Resource Masterpost

Euskera

Euskera Resources  

Faroese

Faroese Resources

Finnish

Finnish Resources  

Finnish Beginner Resources  

Finnish Resources

French

French Resources

French Resource Masterpost  

French Masterpost  

Intermediate Resources

Galician

Galician Resources

Georgian

Georgian Language Masterpost

German

German Learning Tools  

German Resources  

German Resources  

German Resources  

German Sites   

Gothic

Gothic Language Masterpost

Greek

Greek Masterpost 

Ancient Greek Masterpost  

Ancient Greek Resources

Greenlandic

Greenlandic Resources  

Guarani

Guarani Masterpost

Hawaiian

Learn Hawaiian  

Hebrew

Hebrew Language Masterpost

Hebrew Masterpost

Hindi

Hindi Language Masterpost

Hindi Audio & Video

Hungarian

Hungarian Masterpost

Hungarian Learning Resources

Hungarian Resources  

Icelandic

Icelandic for Everyone  

Icelandic Resources  

Indonesian

Indonesian Resources

Italian

How to Learn Italian 

Italian Resources  

Italian Masterpost  

Italian Resource Masterlist  

Italian Culture Masterpost  

Irish

Irish Resources 

Japanese

Free Japanese Resources  

Japanese Resources  

Studying Japanese  

Japanese Resource Masterpost  

Japanese Language Learning Resources

Kannada

Kannada Resources  

Kazakh

Kazakh Masterpost  

Khmer

Khmer Language Masterpost

Kikongo

Free Kikongo Resources  

Korean

Korean Textbook Masterpost 

Korean Resources 

Korean Resource Masterpost  

Korean Language Masterpost 

Ultimate Korean Masterpost 

Kyrgyz

Kyrgyz Resources

Latin

Learning Latin 

Masterpost of Latin Video Resources  

Latin Resources  

Malay

Malay Resources  

Maltese

Maltese Resources  

Mongolian

Mongolian Resources

Nahuatl

Nahuatl Language Masterpost  

Nepali

Nepali Masterpost

Norwegian

Norwegian Masterpost

Norwegian Resources  

Norwegian Sources

Norwegian Masteprost

Occitan

Occitan Resources

Old Church Slavonic

Resources

Pashto

Pashto Masterpost

Persian

Persian Language Masterpost

Polish

Polish Masterpost  

Polish Self-Study Masterpost  

Polish Resources

Portuguese 

Portuguese Resources  

Portuguese Resource Masterpost

Portuguese Starter Pack

Portuguese Resources

Punjabi

Punjabi Masterpost

Punjabi Resources

Romanian

Romanian Resources  

Romanian Resources  

Useful Romanian Resources 

Romanian Masterpost   

Romanian Resources

Russian

Russian Learning Tools  

Russian Textbooks   

Some More Resources  

Russian Masterpost 

Sami

Northern Sami Resources

Scottish Gaelic

Learn Scottish Gaelic Masterpost 

Serbian

Serbian Masterpost  

Language Resources  

Sinhala

Sinhala Resources

Slovak

Slovak Resources

Slovak Masterpost

Slovene

Slovene Resources 

Somali

Somali Language Masterpost

Spanish

Spanish Resources: Oxford  

Spanish Resources  

Learning Spanish 

Spanish Resources Masterpost  

Swahili

Swahili Resources

Swedish

Swedish Resources  

Swedish Resources  

Swedish Resources  

Tagalog

Tagalog Masterpost

Tagalog Resources

Tamil

Tamil Resources

Tamil Masterpost

Tatar

Tatar Resources

Thai

Thai resources + books

Tibetan 

Tibetan Resources 

Turkish

Turkish Resources

Turkish Masterpost

Turkish Resource List

Ukrainian

Ukrainian Language Masterpost 

Ukrainian Resources

Urdu

Urdu Masterpost

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Resources

Xhosa

Xhosa Resources

Yiddish

Yiddish Language Masterpost

Yoruba

Yoruba Resources

Zulu

Zulu Resources

When I start learning a language, rather than thinking “I need to learn all the grammar that there is in this language,” I think “I need to learn the grammar that I need to put a sentence together.”

Here’s a list of the concepts that I go through and learn first. Personally, I like to google each concept to get the answer (e.g. “negation in Basque”, or “prepositional phrases in Basque” – there actually are none, so I learn the equivalent), because I find it faster. But online courses also work fine. Just pay attention to whether they cover all of these concepts.

Concepts

Subject, direct and indirect object, and verb order

Markers for subject, direct object, and indirect object

Verb conjugations (To start, I only memorize the infinitive and the regular conjugation for “I” in the present and past tense.)

Negation

Pluralizing nouns

Attaching articles and adjectives to nouns

Attaching adverbs to verbs and adjectives

Forming questions

Indirect statements (“I think that…”)

Adjective clauses (“the woman that…”)

Prepositional phrases

Dependent clauses

This is part of my guide on how to start learning a language more quickly. You can find the guide homepage here.

You can express yourself surprisingly flexibly when you know 300 well-chosen words (and grammar) in a language. (By “words”, I really mean lemmas, i.e. I’m counting “run” and “runs” as one word.) When trying to talk about a topic, there will probably be some key words that you don’t know, but you can ask for or look up those words and then use them for the rest of the time that you’re talking about the topic. You can see an example of how using the 300 words works.

Here’s the list of 300. I hope it’s a useful guideline and starting point for you. I may revise it, so please refer to the original post for the most up-to-date version. In addition to these general words, there will probably be some others that will be among the most useful for you (e.g. “class” if you’re a student). When you find yourself using them again and again, learn them too.

* Note: You should really think of this as a list of concepts. Your goal isn’t to translate each word to a word in your target language, but to figure out how to express that concept in your target language. In some cases, a concept may translate to multiple words (for example, I listed “you” as a concept, but in some languages there are different words for “formal you” and “informal you”). Some concepts may translate to no word at all, but rather a certain grammatical structure (for example, Russian doesn’t use the verb “have”; to say “I have a cat” in Russian, you say “at me there is a cat”).

Use a dictionary to find out how to express these concepts in your target language (for some subtleties, you’ll need to google or ask in a forum). After that, I suggest memorizing the words by making yourself a Memrise course with the words and going through the course. Learn to be able to go from the concept to the word in your target language, not the other way around; you want to be able to produce the word, not just recognize it. You should also learn how to pronounce your target language. To hear native speakers pronounce words in your target language, check out Forvo.

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This list has been translated into: Cantonese, Finnish, French, Spanish.

Version 1 of this list, which had 200 words, was translated into: Afrikaans, Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai.

If you’d like to translate this list into another language, please feel free! :) Just include a link back to this post, and let me know when you’re done so that I can link to your list here.

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First Verbs

be

there is

have

do

go

want

can

need

think

know

say

like

speak

learn

understand

I was inspired by this post by @polyglot-oneday. If you have any suggestions please send them in :)

be’ (also written beh) - well be’, non ti preoccupare (well, don’t worry)

cioè (sometimes pronounced ce when talking fast or informally) - I mean (lit. that is); like [informal] non ho ancora finito di studiare, cioè, sono tantissimi libri (I haven’t finished studying yet, I mean, it’s a lot of books); ha iniziato a gridare all’improvviso, cioè, è pazzo (he started to scream all of a sudden, like, he’s crazy)

quindi - so, therefore quindi che avete fatto? Siete usciti? (so what did you do? did you go out?)

allora - so, therefore allora, che avete fatto? Siete usciti? (so, what did you do? did you go out?)

vediamo / vediamo un po’ - let’s see / lit. let’s see a little vediamo/vediamo un po’, e cosa hai risposto? (let’s see, what did you reply?)

va bene - it’s okay / okay ci vediamo lunedì, va bene? (we’ll meet on Monday, okay?)

tipo - like (as in it’s like…) [informal] era tipo una villa hollywoodiana (it was like a Hollywood mansion)

(ah) a proposito -  by the way a proposito, come sta tua nonna? (by the way, how is your grandma?

per lo meno (also written perlomeno) / almeno - at least almeno vi siete divertiti? (did you have fun at least?)

alla fine - finally, at last; at the end of the day alla fine lui è il responsabile (at the end of the day he is responsible)

meno male / meno male che - thank goodness (it. less bad/evil) meno male! siamo arrivati in tempo (thank goodness! we’ve arrived on time); meno male che siamo arrivati in tempo (thank goodness we arrived on time)

forse - maybe forse non sono in casa (maybe they’re not home)

inoltre / in più - moreover / plus fa freddissimo e inoltre non abbiamo soldi (it’s very cold plus we don’t have any money)

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🇬🇧 ENGLISH 🇬🇧

• http://joyoflanguages.com/italian-learning-tools/

🇫🇷 FRANÇAIS 🇫🇷

• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-E1n1qDTAIneq4MqXjXjSAHEH_phHEKb

• https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCOjscfnIVhyqMXCk5np6ndg

• http://oneworlditaliano.com/francais/accueil.htm

• http://apprendre-italien.fr/

• https://www.italien-facile.com/exercices/

• Cours sur Memrise: https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/french/italian/

🇪🇸 ESPAÑOL: 🇪🇸

• https://youtu.be/VwxrTlmUX1I (principiante)

• http://www.saberitaliano.com.ar/

• http://www.aulafacil.com/cursos/t2898/idiomas/italiano/italiano

• https://www.youtube.com/user/marconisida

• Cursos en Memrise: https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/spanish-spain/italian/

🇵🇹 PORTUGUÊS: 🇵🇹

• http://www.aprendendo-italiano.com/ (principiante)

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE9LdP3W6DQ1UZCsipUTwbQ

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyY9PuhdVC1wDYZWDM7g1PQ

• https://www.youtube.com/user/imparailportoghese

• http://cursosextensao.usp.br/course/view.php?id=131

• Cursos no Memrise: https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/portuguese-brazil/italian/

🇷🇴 ROMÂNĂ: 🇷🇴

• https://www.youtube.com/user/italianapentruromani

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCna09VktfKZcNCLFJDsaYPg

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9M8r8phpeljg0EjpBq4Xow

• http://www.scritub.com/literatura-romana/gramatica/CURS-DE-LIMBA-ITALIANA-nivel-I25856.php

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://proedus.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mechifire-Abdula-curs-limba-italiana.Gramatica-si-teste-2017.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjx6JWK6IbWAhUBmRQKHY55BOcQFggNMAE&usg=AFQjCNEaJEoJJz7TeP_3l53eNSp4rb33sg

🇧🇦 BOSANSKI: 🇧🇦

• http://gvukasinovic.blogspot.it/search?updated-max=2014-11-26T04:19:00-08:00&max-results=7&start=6&by-date=false&m=1

🇭🇷 HRVATSKI: 🇭🇷

• http://lingohut.com/hr/v40540/talijanski-lekcija-po%C4%8Detak-pozdrav

• (Italian lifestyle): https://www.youtube.com/user/SoniaVerardo

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=https://moodle.oss.unist.hr/pluginfile.php/44280/mod_resource/content/1/WEB%2520Talijanski%2520jezik%2520BI.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjwlqWo3obWAhVI6xQKHba_COYQFggRMAM&usg=AFQjCNHIeNkW992YtZxmfa5jGhxyzhqLzw

🇩🇪 DEUTSCH: 🇩🇪

• http://www.italienisch-lehrbuch.de/

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://www2.tf.jcu.cz/~mackerle/dl/temp/italstina/Sta%259Een%25E9%2520knihy/346820356X_Italienisch.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjDl73k4obWAhWExRQKHQ8MBuoQFggLMAA&usg=AFQjCNGO1qZl8dCZG5dSn6yufoKzGBkCCA

• (Lange Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F8Z4htOLLo

• Kurse auf Memrise:  https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/german/italian/

🇹🇷 TÜRKÇE: 🇹🇷

• https://youtu.be/EgC2O11jCLw

• http://www.italyan.com/

• https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCMKoxmlQLLdos_HaLpEOB5Q

• (PDF) https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/132781675/ITALYANCA-GRAMER-2007

• Memrise kursları: https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/turkish/italian/

🇯🇵日本語🇯🇵

• https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCFL5JxmF-PdtXkXFxdXj_2A

• http://www.itariagodattaradou.com/

•https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUrHikrN8UOYI1W4CS9xMQ

🇰🇷 한국어: 🇰🇷

• https://m.youtube.com/user/BlackScribbles

• (서적) http://www.yes24.com/24/Category/Display/001001004010

• http://www.kocw.net/home/search/kemView.do?kemId=1017258

• http://kapelatte.com/

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtrvy4Dsln-LiavnmrLQ7xlRqLZw6h_W2

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpTjiMD98G4lMHdE54ImYIeW0LXghjFVQ

🇸🇦 :العربية 🇸🇦

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-844_8NBDbtuwjdiB-zWg

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZD-XoQcWf_oVpUYmxxaSw

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFDF700E719293BE

• https://learnitalianoeureka.com/

• Memrise دورات على: https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/arabic/italian/

🇷🇺 русский: 🇷🇺

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC84_PJpGWDxph_c9B4fZI7g

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5BDkiCgsZ6pPGMMhuz0ZAw

• https://www.youtube.com/user/italianoonskype

• http://initaliano.ru/

• Курсы по Memrise: https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/russian/italian/

🇬🇷  Ελληνικά 🇬🇷

• https://www.internetpolyglot.com/greek/lessons-it-el

• http://italikiglwssa.blogspot.it/p/grammatica.html

• Μάθημα στο Memrise: https://www.memrise.com/course/1418875/italika-gia-ellenes-basiko-epipedo-con-audio/

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://kdvm.gr/Media/Default/Pdf%2520enotites/4.8.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiikaWk4YbWAhWEVxQKHR_TDuoQFggLMAA&usg=AFQjCNGr2pkNDR88OgGV5R_2NfvWf__oOA

🇳🇱 NEDERLANDS 🇳🇱

•https://www.buonitaliaans.nl/

• Cursussen over Memrise: https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/dutch/italian/

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0ahUKEwily9XG8fLVAhUJtxQKHVyUB9QQFgg8MAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitaliaans.minerva83.nl%2Fsyllabus2006.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEFKpcTfOFZJB3GQmv3fkjBQodgGg

🇮🇩 BAHASA INDONESIA 🇮🇩

•http://www.maestro-italiano.com/?m=1

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUc4HC99xMXIOHt9qEC759SuIfkFZ3O-7

🇦🇱 SHQIPE 🇦🇱

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrk0zbiI8cOb997EKbJMWhw/playlists

• https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/sylimirsy/fjal-italisht-shqip

• http://meso-italisht.blogspot.it/?m=1

🇹🇭 ไทย 🇹🇭

• http://www.italysmile.com/

• http://italianmystyle.blogspot.it/?m=1

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4UlaDS9RYaONLfVlwfqHQQ

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl0wIN_6RV3DCOK-L4mhPPQ

• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17vlvcqyik6jlpYnB3jF30IpctKo_JSr

🇨🇳 中文 🇨🇳

• http://www.italycn.com/

• http://italy.tingroom.com/wap/

• (细节) https://m.cineseitalia.com/bbs/read-htm-tid-106.html

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://www.yyzero.com/italiano/libri/lettura/lettura_1.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiMgsy8_IbWAhXDOhQKHS46A-gQFggpMAc&usg=AFQjCNH4A_LNbe2WwRd7F6kqFTwye1TbbA

• https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/132974793/Coursebook-Nuovo-Progetto-Italiano-3

🇱🇹 LIETUVIŲ 🇱🇹

• https://youtu.be/uM7P98LKBD8

• http://www.vepla.lt/topics/it/1

• http://lingohut.com/lt/l60/%C5%BEodynas-ital%C5%B3

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://web.vu.lt/uki/l.pavan/Italu_kalbos_pratimai_pradedantiems_Luca_Pavan.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjmwvzOhofWAhVCShQKHXBkB-8QFggLMAA&usg=AFQjCNFIj7Fvvzw9_3RsL5O1p6AyvoXY-A

•https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXdtJHQ_5Jem8GUKmnRhTGQ/playlists

🇸🇰 SLOVENŠČINA 🇸🇰

• http://www.italijanscina.com/

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://lu-jesenice.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Italijan%25C5%25A1%25C4%258Dina-pot-do-uspeha.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi3kuCCstHWAhXDmLQKHQ66CeoQFggRMAM&usg=AOvVaw1TZMozWEgEZqk9AOyod2xH

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://www.mizs.gov.si/fileadmin/mizs.gov.si/pageuploads/podrocje/vs/Gradiva_ESS/Impletum/IMPLETUM_302POSLOVNI_Poslovni_Bajec.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi3kuCCstHWAhXDmLQKHQ66CeoQFggVMAU&usg=AOvVaw2YdGtgc30jhr3qfTDhLBsl

🇨🇿 ČEŠTINA 🇨🇿

• http://italstina.net/

• http://www.langmaster.cz/lmcom/com/web/cs-cz/pages/kurz-italstiny-zdarma.aspx

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnv1hwgX9AKInXP5vjs7pw

• Kurzy na Memrise: https://www.memrise.com/it/courses/czech/italian/

🇭🇺 MAGYAR 🇭🇺

• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQPDNBgmy_8MY1hLD7_QfRsyWHyHmh855

• https://olaszultanulok.com/

• (B1-B2) https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/134241297/Nuovo-Progetto-Italiano-2-szoszedet

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://www.bonusnyelviskola.hu/files/file/NuovoProgettoItaliano1_supplemento_ungherese.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjwmqDettLWAhWBwhoKHXwYCjYQFggdMAc&usg=AOvVaw2cjLYKNNb7fI9dgUuoMbc1

A Memrise tanfolyamok: • https://www.memrise.com/course/973395/nuovo-progetto-italiano-1-4/ • https://www.memrise.com/course/676436/pons-olasz-a1-b1-szokincs/

🇻🇳 TIẾNG VIỆT 🇻🇳

• http://lingohut.com/vi/l60/t%E1%BB%AB-v%E1%BB%B1ng-ti%E1%BA%BFng-%C3%BD

• https://youtu.be/ewTwbh-tGoM?list=PLDg60kAhhps4d-2Fyx-6LaFtjwyIcm2bC

• (Trường học ở Ý) http://uni-italia.vn/

• https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqZfJXbRo-zSzSczfNQndXtbgVL3poIV-

• https://m.facebook.com/hoctiengy/posts/686535894756898#!/hoctiengy/

• https://tiengy.wordpress.com/

🇮🇷 فارسی 🇮🇷

• http://Instagram.com/bravissimo.maryam

• Lingohut: http://lingohut.com/fa/v48972/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85

🇵🇱 POLSKI 🇵🇱

• http://www.wloskielove.pl/

• https://www.youtube.com/user/italianipopolsku

• Kurs na Memrise: https://www.memrise.com/course/105655/woski-2/

• http://trenerjezykawloskiego.blog.pl/category/gramatyka/

• PDF: https://www.google.it/url?q=http://casimirr.strefa.pl/wloski/Wloski_podstawy.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwj3uMHLkYDYAhWIbRQKHWTOAMwQFggLMAA&usg=AOvVaw15Z-YzpAZzeRtopm2qMBvv

• Ćwiczenia: https://www.google.it/url?q=https://www.cke.edu.pl/images/_SPRAWDZIAN/OD_2014/Materialy_dla_uczniow_i_nauczycieli/wloski.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwj3uMHLkYDYAhWIbRQKHWTOAMwQFggWMAQ&usg=AOvVaw2OkkSvgaqpTbDNYU1_odhs

🇧🇬 български 🇧🇬

• http://italianskiezik.start.bg/

• Lingohut:  http://lingohut.com/bg/l60/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8-%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8

• Уикипедия: 1) https://bg.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0

• 2) https://beta.m.wikiversity.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%BC

• PDF:  https://www.google.it/url?q=http://xn–80aaasobbbrfcgvfdp1aoifn2g.com/1qaz2wsx3edc4rfv5tgb.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwinkZ_Q1rvYAhXLCsAKHWsyB8gQFggZMAQ&usg=AOvVaw36EQXUZvq9jRtNo_EQFp6g

Quotidiani:

Il corriere della sera

Repubblica

Il sole 24 ore

Quotidiano

Gazzetta dello sport

La stampa

Il messaggero

Il Resto del Carlino

Corriere dello sport

Il giornale

Avvenire

La nazione

Tutto sport

Libero quotidiano

Italia oggi

Il gazettino

Il fatto quotidiano

Riviste di moda:

Cosmopolitan

Donna Moderna

Elle

Glamour

Grazia

Marie Claire

Vanity Fair

Al Femminile

Pour femme

Ricette:

La cucina Italiana

Cucinare

Cucchiaio d'argento

Sale Pepe

Butta la pasta

Cucinare meglio

Cucinare facile

Cucina naturale

Mangiare bene

Gambero rosso

Slow food

Cook around

Misya

Cucina e vini

Gola Gioconda

Wine news

Arredamento:

Casabella

Abitare

Interni

AD

Elle decor

Psicologia:

Il minotauro

Il vaso di Pandora

Mind

State of mind

Musica:

Rolling Stone

Il mucchio selvaggio

Rockol

Rock it

Billboard

Giornale della musica

Musica jazz

Jazz it

Classic voice

Fucinemute

Arte:

Arte

Arte dossier

Rai Cultura - Arte

Patrimonio dei beni culturali

La biennale di Venezia

Exibart

Cinema:

Ciak

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Cinematografo

Movieplayer

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