Italian Phrases for Dummies (Paperback)

Author: Francesca Romana/ Joneja OnofriEditor: Francesca Romana Onofri  Karen Antje Moller
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780764572036
Publisher: FOR DUMMIES
Publish Date: 4/10/2007
Buy.com Sku: 36325316
Item#: BV7Y6M
Dimensions (in Inches) 7.5H x 4.5L x 0.5T
Pages: 216
 
Everyday conversations in Italian made easy
Italy is a perennially popular destination for Americans, with three cities (Florence, Rome, and Venice) among the top ten in Travel & Leisure's 2003 "World's Best Cities" poll. This concise, easy-to-use guide helps travelers and students get up to speed fast on conversational Italian, showcasing the most commonly used words and phrases.
Francesca Romana Onofri is an Italian translator and teacher.
Karen Moller is a writer who has worked on several Italian-language projects for Berlitz.
 
 
 
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Chapter One

I Say It How? Speaking Italian

In This Chapter

* Taking note of the Italian you know

* Appreciating cognates

* Looking at popular expressions

* Starting out with basic Italian pronunciation

You probably know that Italian is a Romance language, which means that Italian, just like Spanish, French, and Portuguese, is a child of Latin. Latin was once the official language in a large part of Europe because the Romans ruled so much of the area. Before the Romans came, people spoke their own languages, and the mixture of these original tongues with Latin produced many of the languages and dialects that are still in use today.

If you know one of the Romance languages, you can often understand bits of another. Just as members of the same family can look similar but have totally different characters, so can languages. You find the same contradi

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