Conjugations

Remind myself to look into those, I haven't grasped them yet.

Free resource : Newspapers online

I've noticed that this newspaper is read by an Italian friend so I decided to look at it. I don't know much about the publication yet, so if anyone has a suggestion or comment, please let it be known.

http://www.repubblica.it

We'll I've been gone, but my Italian journey has not stopped.

Avrebbe commesso altri = Would have committed other

tetto = house ceiling, top, limit

Free resource http://italian.about.com/

http://italian.about.com/

I signed up for their "Word of the Day" news letter. Let's see if it's useful.

Words of the Day

Fissato - A person with an obsession

Zampa - Animal's leg (SP: Pata)

Noi - We

Mio - My

Rotto - Broken

Cane - Dog

Criminale - Criminal

1. (Question: What is a group of female criminals called? criminale?)The group remains masculine CRIMINALE.

Ladro - Thief

Back

I lost track of the blog, I'm back on it now. I was a bit side tracked, but new developments came up while being away.

Immersion + Speech

I need to get used to hearing Italian in order to discern words during speech. Words blend together all the time during conversation, since Italian never seems to be spoken slowly.

In order to become immersed in the language I will look for movies and music in Italian.

Target: Learn + develop techniques for breaking up and understanding Italian speech.

Update 8/10/09: I lost emphasis on this and directed efforts towards the use of mnemonics and cognitive devices to acquire vocabulary. By hearing Italian speech repeatedly (heard the same podcasts over and over) I can now discern sounds better, but I'm still a long way off. More details later.