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Learn Italian with Joy of Languages

121: How to Speak Italian (Even if You’re Not Confident Yet!)

Learn Italian with Joy of Languages

Joy of Languages

Language Learning, Courses, Learn Italian, Italian Podcast, Education, Italian Lessons

4.8869 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Get practical tips on how to start speaking Italian. In this friendly guide, you’ll learn from real people who’ve done it, despite the jitters!

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

Get the bonus materials for this episode: https://italian.joyoflanguages.com/podcast/speak-italian

While we didn’t share specific phrases in this lesson, here are a few you can use with Italians to encourage them to help you practise speaking:
Sto imparando l’italiano = I’m learning Italian
Preferisco l’italiano, vorrei praticare = I prefer Italian, I’d like to practise
Provo in italiano, va bene? Mi aiuta? = I’ll try in Italian, is that OK? Will you help me?
Grazie per la pazienza! = Thanks for your patience
Grazie per l’aiuto! = Thanks for your help
Grazie per la lezione! = Thanks for the lesson

Transcript

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0:00.0

Katie, what's your favorite thing about speaking Italian?

0:03.7

Definitely the way it helps me feel closer to Italians.

0:07.0

So it's the little things really like chatting to Franco, a barista,

0:13.0

buying local food at the Mercato.

0:15.6

And I also have friends here, and I think they're more comfortable with me to open up more

0:20.1

because we're speaking in their language. Right. It lets you experience the real easily. But how do you move from

0:28.2

feeling nervous and knowing what feels like a lot of unconnected words and grammar to actually

0:33.8

having conversations? Let's talk about it in today's episode.

0:55.5

Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages.

0:59.6

Today we're talking about the most important thing, speaking.

1:03.7

Going from knowing bits of Italian to having real conversations.

1:06.5

We've guided many students through this.

1:11.8

So today we're sharing the common questions they had because if you're listening you might have similar ones. And of course, the answers that helped them start talking.

1:17.4

So no crazy claims of speaking Italian in a week that you sometimes find when you look

1:23.1

for tips on this topic. Just real people our lovely students and what they actually did to speak

1:29.4

Italian.

1:30.4

And on that note, if you're interested in joining our online Italian school, enrollment

1:35.8

currently is open, but it's closing very soon. You can click on the link in the description

1:41.5

to get the details.

1:43.5

For now, let's tackle the first question.

1:45.0

When can I start speaking Italian?

1:48.0

Right now.

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