137: Is Learning Italian Hard? 7 Excuses That Might Be Holding You Back

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

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Summary

Is learning Italian hard? Maybe not as hard as you think! But these 7 excuses might be keeping you stuck – learn how to overcome them and start speaking Italian.

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Today's Italian words:
Difficile = difficult
Facile = easy
Impossibile = impossible
Sto imparando l’italiano = I’m learning Italian
Utile = useful
Non ho tempo! = I don’t have time!

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0:00.0	Learning Italian certainly feels challenging at times. I remember having lots of very good reasons why I couldn't do it.
0:05.8	It's too hard. I don't have time. I don't live in Italy and so on.
0:11.2	Yes, I like to use those excuses for myself for other languages too.
0:16.7	But then at some point I changed my approach and then I actually managed to learn Italian and I've
0:21.6	seen lots of students who don't live in Italy do the same in our online Italian school.
0:27.4	And along the way, I've realized that some of the reasons that we think we can't learn Italian
0:32.1	simply aren't true or they're not as important as they seem at first, Speaking Italian is definitely more achievable than you might think.
0:40.3	Yes.
0:41.3	So if you're struggling because Italians too hard, you don't have time or for any other reason,
0:47.3	keep listening.
0:48.3	We'll show you how to start speaking Italian anyway. Ciao to all and welcome and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages.
1:09.0	Before we get started, we just wanted to let you know that registration for our online Italian
1:15.6	school is opening in a few days. Places tend to sell out quickly, so if you'd like us to
1:22.3	notify you when doors open, click the link in the description. So let's talk about some common held beliefs that might be getting in the way of you learning Italian.
1:33.3	Our first one, in fact, is...
1:36.3	L'Italiano is difficult.
1:39.3	L'Italian is difficult. Italian is difficult. Italian is difficult.
1:46.0	It definitely feels difficult sometimes, but mostly just for adults.
1:53.0	It seems effortless for children.
1:56.0	Do you know why that is?
1:59.0	Well, it's possible that there's a biological difference, but actually the jury is still
2:05.0	out on that, and linguists are still arguing about it after decades and decades.
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