193: Am I Bad at Italian? We’ll Give You an Honest Answer

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

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_Bad at Italian? Perfetto! Here's how being bad at Italian can actually help you, with some useful tips and practical phrases. _

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Today's Italian words:
Perché ti piace l’Italia? = Why do you like Italy?
Perché ho origini italiane = Because I have Italian origins
Perché mi piace la gente = Because I like the people
Posso provare in italiano? = Can I try in Italian?
Ha tempo? = Do you (formal) have time?
Hai tempo? = Do you (informal) have time?
Sto imparando = I’m learning
Sono principiante = I’m a beginner
Grazie per la pazienza = Thank you for your patience
Come si dice…? = How do you say…?
Non ricordo la parola per… = I don’t remember the word for…
La mia memoria! = My memory!

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0:00.0	Today's episode comes from a question we hear all the time at our online Italian school.
0:05.9	Am I bad at Italian?
0:08.0	We wanted to give you an honest answer, so here it is.
0:11.8	Yes.
0:13.1	But don't worry, we're actually all bad when we're learning a new language.
0:18.3	And being bad is actually a good thing
0:21.0	because you can't get good at Italian without being bad first.
0:25.6	We'll explain what we mean
0:27.0	so that you can feel free to start enjoying
0:29.2	communicating with Italians,
0:30.9	even if it's messy.
0:31.7	Music Hello all
0:43.3	Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages.
0:49.3	Lots of Italian learners wonder if they're bad at Italian.
0:53.3	You can have this feeling whether you've just
0:55.5	started or have been learning Italian for a really long time. Yeah, it never goes away really.
1:02.4	But in this episode, we're sharing why accepting that you might be bad at Italian is actually
1:07.4	a good thing because once you stop fighting that feeling, you can let go of some
1:11.6	really unhelpful habits that are holding you back and start getting better and better at Italian.
1:18.4	We'll give you some tips so you can focus on just giving Italian a go and enjoying it.
1:24.1	And we'll also share some natural sounding Italian phrases that you can use to tell Italians
1:28.6	that you'd like to practice, but don't think that your Italian's perfect yet.
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