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A quick question. Stephen Send a noteboard - 20/09/2013 05:48:18 PM

View original postYou've got Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Boiardo, Torquato Tasso, Pietro Aretino, the poets of the Sicilian school, and other minor authors, and then after an admittedly long lacuna, you have Manzoni, Leopardi, Lampedusa and Verga, and then you have the modern authors like Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco, not to mention all the opera libretti in Italian.


View original postBesides, it's so easy.

Would you consider Italian easier to learn than Spanish? I don't have any prior experience with Romance languages but would like to learn one eventually.

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NSSP: I'm learning Spanish! Aeryn - 18/09/2013 03:41:12 PM 1508 Views
Good luck in your efforts. Stephen - 18/09/2013 03:52:36 PM 1058 Views
I really want to go to Puerto Rico! Aeryn - 20/09/2013 02:58:46 PM 1128 Views
Good for you! Legolas - 18/09/2013 05:15:23 PM 1043 Views
Re: Good for you! Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:02:13 PM 1192 Views
I was wishing you success. Legolas - 20/09/2013 06:09:20 PM 1010 Views
You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Tom - 18/09/2013 06:58:49 PM 1110 Views
Re: You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:05:35 PM 1112 Views
You will need to learn the subjunctive. Very much so. Tom - 20/09/2013 03:43:53 PM 1077 Views
Re: You will need to learn the subjunctive. Very much so. Aeryn - 23/09/2013 03:21:07 PM 1138 Views
Ah, but a question isn't a statement of uncertainty. It's a request for information. Tom - 23/09/2013 03:59:00 PM 1011 Views
Is Duolingo one of the apps you have downloaded? The Shrike - 19/09/2013 05:23:35 PM 1008 Views
It is quite good in some ways. Legolas - 19/09/2013 06:54:44 PM 1100 Views
Italian is one of those languages I've never wanted to learn. The Shrike - 20/09/2013 12:33:49 PM 1146 Views
There isn't enough Renaissance-era literature that you want to read? Tom - 20/09/2013 03:53:17 PM 1066 Views
Nope. Not too interested in the literature of the area. Not enough to learn the language The Shrike - 20/09/2013 04:17:46 PM 1027 Views
A quick question. Stephen - 20/09/2013 05:48:18 PM 1029 Views
I think that is a very subjective question. Tom - 20/09/2013 06:36:50 PM 999 Views
You would like Leopardi's thoughts on the two languages found within his Zibaldone Larry - 21/09/2013 09:11:15 AM 1070 Views
I will have to look in my copy of the Zibaldone on that one. Tom - 22/09/2013 04:26:11 AM 1038 Views
I want to say it's in the late 3000s, early 4000s, but I'm uncertain Larry - 22/09/2013 07:53:07 AM 976 Views
Yeah, I'm not finding it exactly Tom - 26/09/2013 02:22:38 PM 1059 Views
Interesting points. Stephen - 22/09/2013 12:20:39 AM 1002 Views
It's not too high on my priority list either, like I said. Legolas - 20/09/2013 06:17:24 PM 1000 Views
It is... Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:12:11 PM 1111 Views
True The Shrike - 20/09/2013 04:14:32 PM 993 Views
Bolivia is pretty amazing and has a good exchange rate, though you'll need a visa. *NM* Zalis - 25/09/2013 04:37:18 PM 878 Views
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