Io sono una donna molto bella e famosa

~ Mia
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I tried to learn Italian once and that’s a sentence I remember the most. It means, “I am a very beautiful and famous woman” I’ve been to Italy when we went to Europe after my sister died in 1983. It was in a town called Cervinia. It’s famous for their ski resort. Unfortunately, I don’t have photos because they’re in slides and I don’t have that kind of scanner. I don’t remember much of the trip so I can’t tell you much. It would be nice to visit Italy again but the money is always the issue. Learning the language is not as easy as you would think. Especially trying to remember it. I know the greetings and such but I couldn’t speak it. I used to think I was good at learning languages but apparently, I’m not. Some people can learn multiple of languages but I can only 3. That’s more than a lot of people so it’s not bad at all. My dad can only speak Finnish so I’m usually the translator when we’re abroad.

They say if you learn Italian, learning Spanish will be much easier. There’s a lot of the same words in both languages so maybe it is so. Some say French is an easy language to learn but I think not. There seem to be a lot of these apostrophes. But C’est la vie. I’m amazed when I hear someone like the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic speaking French. Actually, any non-French speaker who knows the language. I could never manage that. Even learning Italian is a challenge enough for me. I don’t think my brain can hold that much information. I have so much else to remember. Like with every language, you need to use it regularly and I don’t think I do.  That’s one reason why I haven’t continued learning it. I do have a few Italian friends I follow on social media but if I chat with them, we use English. Life would be so much easier if you could speak a language if you travel to another country. E.g. if you visit Italy, you can speak Italian or if you go to France, you can speak French. Then we didn’t need to learn any language. It would already be in our blood.

You can find sites on the internet if you want to learn a language. Learn Italian in 5 minutes per day for example. You can also download their app. The downside is that you need to create a profile. Or I don’t know if it’s one though. You also learn other languages on the site. A shame there’s isn’t Finnish. If you want to learn that there’s a lot of options online and for free. There are videos on Youtube where Finns teach the language. It could be easy for me to say the language is easy to learn but sometimes it’s not even easy for me. That’s because my mother tongue is Finnish Swedish so the grammar can be tricky. This article says it all how Finnish is hard to learn and even teach. For me Italian is hard so I can imagine how a foreigner can find learning Finnish an impossible task. I wish I could speak Italian like I do with my 3 language skills. Learning is always fun. Google is a great tool for this if you want to know how to pronounce something. It doesn’t always translate things correctly but at least you can hear what something sounds like.

So grazie ‘Non sono una donna molto bella e famosa’ I am not a beautiful and famous woman but I can try to learn Italian. It’s such a beautiful language but so is French. But I can only learn one new language at the time. Even if I don’t use the language it’s still nice to know some in case needed. Speaking the language is one challenge and how to spell things is another. Words I know in Italian but I need to check the spelling on Google translate (something they do right at least) Buongiorno! Buonasera! Buonanotte! wherever you are. I’m off to learn Italian. Or try to at least.

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My primary blog, 'In my world,' is about things I like. Not so much personal stuff. I'm a private person who wants to keep it that way. Also, visit my 'MiaPhotolio'

21 thoughts on “Io sono una donna molto bella e famosa”

      1. I really hope your Italian is coming along well. Try to look back at your past and think about the way you used to learn and remember things in school or when you were studying. Once you figure that out, apply that way to your Italian learning. This is how I started learning English (I’m Italian)! 🙂

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      3. I agree with this point. I studied French from Alliance Francaise. But whenever I’ve recommended language sites to friends, they find French difficult. I guess personal interaction works better for this one.

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      2. It was certainly hard because I had to learn the script from scratch, unlike the other languages which follow the Latin alphabet. Duolingo helped here with their short exercises – daily practice was crucial. It’s just been a year, so I can speak and understand when spoken slowly.

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      3. I can only say a few words. Like spasiba, da and njet 😀 When I was in Russia, luckily our guide could speak it so we could order food with her help. Luckily in the hotel they could speak English. Otherwise we would only use body language 🙂

        So I guess you can order things in Russian and so on?

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      4. I haven’t had the opportunity yet to order in Russian, since we don’t have Russian specific restaurants here, like we do for the other national cuisines. Hopefully I’ll travel to Russia some day! 🙂

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  3. It’s a very easy language, Mia. Do give it a try again. I had already learned French and Spanish before Italian, so the pick up was quicker, but it’s much simpler compared to the other European languages.

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