how well can a spanish speaker get by in Italy communication wise?
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Oh no! They are both Latin origin languages but certainly completely different languages. You will surely understand very little. Try watching a film in Italian without reading the captions and see how much you understand. Even if you are a native speaker of Spanish, you won't understand much. However, you can get a taped course like Hugo or Berlitz, those that come with tapes and a phrase book. Practise with that for a couple of months, then take your phrase book with you and you'll do fine. Enjoy your trip! Italy is beautiful.
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It depends on where you are from.  If you are from a Spanish speaking nation, no. You will be catered to for not being able to learn the language. But if you are from a country that speaks any other language other than Spanish, you are fully expected to be smart enough to know English.
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If you want to get an Italian man, here's the three things you need: \n1. you need to be GLAMOROUS. Plain "hot" can be found anywhere, any hoe out there can be "hot", we mean classy and feminine appearance.\n2. you need to be WILD, as opposed to s-lutty.. if you get my drift. We have hot girls all over the place here and a nice *ss is not enough for us to quit watching the soccer game. We need to see the kink before the pink to get turned on. Not the contrary.\n3. you need to be JEALOUS. Anything less is seen as a lack of love and our girls here are touchy and loving to the max. If you give anything less we think you're a dyke, no more no less.\n\nNo matter what, you're in for the wildest ride of your life. We do it like nobody else.
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Cool! I am currently in Germany with AFS. They really are a good program, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I almost went to Spain with AFS, but then I got a scholarship for Germany. I must tell you what AFS told me when I got accepted to Spain. You have to be ready to learn another dialect, which is so differnet from Spanish that it is almost anothe language. Learning Spanish in Spain is way different than learning it as a foreign language or in latin america.\nAs for a french speaking country. Of course there is France, thats a no brainer, and I must say France is beautiful. But if you to go Belgium, Luxembourg, The Neatherlands or parts to Switzerland you also have to chance of ending up learing more than one language, such as dutch, german, italian or even the native languge of luxembourg (in german luxemburgisch sorry I dont know the english name)\nBelgium is also a very interesting country, Luxembourg as well, but very very expensive. \nThere are so many options, and the best part is you cant go wrong!!!! \nIt is an adventure, and it is hard, and wonderful and one of the best things you can do! \nGood luck, and welcome to the club of people who understand foreign exchange!
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I speak English, Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish, Italian, French; studied Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese and Farsi...\n\nI can't even BEGIN to list the advantages that weren't even mentioned in the previous replies. But just for the sake of showing some effort, here are a couple of things that make you really appreciate understanding (and using, eventually) a foreign language:\n\nI. Humour (you learn to "get" all the jokes). This is also the shortest way to make friends and become accepted anywhere. Also gives a profounds insight into the culture. Understanding another culture's humour is 70% of the culture per se already. Usually, humour is applied to the most important issues in a society.. Once you get that, you're in.\n\nII. Money.. Obviously. I don't think anyone can deny the fact that languages are "useless" in the INFORMATION AGE. \n\nIII. Respect -- to me personally, knowing a language (in any and all of its aspects) has become a source of healthy self-esteem and significant satisfaction in respect to my social status and interactions.\n\nIV. It's SEXY -- if you know how to use it, it can be the most potent aphrodisiac served on the most succulent plate of all: the tongue ;) I would advise every one to serve themselves in that sense.. ;)\n\nV. It's intelligent -- the philosophy that everyone "educated" already speaks English, so there's no point in learning other languages is the most self-destructive one that a culture can present to the world. It is a philosophy of arrogance and ignorance. The worst thing one can do is not learn. Learning, of whatever you want, is the definition of an intelligent being. The important thing is to avoid following boring, conventional methods when you study... Learning is all about innovation, about finding new things and information, about enriching your ways. So, there's no reason why you should go with the established system. You should experiment and try different little ways and find the one that is most pleasant to you :)\n\nOn this positive note, I bid you good night B-)\n\n\nVeronika
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Yes you said that right, spanish is an easy language to speak of course I say this cause I live in Puerto Rico heh.  I have family in Spain and you will have a GREAT time.  As for a program worth the time, money and effort.  Um sorry nope the only good thing would be taking a class.  Denada y perdona por no poder contestar tu pregunta.  Hope you understood that.  Heh\nGood Luck, Have Fun...Buena Suerte ...que te diviertas.
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skype - search for people who speak italian on the skype me mode they will teach you everything you need to knew.
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Im launching a site called http://www.languagepartner.org where you will be able to find a native spanish speaker to go out for a coffee or something and actually practice the language. If you think this could be a hit in your city, contact me plz, I'm looking for people to join the team. Best regards, Jose
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Depending where you live at you don't need to go to a spanish speaking country to learn the language.  Pick up books and meet some people in your area who speak spanish and are willing to engage in spanish conversations with you.
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not hard not easy ...\n\nif u liked it much u will learn it ... so u must love it at first ...\n\nbut in general its easy ...just in side of vocal ..some how it hard but if u work good for it u will passe it ..\n\nand when u learn this language ..it will be so easy to you to learn spanish and italy....\n\nand by the way its good choice ...have good luck ..
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when in rome !!!!!speak english and we might be able to understand you
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You can use a program called Skype to talk to Spanish speakers. It's similar to AOL or yahoo instant messenger but it allows you to chat and speak (if you have a microphone) with people from other countries. Most of the time people are more than willing to help you with their native language if you help them with english in return. I've used it to get better at Spanish. Just do a search for Skype.
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You could never learn it via email because the best way to learn Spanish is to talk to someone in the foreign language.  Having a conversation with someone makes you use all the skills when learning a foreign language, you have to comprehend what they are saying (with out visual stimuli)and then you have to formulate a response using your pronounciation skills.  Like the previous person, the best way is to go somewhere where they speak the language.  The ideal situation would be to move to Mexico and live there for a few years, but that's probably impossible.  But if I were you, I would immerse myself in the language and culture as much as I can.  Start with getting an intro level college textbook and cd set. Listen to latin music (all in Spanish). Watch Spanish speaking TV.  Go to Catholic masses in Spanish, etc.  No matter where you live in our country, you have access to being around Spanish people. Maybe the cheapest was is to find your local university and ask a professor if you can sit in on the classes.
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Six months or a year, it doesn't matter. Go!\n\nThe people of Italy are friendly and inviting - and are happy to show you their country. There is so much history there - you'll never be short of things to see and do. Depending on where you are, getting around can sometimes be a challenge, but I'm sure your host family can help you with this.\n\nBe careful, of course - in some areas (Rome and Naples come immediately to mind), pickpockets have raised their skill to an art form, and target people who look like tourists. Get a few guidebooks (I know you're not really going to be a tourist, but there are lots of good ideas in these - and they're in English!) to help you decide what you want to see and how you want to spend the time you have available to you.\n\nWhat a wonderful opportunity for a life experience! Go, enjoy the country and her people, savor the food, and create memories to last a lifetime.
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cos speaking spanish requires this twist of tongue that only the natives can do it (or so it seems). it might help to converse frequently with real spanish people or live in a spanish populated area for a period of time.
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If you love Spanish, and are fluent or are Spanish go have a wonderful life, My Sister lived in Spain but never spoke much Spanish, she loved it there and sent a flight for our mother to go visit while her husband was stationed there in the service.