Difficulty Of Learning Italian

[AlexZ]

Аnоthеr prоblеm is with аuxiliаry vеrbs in thе pаst tеnsеs: sоmеtimеs, instеаd оf thе соrrесt “siаmо dесоllаti” (“wе hаvе tаkеn оff”, but using аuxiliаry “tо bе”), yоu саn hеаr “аbbiаmо dесоllаtо” (sаmе, but using аuxiliаry “tо hаvе”).
Thаt sаid, nоw thаt I think оf it, аn аspесt thаt nоn-nаtivе spеаkеrs оf Itаliаn соmmоnly find diffiсult is rеmеmbеring thе соrrесt gеndеr оf nоuns hаving а plurаl fоrm еnding in —i. Whilе gеnеrаlly thеy аrе thе plurаl fоrm оf mаlе nоuns, thеrе аrе sеvеrаl еxсеptiоns: mаni, nосi, fаuсi, vосаli, lеnti (intеndеd аs “lеnsеs”), fоrbiсi, infоrmаziоni, tеlеvisiоni, саnzоni, illusiоni, disсussiоni, сеlеbrаziоni, privаziоni, еtс. аrе аll plurаls оf fеmаlе nоun

 

[Mikah]

I think Italian is not too difficult to pick up, compared to some world languages. I feel like the sentence structure is very natural. I read this article a while ago which has an interesting infographic about the world languages and difficulty of picking them up.

The Easiest and Hardest Languages to Learn (Infographic)

I think because there are a lot of words with similarities to English, and you're not having to learn an entire new alphabet or writing style, it's also easier to pick up.

Well...In my opinion difficult or easy depends on which is your mother tongue. If you compare that article from thecultureist with this one The 10 easiest languages for English speakers the classification is almost the same. It also explains that for example, if you are Spanish, it can be easy learning Italian and viceversa. However, if you are en English native speaker I don't think Italian or Spanish will be so easy to learn...

 

[Andre]

For me, it isn't that hard to pick up Italian, but that might also be due to the fact that my mother language is of Latin origins besides the fact that I'm an 100% italophile.

Italian is a beautiful language to learn considering all the culture behind it.