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Do you have any tips for studying grammar for Italian?

Asked by IBERnineD (7324points) March 9th, 2009

I’m not good with languages, but remembering vocabulary is easy, it’s the grammar that gets me. Are there any songs, formulas, or anything really that could help me with Italian grammar?!?! Thanks! :)

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toomuchcoffee911's avatar

Great question; I was wondering the same thing…

queenzboulevard's avatar

If you mean grammar as in verb conjugations then that is basically memorization too because you have to memorize the endings.

In Spanish you add either -o, -as, -a, -amos -ais, or -an to an ”-ar” verb. There are similar endings for ”-er” and ”-ir” verbs. Simple memorization of which ending goes with which pronoun—and which tense—so maybe it’s complex memorization lol

I think Italian is similar with respect to verb conjugations having endings.

IBERnineD's avatar

thank you! But I was looking more along the lines of when to put ci, si, or vi in front and formulating sentences.

SeventhSense's avatar

My cousin Vinny…:)

pathfinder's avatar

Creating the questions in Italian lang. is made another way than is in English.{do you? in front}{In Italian lang.That do you is on the end of the phrase}Roughly..

Zaku's avatar

Getting an intro college-level text book would be my suggestion.

You could also hang out in italian chat rooms on the Internet. Though the grammatical correctness of online native speakers is often dubious.

_bob's avatar

Stai imparando l’italiano? È una lingua veramente bella.

As for advice, I guess suggesting you learn Spanish first ‘cause then Italian is so much easier isn’t all that helpful, is it? :P

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