Saturday, March 27, 2010

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From Michael San Filippo, your Guide to Italian
Caro Lettore,

Welcome to this weekend's edition of your About.com Italian Language Newsletter. The quickest and most effective way to learn Italian is the total-immersion method. This means traveling to Italy for an extended period, studying at any of the thousands of language schools throughout the country, and speaking only Italian.

In the About.com Italian Language forums a community member asks the eternal question: "How can I learn to roll my r's?", and a discussion about the chat abbreviation "xe." Plus the twenty-second canto of Purgatorio in Dante's The Divine Comedy in both Italian and English, in which the poet encounters the Mystic Tree. Lastly, there are Italian abbreviations and acronyms beginning with the letter C.

The Best Way To Learn Italian
The secret to learning Italian? Practice, practice, practice. Any method is appropriate, whether it's reading an Italian textbook, taking a language course at a university or local language school, or conversing with a native Italian speaker.

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XXII
Già era l'angel dietro a noi rimaso / l'angel che n'avea vòlti al sesto giro / avendomi dal viso un colpo raso...

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