How Long Would it Take to Learn Italian in Florence?

October 6, 2008 by admin 

Hi

I am thinking of travelling to Florence next year and wanted to learn italian. My mums side of the family is italian and they all speak it and I dont so I would like to finally learn it. How long do you think it would take to learn italian if I was doing 4 hours contact time, going on excursions and living in Florence. I can understand a bit but not speak it very well.

Thanks for the help!

To understand the Italian language you must stay more than 3 months, to speak it about 6 months.
You can learn a poor course of Italian in 6 weeks, if you want only to amuse yourself in this excellent city.

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7 Responses to “How Long Would it Take to Learn Italian in Florence?”

  1. Mauricio Robotnik.Buenos AiresAR on October 6th, 2008 2:17 pm

    The best Italian in Italy is spoken in Florence, or Firenze, and I think that if you start learning it right now, and reading anything in italian you will developed a very good understanding of the language. I never attended one class but learnt by myself and read newspapers and books in italian, so I got a good base. I was in Italy three times and in a week I was talking to everybody in italian. Maybe what it helps is that I`m an Argentinian, and italian and spanish have the same base: latin, and besides every letter in the alphabet has one sound. One of the few differences es j which doesn`t exist and is supplanted by i.
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  2. Miss Paola on October 6th, 2008 2:47 pm

    Hi, I'm italian, I live near Florence.
    I'm sure that you'll learn italian very well if you live here.
    I don't speak very well english, I've studied it at school only.
    People here are very friendly and I think that you haven't problems!
    Good luck!
    P.S. If you need some help, write me a message!
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  3. Deluca on October 6th, 2008 2:53 pm

    My friend went to a 5 day course in Florence. 7 hours a day. She now speaks it beautifully.
    Good luck!
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  4. Fabio on October 6th, 2008 2:58 pm

    hi!
    if u want i can teach ui some italian!
    i'll drop u an email
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    i'm italian of course^^

  5. Gabrio on October 6th, 2008 3:25 pm

    To understand the Italian language you must stay more than 3 months, to speak it about 6 months.
    You can learn a poor course of Italian in 6 weeks, if you want only to amuse yourself in this excellent city.
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  6. - k3iZii - on October 6th, 2008 3:56 pm

    i think you'll learn fast!
    i can speak italian now, i only study italian every Monday for 3 hours in school. lol.
    good luck!
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  7. kclass99 on October 6th, 2008 4:07 pm

    You'd learn very quickly being in Italian, particularly in Florence, where the national dialect is from.

    If you want to brush up on some Italian before you go, have a listen to http://www.survivalphrases.com , it's a site that teaches languages to people who are travelling. Sounds like you!
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