How Long Would it Take to Learn Italian in Florence?

Question

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!

Answer 1

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!

Answer 2

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!

Answer 3

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!

Answer 4

My friend went to a 5 day course in Florence. 7 hours a day. She now speaks it beautifully.

Good luck!

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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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Answer 7

hi!

if u want i can teach ui some italian!

i'll drop u an email