179: Why Can’t I Speak Italian Yet? (And How to Fix It!)
Learn Italian with Joy of Languages
Joy of Languages
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🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
If you're learning Italian but feel like you can’t speak it yet, you’re not the only one. Here you have simple fixes to help you speak Italian more confidently.
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Today's Italian words:
Le app = The apps
Un piano = A plan
Parlo italiano = I speak Italian
Un principiante = A beginner
Sono principiante = I’m a beginner
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever found yourself wondering after months or years of learning Italian, |
| 0:06.3 | Why can't I speak Italian? |
| 0:12.7 | If you feel this way sometimes, it's definitely not just you. |
| 0:16.2 | It's that frustrating feeling you might understand some Italian, read it, |
| 0:20.6 | and maybe even be able to |
| 0:21.5 | write a sentence but then when it's time to actually talk you get stuck and of course |
| 0:26.5 | the whole point of learning Italian is so that you can speak to Italians even if |
| 0:32.4 | becoming fluent isn't your main goal and you just want to get by in Italy or have a simple conversation |
| 0:38.4 | with long-lost relatives. |
| 0:40.7 | So what could you be getting in the way? |
| 0:42.7 | We have some ideas and some ways we can help. Hello to all and welcome. |
| 1:00.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to Learn Italian with Joy of Languages. |
| 1:04.0 | In today's episode we're looking at why it's so common to find it difficult to speak Italian. |
| 1:10.0 | We'll also give you some practical |
| 1:11.4 | tips to overcome these challenges including methods that you won't find in |
| 1:15.6 | textbooks or apps that will actually help you start having real conversations in |
| 1:20.5 | Italian. But before we get started can we ask you a quick favor? If you're |
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| 1:33.6 | and you'll also help our podcast grow |
| 1:35.7 | so that we can keep making free lessons just like this one. |
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