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Originally posted by Lavinia from Italy:
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Originally posted by Enzo Scifo:
[b] And of course, Italian isn't the hardest language to learn.
I don't agree at all. Italian is one of the most difficult languages to learn, if you want to be correct in grammar and syntax. Of course, if you want to limit your skills to Buongiorno and buonasera, spaghetti and ciao bella it's a totally different matter. But go get a page of good Italian. You wouldn't find it easy at all. [/b]
Technically speaking, Italian is not a language at all, but a bunch of dialects. The "true" Italian is supposedly spoken in FLorence and Siena. People from Milano claim they cannot understand people from Sicily, so to speak it throughout Italy it is indeed a difficult language. As for operatic Italian, there are a lot of liberties taken with the language so the words can fit with the music.

"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"

"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."