Why Italian is easier than you think

30th March 2018

Did you know that around 30% of English words are similar to Italian words? All you have to do is put on an accent and you're speaking Italian!

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Did you know that around 30% of English words are similar to Italian words? All you have to do is put on an accent and you're speaking Italian! (hand gestures optional). Find out how to speak Italian using words you already know in this episode of 5 Minute Italian.

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Today's Italian words

Possibile = possible
Impossibile = impossible
Terribile = terrible
Esatto = Exactly
Corretto = correct
Perfetto = perfect
Responsabile = responsable
Animale = animal
Originale = original
Attenzione = attention
Conversazione = conversation
Simile = similar
Vocabolario = vocabulary

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