I used to be able to speak Italian. Clumsily, and with a strong Australian accent, but well enough to have conversations. Sadly, I've forgotten most of it, mostly pushed out of my head by the German I've had to learn to live in Germany. I've decided to learn Italian again to conversational level. But I need your help.
Here's my goal: by the end of January I'll have completed the first 30 lessons of Pimsleur's Italian course. By the end of January I'll have had a five minute Italian conversation with a native speaker - either my colleague Giovanni, or the friendly staff at the local Italian restaurant.
If I don't reach this goal, I'll donate 500 euros to charity.
How can you help? Please hold me accountable. Demand to know at the end of January whether I've met these goals. If I haven't, demand that I make a donation and publish the receipt on the web.
This could be an expensive goal...
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008
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2 comments:
This'll be fun, Steve. :-)
My inlaws are Italian. My Italian is very iffy - but they have managed to teach me to curse in it very effectivley. ;-)
Of course my Australianized Italian, based on a southern Italy dialect is probably not recognizable by to many people in Italy. :-)
You could probably afford to lose EUR 500, it'd hurt a bit, but no lasting damage done. I think you should make it EUR 1,000 - and then in a month's time you really will be conversing with Gio about your "fork on the table", "peas on the plate" and "sheets on the bed" :-)
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