First Italian lesson with Sarah * Greetings * "r" sound in Italian is difficult for English speakers * "cc" and "ch" sounds almost reversed compared to English * Every vowel is sounded: piacere is like pee-ah-chair-eh * Gender and number of nouns, adjectives, articles. In addition article varies with initial sound e.g. lo studente * Strong verb endings (declension) allow pronouns to be omitted (like Latin) e.g. Io sono = Sono. Must listen for the ending to understand the difference!

Ciao! Il mio nome è Colin. Mi piacerebbe Skype con un madrelingua di italiano in modo da poter godere il mio viaggio a Roma .