La vita è bella
I sure am glad I watched this movie. The Italian is very clear, (ma troppo velocemente) and I think
a Fluenz-trained ear can pick up a surprising percentage of the dialogue. I'm halfway through
level 3 (using additional material, though) and I was about 20-25%. There are enough cognates in
Italian to help out as well. I highly recommend this academy award winning film. I plan on watching
this several more times without the subtitles. It's a great resource. I watched "Gommorah" and I don't
think I picked up more than a handful of words for over two hours. The Neapolitan accent is so thick,
you can hardly believe they are speaking Italian at all! It's a gritty and riveting film but worthless for
tuning one's ear to Italian. I'd love to know how much of the dialogue Sophie could understand.
Thought I'd pass this along. Ciao.
(Vado in Italia con la mia famiglia questa estate per due settimane..... :-) )
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Open Apr 14, 2014 - 10:11 PM
Italian, Italian > Culture