[Idyllchat] Italian phrase book?

[Jay Cloidt]

Ma in Ticino, parlano più lentamente.
(But in Ticino, they speak more slowly)

I found Ticino to be a great place to practice Italian. English is spoken
there as a third or fourth language after Italian and German. A good number
of people do not speak English at all. However, they speak Italian at a more
relaxed pace than the Italians. I had a much easier time understanding the
Ticinese, and I always tried to speak Italian first. It was a great
experience.

 - Jay

On Feb 19, 2008 12:08 PM, <basketsbybaraldi at comcast.net> wrote:

>  If it's the same little yellow book that I have...you're right...it's
> amazing what's in there...
>
> However...no matter how well you speak the question...the real challenge
> is understanding the answer!!!!   Quelli italiani parlanno rapidamente!
> But that's half the fun!  Enjoy it all!
>
> Terry
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Jay Cloidt" <jayclimbs at gmail.com>
> Langenscheidt makes great dictionaries. I used their Russian-English
> dictionary when I was studying Russian, and I use their Italian-English
> dictionary now that I'm studying Italian. I carry it in my bag when I travel
> to Italy, though I forgot it this past September when we went to Ticino. I
> was excited by the fact that I was able to get along without it now.
>
>   - Jay
>
> On Feb 18, 2008 11:25 PM, Pete and Maggie Haggart <haggart at moscow.com>
> wrote:
>
> >  We picked up and used a lot a small pocket dictionary - English to
> > Italian and Italian to English - that came in very handy when dealing with
> > parking meters and such. It has a yellow cover and is called:
> >
> > *Langenscheidt's, Italian - English*
> > **
> > It is available at most bookstores (Borders) and we actually got ours in
> > an Italian bookstore!
> > **
> > *Happy Traveling*
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > Peter and Margaret Haggart
> > haggart at moscow.com
> >
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  *From:* Jerry Clancy <jclancy at billtrak.com>
> > *To:* David Wayland <dfwayl at embarqmail.com> ;
> > idyllchat at lists.untours.com
> > *Sent:* Monday, February 18, 2008 7:05 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [Idyllchat] Italian phrase book?
> >
> > I think the Rick Steves recommendation is a good one. There is also the
> > Marling Menu-Master for Italy which includes phrases but we found a
> > dictionary faster for translating menus (partly because of the way the
> > former is organized).
> >
> > Cassell's (which makes the "bible" Italian-English Dictionary) has an
> > interesting and inexpensive companion paperback called "Colloquial Italian -
> > A Handbook of Idiomatic Usage" (ISBN 0-02-079440-1). It won't help you in
> > real time but it does make for interesting reading. For example and to use a
> > common phrase, it presents half a page on the usage of *buon giorno* and
> > its variations (*buona sera, buona notte*, etc.) and when to use them.
> > It's the kind of handbook you browse.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > At 07:59 PM 2/18/2008, David Wayland wrote:
> >
> > We're headed to South Tuscany in October.  Others have suggested taking
> > an Italian phrase book.  Does anyone have any suggestions for a good one?
> > Thanks.  David Wayland
> >
> >
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> From: "Jay Cloidt" <jayclimbs at gmail.com>
> To: "Pete and Maggie Haggart" <haggart at moscow.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:19:50 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] Italian phrase book?
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