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Hello, I have been speaking Italian for several years and I have lived the past two years in Rome and Milano and I RECOMMEND ANYONE WANTING TO LEARN ITALIAN TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS PROGRAM.... I bought this program in the states to teach my girlfriend....what a waste of money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to re-emphasize what others have said in that this doesnt cover any material that teaches you how to speak italian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was shocked at this program, as it doesnt even introduce (or contain) the conjugations for the verbs essere and avere....as almost every other piece of instructional material on italian covers right in the beginning as its vital for italian.........and it doesnt end there as the help file contains many errors in the verb conjugations....How can this be!!!!!!!!!!!! The video which for those that have no other way to hear italian might be good....well, NO! First off, the way these people speak is almost funny...as they talk very exaggerated and I dread to think of people trying to copy this accent to speak italian as you would seem like a joke in italy....not to mention that this video is quite old (they dont even pay with euro etc...) and it doesnt cover anything of the material it presents.... I laughed when I saw someone write a review with boun lavoro (Italians dont say this BTW).....and it shows me even more how this product can only teach people improper italian!!!!!!!! And really I tried to teach my new girlfriend italian from this, and I just couldnt find anyway to begin here for her...even the fundamental parts present very little information....its all just thrown together.... I checked the fundamental section and the seventh word mountain (montagna) is present with a example phrase le montagne sono coperte di neve
(which is translated properly to)
the mountains are covered with snow... here already it presents the passive voice of coprire, The verb "coprire"in this case is passive and female
Io sono coperta
Tu sei coperta
Egli รจ coperta
Noi siamo coperte
Voi siete coperte
LORO SONO COPERTE check the software for why the passive voice is here in this manner anywhere in this program and you will be left out to dry, yet they quiz you on this later in the exercises like the crosswords le montange sono ******** di neve god this is just terrible to think that peole are memorizing the word coperte (covered) here already in the beginning without the knowledge of how or why it is...and they will never learn from this program either as its not in here!!!!!!! This software as a way to learn its somewhat criminal to me!!!!!!!! THIS IS MORE THAN CRAP....I CANT SEE HOW ANYWAY CAN LEARN PROPER ITALIAN WITH THIS..... DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
