I speak Spanish and if i were 2 learn how 2 speak Italian, would I be able 2 speak it fluently?

Question

This one is for the italians. sorry!

ok. i change my mind. anybody who wants 2 answer whether they're italian or not, u can answer my question. i take that back. sorry!

Answer 1

That attitude (leaving everybody else out of your question for not being Italian) is not going to help you much. But then again, yes. I think you could.

But don't pay much attention to me. I know Spanish (my native language) and I make myself understood in Italian, which would prove that what you want is possible. But since I AM not Italian, my experience might not be worth sharing for you.

OK, you can report me now...

ADDED LATER:

Then I take back everything I said except that you can learn Italian all right, and that your Spanish is going to help you learn it.

BTW, I'm leaving what I wrote, so everybody sees what I am taking back, and so your additional note is not made to look stupid and out of the blue.

Answer 2

I'm not Italian, but I do speak Latin. My best friend is fluent in Spanish. Whenever we travel to Italy, between my Latin, her Spanish and the little Italian we both know, we are able to communicate quite nicely. Sometimes if we don't know the Italian word, we just throw in the Spanish or Latin and we seem to be understood. The structure and vocabulary of all three languages is very similar. Latin is the base of both Spanish and Italian. Italian is in fact just modern Latin. Spanish is the Romance language closest to Italian so it should be very easy for you to pick up. In fact, if you were to spend some time in Italy, you would probably learn it very quickly. Good luck and have fun. Italian is a very beautiful and expressive language.

Answer 3

English is my mother tongue, but I've studied both Spanish and Italian in university. All of the romance languages (languages that have derived from Latin) have a lot in common. Both spanish and Italian fit into this category.

One problem that I have found though, is that since there are so many similarities, I end up mixing up the two languages in composition. Since you are fluent in spanish, reading italian will come very easily to you. Once you get the hang of the pronunciation differences, understanding spoken italian will come easily to you as well. However, when you are composing sentences, most likely you will have to fight the urge to use spanish versions of similar words.

With lots of practice you will be able to overcome this though. Good luck to you!

Answer 4

When I was stationed in Italy, the Spanish speaking soldiers picked up Italian very easily. Much of the vocabulary and the grammar is similar.

In fact, when I have watched some of the telenovelas on Univision, some of the characters are speaking Italian, and there are no subtitles.

Answer 5

I am no expert. But what I know, I know. There is alot of simularities between alot of the languages that originated from Europe. So it only follows that as you learn Italian, you should pick up on these and be able to speak both equally well.

Answer 6

Spanish and Italian are very similar so you will find it easy to learn Italian

Answer 7

Ma, credo che puo capire le cose che dico, ma depende. Non c'e dificile per una persona che parla in Italiano per capire spagnolo, ma quando scrivere le lengue, sono molto differente. Capisci queste cose ?

I speak spanish well and studied abroad in Rome, Italy for six months. While it was easier for me to speak with Italians and understand them, I had a hard time with the written language and because Italian is so much more attached to Latin than Spanish, it helps to really understand roots of words before you begin speaking. It's easy to slip up- I ended up speaking "Spitalian" a lot of the time, by mixing natural words to me like "misma," and "tambien" in spanish with sentences that I was constructing in Italian. My advice: Buy a spanish to italian dictionary! It helps. Bocca al lupo, buena suerte, y good luck. :)

*Common misconception, esp. in Rome I found out, however-
When people tell you "Oh don't worry, if you speak Spanish they'll understand!" Not true for me. Many times people could recognize the language, they could not understand what I was saying. They just recognized the fluidity and tones of spanish.

Answer 8

i am not italian, but my best friend speaks spanish, and then during school he learned italian and he does a wonderful job.. any romantic language you want to learn will be easier for you cus you have spanish, for me i am learning french and i love being able to compare roots and etc

Answer 9

Their similar so it wouldn't be that hard to learn italian. To prove it watch a movie or something and you'll probably be able to understand most of what their saying.

Answer 10

Spero che sai como se studia una lingua..Boca al luppo!