🇮🇹 20 Reasons To Learn Italian 🇮🇹
Italian is the most closely related language to latin.
Italian verb tenses correspond closely to the English tense system.
You can speak Italian from day one. Italian shares a lot of the same words as English & it is read as its written which makes pronunciation pretty easy.
Every visit to an Italian restaurant can become a language class. You can learn many words like farfalle, bruschetta, or mezze maniche just from looking at a menu.
The Italian language possesses a dictionary of the unspoken. Italians are masters in the use of hand gestures & facial expressions which break down all communication barriers.
A recent UNESCO report stated that over 60% of the world’s art treasures are found in Italy.
Italy has more historical sights than any other country.
Knowing Italian enables you to better appreciate & enjoy classical music. Mozart composed many of his pieces in Italian instead of German & a lot of musicians consider Italian a key skill.
Italian has the highest number of words for naming food, restaurants, dishes & produce!
Italy is the culinary leader of the world so increased popularity of the language reflects a growing obsession with Italian food.
Italy is one of the top economies in the world with many employers seeking people who speak Italian. Over 7k American firms do business with Italy & over 1k US companies have offices in Italy, including Chrysler, General Electric, ExonMobil, IBM, & Citibank.
Learning Italian allows you to study the work of renowned Italian designers such as Versace, Gucci, Armani, Benetton, & Prada.
Italian is relatively easy to learn, and is a gateway to other Romance languages.
Italy has produced defining films of modern cinema. La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) is much sweeter if you can enjoy it the way it was intended.
Italian is not only used in Italy. It’s also widely spoken in places like Switzerland, Croatia & Slovenia. You’ll find large Italian immigrant communities across America & Australia too.
Italy is an amazingly popular tourist destination, 6 million people went there in 2014. Rome & Milan are two of the most popular cities in the world with Milan sitting at #24 & Rome at #14.
Opera is a major part of Italian culture & a cornerstone of the country’s national identity. One of its most important exports, Italian opera is sung all over the world.
Italian was named as one of the 10 languages most vital to the UK over the next 20 years based on economic, geopolitical, cultural & educational factors.
Italian is recognized as one of the most beautiful & musical languages on the planet. Because of this it is considered the language of love. The most romantic love story Romeo e Giulietta (Romeo and Juliet) was even in Italian.
Reading its literature will make you appreciate & understand more of the history & culture of Italy.
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