Download or read book Italian for Speakers of Spanish and Other Languages written by William Jiang and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I speak English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese in that order of proficiency. I have resolved to learn Italian as my next language, and I noticed that many, many Italian words are similar to Spanish, hence the idea for this 99 cent mini-book of vocabulary. As far as I can tell, this book is unique in the Kindle category as a list of easily-learned Italian vocabulary. Essentially, this book is a list of 650 very common words in Italian, broken up into the following categories: 75 Italian words which are spelled exactly like Spanish125 Italian words which are just one letter off the Spanish100 Italian words which are very similar to the Spanish25 Italian words which are identical or similar to French100 Italian words which are identical or similar to English300+ Italian words which seem to be unique to ItalianSo, if you are a speaker of Spanish and English, you should be able to pick up 400 Italian words with little effort. When one speaks French as well, that easily-digestible number of vocabulary words comes closer to 500 words. The categories are all my own, and the categories are all open for debate, probably except for "Italian words which are spelled exactly like Spanish" and "Italian words which are just one letter off the Spanish" because either those are or they are not. As a self-made polyglot, I feel that vocabulary building is fundamental to mastery of any language, followed by verb conjugation, as well as speaking and listening skills. Anybody who has mastered a language outside of their native tongue has spent many hours over many months doing so. This brief guide is just meant as a tool for speakers of Spanish, English, and French to kick-start their Italian vocabularies a bit faster than usual, so their study of Italian becomes a bit easier. You will not be fluent in Italian with only 650 words in your lexicon, but you will be further on your way to learning the language. I wish you luck with your Italian!