Re: Basic Italian - Chat Thread
Originally Posted by
Kilo11
As such, I would find it really helpful if after using numerals we write out the number in a parenthetical immediately following the numerals. For example, I am 31 (thirty-one) years old. Or in ze German: Ich bin 31 (ein und dreißig) Jahre alt. Would that be an okay practice for us to install, at least until we are all comfortable with numbers?
Yes that's a very sensible suggestion, thanks! I'm going to edit my bit accordingly.
However, the purpose of me writing that was just to leave you something to study for the future, once you will be more confident; it's intentionally written in a colloquial way (the expression "compagni di merende" is very regional, and also has somewhat a negative connotation, depending on how you use it), and it will prove a bit of a challange.
As I'm here, I've got a question: such courses are usually held with only translations (from English to Italian), what do you think if we will have a couple of exercises about version too (from Italian to English). They could be useful especially around the end of the course.