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Attualmente mi trovo sul Lago Maggiore, che è un grande lago al confine tra Svizzera e Italia. Alloggiamo a Ronco sopra Ascona, che si trova nella parte svizzera. Ciò significa che anche qui la lingua ufficiale è l'italiano. Per questo motivo ho pensato di fare un video in stile vlogish, per esercitarci a parlare in italiano e per raccontarvi qualcosa della Svizzera italiana, il tutto ovviamente in italiano con sottotitoli.
Ecco il video -> Italian Comprehensible Input /W Subtitles Lago Maggiore Edition
Buon inizio della nuova settimana! :-)
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Very good and interesting video Dustin!
I always find making a video in a foreign language like you did with Italian very interesting and difficult at the same time. So, bravo! I knew that people in Switzerland speak French, German and Italian. You mentioned the German Swiss dialect. What about French and Italian Swiss dialects? I'm curious, there is a French Swiss dialect or Swiss people only speak French with an accent and some expressions like there are in "Québécois"?
Thanks for the positive feedback, Michael :).
Yes, it's definitely a good practice for me and I have learned a lot, doing it. The German Swiss dialect is the only dialect that is really different from the language it comes from. French and Italian is pretty much standard… Well, probably even more standard than where it comes from. So if you want to have a neutral Italian or French that is clearly pronounced, how it should be by the books, then it's a good idea to practice it in Switzerland :).
Thanks for your answer Dustin :) So, for people who want to learn German, it's better to travel to Germany to practice it. In Switzerland, it would be too much difficult to understand the German Swiss dialect. On the other hand, for people who want to practice french and italian, Switzerland would be the perfect country to do that, right ? :)
Exactly that's what I would say :). German is best practiced directly in Germany. Probably Austria would also work. They have a dialect, but it's definitely not as different as Swiss German.