Say It Right. Make It Stick.

“If I learn 50 words a day, I’ll know 500 Italian words in 10 days.”

That’s how most people think when they start learning Italian words, because the goal feels tangible.

But when you learn Italian from word lists, you forget most of the words after just a few days.

It feels like the words disappear from your memory.

It’s like you never learned those words.

And you know something is wrong, because you should’ve memorized these words by now.

So you go back to your word lists and study again.

But the same thing happens.

You still forget many of the words.

So…

What’s the reason Italian words don’t stick in your memory?

That’s because of the “leaky bucket” memory problem.

You keep learning, but the words don’t stick.

And this is one of the biggest frustrations when learning words.

Forgetting them.

It’s so frustrating that many people give up on learning Italian.

So you start to think you’re bad at languages.

It feels like learning a new language just isn’t for you.

But that’s not true.

You have a natural ability to learn languages.

If you didn’t, you wouldn’t even know your own language.

The problem isn’t you because…

…it all comes down to how your brain works.

Why does your brain forget words?

You receive thousands of pieces of information every day.

And for each one, your brain asks: “Is this really useful to me? Do I need this?”

Then it filters the information, keeps what it finds useful, and “deletes” the rest.

To remember a word, your brain must feel the information is important and useful.

And only then does it save the word to long-term memory, so it’s there when you need it.

Word lists don’t provide that.

They don’t help your brain remember words.

They don’t make the words feel important.

So your brain lets them go.

To make Italian words stick, you need a different way of learning.

A way that gives your brain a reason to remember the words better.

Let’s see how to start learning Italian words the right way.

How to start learning Italian words?

It may sound strange, but…

…vocabulary is not something you should start with.

You should start by learning Italian pronunciation first.

The pronunciation rules in Italian are different from those in English (and other languages).

And if you don’t master Italian pronunciation before learning Italian words, you risk learning the words the wrong way from the start.

Without knowledge of pronunciation…

…you can struggle to understand native speakers.

You can use words incorrectly when you speak.

Your speech can become slow, uncertain, and unnatural.

And your brain can create wrong connections that are difficult to fix later.

All of that just because you didn’t learn Italian pronunciation in time.

But…

…when you know how Italian pronunciation works, it helps you:

• remember Italian words faster
• understand native Italian speakers more easily
• reduce confusion between similar-sounding Italian words
• pronounce Italian words correctly and sound more natural

That’s why learning Italian pronunciation comes before learning Italian words.

And we can teach you Italian pronunciation.

So,…

…is now a bad time to show you how to learn Italian pronunciation?

Get free access to our lesson on Italian pronunciation below.