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English proficiency in Italy? 2016-10-29 09:55:35 Post No. 1176840
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I'm planning to go to Italy next year, Rome or Venice specifically, as I've been in Spain like 20-30 times and France 5-10 times but never once to Italy other than once when I was 11 and we were in France and drove across the border to some small city over the day and back.
How well do the italians speak English?
I know Spanish quite well, so I should be able to figure out what a lot of stuff written down says, but it doesn't really help when communicating.
In Spain the general population's English skills have improved significantly the last 10 years. I remember them being shit at English when I was like 14 back in the early 00's. How is the situation in Italy? Obviously I won't start a conversation in English, I'll learn "Do you speak English?" and "Is there anybody who works here who speaks English?" in Italian,
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>>1176840
Doesn't everyone everywhere speak English? I'd be very surprised if Italy were the exception to that rule.
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>>1176844
>New Worlders really believe this
In Rome and Venice, anyone in the tourist industry will be able to speak Italian, to varying degrees. Young people can speak English. Older people, or rural folk, not really.
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>>1176840
you won't have any problems in tourist spots, but forget about English in the countryside
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>>1176840
You'll be fine in Rome and Venice, those are very, very touristic cities
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>>1176857
This.
Just spent a month in Italy. Tourist cities they'll be throwing English at you trying to sell everything. Rural towns and smaller places not much. But if your Spanish and French is as bad as mine heaps of words still make sense.
Poco italiano, parlapiano por favore.
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