Learning in old age

• I am a psychiatrist, about 70 years old. I am well known in my home city Venezia (Velence). I speak Italian (my native language),French, English, German, Spanish and Russian.Two years ago I began to study Hungarian. It's true that I bore myself when learning all the word lists, but, more or less, I still can find my way in Hungarian. This is for written Hungarian. I tried to invite here some Hungarians, paying them and giving them the possibility of learning Italian, but it did not work out. I have a private teacher who comes to my house twice a week, and, of course, I have a lot of difficulties with spoken Hungarian. But, what's horrible !! is that you forget Hungarian words and verbs in a very easy way. If any Hungarian, cultivated witty and eager to learn Italian has any idea of spending some time in Venezia (Velence) I will be glad to correspond with him, as my teacher goes back nowto Budapest.

  Antonio A.Rizzoli (aa.rizzoli@ve.nettuno.it). 14 Dec 2007, 10:23 - Report

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