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What It’s Like to Start Over in Italy (An Interview with Jasmine C. Mah)

January 13, 2015 By Cher 4 Comments

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“It’s a very superficial relationship when you can’t speak each other’s language.” 

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After she met an Italian study abroad student, Jasmine Mah was inspired to switch from learning Russian to learning la bella lingua.

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She realized she needed to kick her learning into high gear when she got engaged to him and met his Italian family and friends who spoke minimal English. She experienced a language barrier that made it hard for her to express herself without feeling like she was coming off as rude.

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Since then, Jasmine has graduated from the University of Alberta in Canada and moved to Italy with her fiancé. Through all of the chaos of moving to (and planning a wedding in) a new country, she has developed a strong relationship with the Italian language and the one-of-a-kind Italian culture.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

— How Jasmine fell in love with the Italian language

— What it’s like to live with Italian in-laws

— What it’s like to get proper documentation to live in Italy (chaos)

— What a Canadian and her Italian mother-in-law talk about in their free time

— How it is planning a wedding in Italy

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— You can check out Jasmine’s blog, Questa Dolce Vita, here. 

— You can contact Jasmine on Facebook here.


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Filed Under: 30 Minute Italian Podcast, Interviews, Italian Tagged With: cher hale, ep 147, episode 147, Iceberg Project, italian, italy, jasmine c. mah, moving to italy, questa dolce vita, show notes

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About Cher

Cher is the founder of The Iceberg Project and a passionate learner of the Italian, Mandarin and Spanish languages. In a little town called Vegas, you can find her searching the Internet for Doctor Who and Parks & Rec memes, drinking bubble tea, or talking about how much she loves grammar.

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