Catriona Chaplin

From International Auxiliary Languages

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I discovered Interlingua in the Spring of 2003, when I took part in a basic course that Summer and a more advanced conversation course in 2004. This really is the easiest language in the world! In addition, it is the key to several modern languages.

It is very practical to learn ONE (Interlingua) and gain THREE extra (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) as a bonus. These romance languages are spoken by around 600 million people, so that is quite a bonus. Thank you!

Because the grammar is so simple, without complicated rules and endless exceptions, I can concentrate instead on expanding my international vocabulary. Interlingua has even given me a better understanding of my mother tongue, English, and of scientific terminology, which is of Greco-Latin origin.

Being able to understand Italian in films and TV interviews is marvellous, since I have never studied Italian and couldn't follow it before I studied Interlingua. I have also spoken Interlingua on my holidays in Italy and the locals didn't even notice that it wasn't Italian! Just think: I could travel in Brazil, Peru, the Algarve, Madrid and Rome with one single pocket dictionary!