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Anyway isn't totally senseless the idea of better learning italian by studying those two dead languages, but it's not simple to explain.

If you see a (for you) unknown italian word, you can maybe use your knowledge to get to the meaning without knowing it, using etymology. Like...neologismo (neologism), "neos" stands for "new", though in italian would be "nuovo"; and "logismo" stands for "speech", though in italian would be "discorso". So it's still a bit complicated, but I think that's the main reason...

Anyway I think that it's not THAT necessary.

Oh I...I really don't know o.O

I searched on the English wikipedia and seems that is the "Contemporary Latin":

"Latin grammar has been taught in most Italian schools since the 18th century: for example, in the Liceo classico and Liceo scientifico, Latin is still one of the primary subjects. Latin is taught in many schools and universities around the world as well."

I did the Liceo scientifico, but in the classico they teach Ancient Greek as well :S and for the same reason I think.

Maybe would interest you that here in Italy, some kind of schools teach latin (to know better Italian, they say :S ), but I've always hated it with all myself except for music (you know, Liberi Fatali, O Fortuna, SSBB Main Theme).

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But I like learning other languages anyway, I would like to learn Japanese but it's really difficult and I don't know if I will ever seriously appling myself in it

To tell you the truth, English is not very common here. Most of people don't know very much of it, and even if it is teached in schools, good votes are not always related with English knowledge. i.e. a friend of mine doesn't knew anything at all, but often all that matters for the teachers is that you know the rules and things like that. So he was taking 8s and I was about 6-7

After all so, I am an exception. Naturally I'm not the only one, but I learned and improved English myself, for gaming reasons Ocarina of Time put me in the need of knowing what people were saying, and a good vocaboulary did the rest . When I got internet all became easier, thanks to many sities and videos around (like GameTrailers and AVGN) I improved my listen, and now I don't esitate to watch things in English. Still, I don't always understand everything so I must improve this too .

Hey I speak a good italian (I like to write) so I can assure you that "Happy Birthday" is "Buon Compleanno" in italian

"Buon" stands for "good" but we use it more often than "Felice Compleanno" (that would be the literal translation). "Compleanno" is obviously "birthday".

Thanks for the correction anyway, I know my english isn't perfect but I'm constantly trying to improve it (OCR's forums help me). It is my second language and I've learned it mainly by gaming and internet

Anyway, I know that the past of "buy" is "bought", but sometimes I don't remember to use the verbs correctly '^^ I need to practise more.