Born on July 7, 1909, in Gorizia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Italy), Jernej grew up in a unique, quadrilingual environment speaking Italian, Slovene, Croatian, and German. This early exposure to multiple languages was the perfect foundation for his future career. He studied at the universities of Padua, Florence, and finally Zagreb, where he became a student of Mirko Deanović, the founder of Croatian Italian studies.
: Listen to Italian music, watch Italian movies, and try to engage in conversations with native speakers. Born on July 7, 1909, in Gorizia (then
Jernej’s exercises are explicitly designed to transition your knowledge from passive comprehension to active, conversational production. : Listen to Italian music, watch Italian movies,
Konverzacijska Talijanska Gramatika (Conversational Italian Grammar), authored by the renowned Romance philologist Josip Jernej : Listen to Italian music
The 232-page volume (often published by Školska knjiga ) covers the essential building blocks of Italian:
Focuses on standard articles ( il, lo, la ), basic noun-adjective agreements, and regular present-tense verbs ( -are, -ere, -ire ).