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Vocabulary Lists

Introductions

Learn how to introduce yourself and others with this lesson and sound files.

A1 - Beginning Italian • politeness • travel Italian

Verbs

Andare – to go

Andare – to go – is one of the most common irregular Italian verbs. It’s used just like its English equivalent.

A1 - Beginning Italian

Vocabulary Lists

How are you? Fine.

Before you dive into a conversation, it’s nice to exchange a few pleasantries. Greetings are first, of course, and then if you know the person, it’s typical to ask how they are.

A1 - Beginning Italian

Speaking Tips

Essential Italian

Knowing just a few key words and phrases can be very helpful in your Italian classes, while traveling in Italy, and everywhere in between.

A1 - Beginning Italian • travel Italian

Listening Practice

Parole, parole di Mina

Parole, parole is a song about empty words, performed by Mina and Italian actor Alberto Lupo.

A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian

Vocabulary Lists

Calendar

Knowing the Italian days of the week, months of the year, and seasons will come in handy when traveling, making plans with friends, talking about history, and lots more.

A1 - Beginning Italian • travel Italian

Articles

Indefinite Article

The aptly named indefinite article (un, uno, una, dei, degli, delle) indicates an unspecific or unidentified noun.

A1 - Beginning Italian • agreement • gender • indefinition • plurals

Mistakes and Difficulties

The distinction between tu and Lei is one of the most confounding aspects of Italian, and one of the most basic. The influence it has on verb conjugations and pronouns is considerable, but more than that, the choice of tu or Lei is a matter of etiquette.

formalities • informalities

Verbs