Learn Italian, love Italy
Welcome to the circle!
Learn Italian, understand Italy and Italians, connect with your Italian heritage, explore Italian culture and lifestyle with our unique video lessons and textbooks. Our goal is to help you along your learning journey by providing accurate, authentic, and engaging content to learn Italian, with a cultural focus. You choose your level of involvement: watch our free video lessons on YouTube, join our circle of Italian lovers on Patreon and receive additional content and exercises every week, or sign up for 1-to-1 Italian lessons.
In the Learn Italian section of this website you will find hundreds of free video lessons that will help you make sense of Italian grammar, interactive speaking practice videos, hours of listening practice for all levels, videos to learn how to understand the news in Italian, and intermediate/advanced videos on Italian culture & society. We also have a set of free lessons on all six parts of the B1 Italian Citizenship examination.
Not just language! Browse through our Italian Culture section for an overview of Italian art, history, literature, music, and cinema, and visit our blog to read about places to visit in Italy and much more.
Make sure to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel! There's a new video every Wednesday. ISCRIVITI al nostro canale YouTube! Pubblichiamo un nuovo video ogni mercoledì.
Top blog articles
Step into the Renaissance: Inside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence
by Diana
Arena di Verona: The Most Italian Place on Earth™
by Diana
L'arte sublime di Raffaello: la Dama col liocorno
Raphael's Sublime Poetry
di Anna
Milano-Cortina 2026
Look Back on the Italian Winter Olympics
by Diana
Le preposizioni articolate
Italian prepositional contractions
by Anna
Il balcone di Giulietta a Verona: vero o falso?
The city of Romeo and Juliet
di Genoveffa
Italian Pronouns
How to identify and use them correctly
by Anna
What are you looking for? Cosa stai cercando?
Watch our latest Italian lesson
Ascolta e parla italiano! Italian Speaking Practice
Capisci l'italiano ma hai paura di parlare? Parla con me! Ascolta due dialoghi, rispondi alle domande e impara parole e frasi utili per fare una conversazione in italiano. Quando viaggi, ti piace fare il turista o vuoi vivere come una persona del posto? Forza, rispondi nei commenti.
In this lesson I show you useful words and phrases to help you have a conversation in Italian. Pause the video anytime you need and speak out loud!
Get the transcript & translation of this video from Patreon.
Also on Patreon: exercise solutions and more speaking activities.
Italian Grammar - Superlatives
Preparati per la certificazione di italiano B1 Cittadinanza!
Get ready for the B1 Italian Citizenship examination with our free video lessons and test simulations.
Learning Italian with Duolingo? We our updating our grammar guide based on the latest Italian course layout.
Learn Italian on Patreon
Do you want more than YouTube videos? Join the circle on Patreon to get additional Italian learning materials every week. Here we explain how Patreon works, and we list our latest Patreon content on this page.
A1 Italian Course
Learning Italian from scratch? Looking to study Italian in a structured way and build a solid foundation? Our complete A1 Italian course takes you by the hand and guides you all the way to a pre-intermediate level.
Twenty lessons with audio, grammar notes, and exercises, featuring authentic everyday Italian and a variety of basic conversation topics, are available on Patreon as a post collection and on Amazon as eBook and paperback.
A2 Italian Course
Ready to make the leap from beginner to intermediate? Our A2 Italian course allows you to complete your grammar knowledge and enrich your vocabulary while improving your understanding of Italy and Italians.
Twenty lessons with audio, grammar notes, and exercises, featuring increasingly complex dialogues and texts on various cultural topics, are available on Patreon as a post collection: you can purchase lifetime access to the entire collection for $19. The same content, with the addition of places & symbols of Italy, is also available on Amazon as eBook and paperback.
Italiano avanzato - Advanced Content
NEW! Non ci sono più le mezze stagioni
Quali sono gli effetti concreti e visibili del cambiamento climatico nelle diverse zone d'Italia? Leggi tre testimonianze dei cambiamenti avvenuti davanti ai nostri occhi: il fiume Po, il mare della Puglia, i vigneti sulle colline trevigiane.
What does climate change look like in Italy? Advanced content with audio and exercises.
Spritz e carbonara: Italia da consumare
A Palermo, un'intera via è diventata un grande ristorante all'aperto; intanto a Venezia il centro storico si svuota dai residenti mentre la città si trasforma in un parco divertimenti per turisti. Guarda un video e leggi un articolo sugli ultimi sviluppi del turismo di massa.
The widespread obsession with food and wine is turning Italy into a caricatural, sterotyped version of itself. Advanced content with audio and exercises.
Gift a Patreon membership to someone who loves Italy like you do!
Download our FREE
Italian Grammar Basics PDF
Italian Textbooks
Italian Grammar
Clear your doubts with our concise grammar guide. Read a review on Daily Italian Words and download your free sample.
A1 Italian Course
Not sure where to start? Get our complete course for total beginners. Download a free sample to see if it's right for you.
A2 Italian Course
Not a beginner anymore? Go from survival Italian to real communication and get ready for the intermediate level. Get your free sample.
Italian for Duolingo
New edition coming soon following the latest Duolingo course updates!
Learn Italian with Art
Book & video course to improve your Italian in a different way. Learn more here and get the ebook or paperback on Amazon.
Italian for Musicians
A must-have for lovers of opera and classical music: our music glossary will help you read and understand Italian as the language of music.
At no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you make a purchase on Amazon after clicking through the links listed above. This will help support the creation of our free content.
Featured Video Lessons
Easy Italian Listening Practice
Listen to 2 dialogues and a voice message: there are a lot of comparatives to learn.
Certificazione B1 Cittadinanza - Speaking Test
Migliora il tuo italiano parlato per fare conversazione e superare la prova orale dell'esame B1!
Quick Links
Speak Italian
Beginners start here! Speaking practice, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening practice: all our videos clearly organised, with additional resources.
1-to-1 online lessons
Private tutoring is always the best way to learn a language, so get in touch to schedule your free trial lesson!
Join the circle on Patreon
If you'd like to show us some love, you can pledge a small amount on Patreon, where you can find new content every week. Here we explain how Patreon works.
Get in touch
Send us an email if you have requests or suggestions, or if you need assistance or further information about our content.
