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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.

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NEW! Il trapassato prossimo
When Something Happened Before Something Else
by Anna

Gli articoli determinativi
How to Use Definite Articles in Italian
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Learn Italian with Classic Italian Movies
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Il passaporto italiano: un sogno infranto?
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di Anna

Qual è la piazza più grande (e più bella) d'Italia?
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Ti racconto l'Italia - Intermediate Listening Practice
Conosci l'Italia, quella vera, al di là degli stereotipi? Partiamo per un viaggio nel Bel Paese alla scoperta di luoghi e storie diverse dal solito. Cominciamo dal Friuli Venezia Giulia e da Gorizia, la Berlino d'Italia.
Join me on a journey through Italy where we'll discover places and facts that most tourists don't know about. Be active and tell me what you think in the comments! This listening practice is for intermediate learners: turn on subtitles to understand more easily and learn new vocabulary.

You can download the transcript & translation of this video (and of ALL our videos) from Patreon for just $1.

More reading & listening content to help you expand your vocabulary.

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A2 Italian course for pre-intermediate learners

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A1 Italian Course

Corso di italiano A1 - A1 Italian Course for Beginners

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

Corso di italiano A2 - A2 Pre-intermediate 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 and on Amazon as eBook and paperback.

Italiano avanzato - Advanced Content

L'Italia Paese dei referendum

NEW! L'Italia Paese dei referendum
Dal 1946 a oggi, le consultazioni popolari che hanno fatto la storia dell'Italia repubblicana.
The Italian Republic was born out of a referendum, and referendums have marked its history and social progress ever since. Monarchy against republic, divorce, abortion, nuclear power: from 1946 to today, which were the most significant, and why are Italians no longer keen to vote?

Italian filler words

Intercalare... da veri italiani
Gli intercalari possono confondere e infastidire, ma rendono il discorso naturale, autentico, personale e vivace: impariamo a individuarli.
Filler words and expressions in Italian can be very colourful: listen to the dialogue and try to identify them. Which one could be your very own Italian filler word? Advanced content with audio, glossaries, & translation.

You can find all our advanced Italian content on this page.

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Italian Grammar

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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.

Italian Grammar - Concise and Clearly Explained
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Featured Video Lessons

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La certificazione B1 Cittadinanza
Facciamo insieme l'esame di italiano B1 Cittadinanza! Test yourself with the B1 Italian proficiency examination.

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Easy News in Italian
Read the news in Italian with me and expand your vocabulary. All in Italian, for beginners and beyond!

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