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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.
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, videos to learn how to understand the news in Italian, and intermediate/advanced videos on Italian culture & society. You can also have a look at our Italian Culture section for quick reference guides on Italian art, history, literature, music, and cinema.
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Latest blog articles
NEW! Understand Italian Movies Better!
Common Themes in Classic Italian Movies
by Judy Cohen
La certificazione B1 Cittadinanza
Cos'è e come è fatto l'esame
di Anna
Il trapassato prossimo
When Something Happened Before Something Else
by Anna
Gli articoli determinativi
How to Use Definite Articles in Italian
by Anna
Learn Italian Quickly?
The Best Way to Learn Italian
by Anna
Qual è la piazza più grande (e più bella) d'Italia?
di Genoveffa
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Estate e vacanze in Italia - Easy Listening Practice
L'estate in Italia: tanti turisti, il Ferragosto e qualche inconveniente - ascolta tre dialoghi e rispondi alle mie domande.
New easy listening practice for beginners and beyond: listen to three dialogues and look for the answers to my questions! I will show you some keywords before each dialogue. I also have three more questions for you at the end of the video: write a comment on YouTube!
You can download the transcript & translation of this video (and of ALL our videos) from Patreon for just $1.
Read, listen, and do more exercises to review and understand impersonal verbs in Italian.
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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 and on Amazon as eBook and paperback.
Italiano avanzato - Advanced Content
NEW! Tutte le strade portano a Roma
Le strade romane consentirono conquiste militari e l'espansione dell'Impero, ma anche lo scambio di informazioni, lingue e culture in Europa e oltre: parliamo delle origini, dei significati e delle implicazioni della parola strada.
On Roman roads armies, information, language, and culture travelled throughout Europe and began to shape the European identity. Let’s explore the origins and meanings of the word strada.
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?
You can find all our advanced Italian content on this page.
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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
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A2 Italian Course
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Italian for Duolingo
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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.
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Featured Video Lessons
La certificazione B1 Cittadinanza
Facciamo insieme l'esame di italiano B1 Cittadinanza! Test yourself with the B1 Italian proficiency examination.
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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Speak Italian
Beginners start here! Speaking practice, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening practice: all our videos clearly organised, with additional resources.
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