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Italian for Beginners: Speak, Read and Understand Everyday Italian

Italian for Beginners: Speak, Read and Understand Everyday Italian

Start Italian from scratch in plain English: greetings, yourself and family, the bar and restaurant, directions, shopping and hotels, to about A1. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads.

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Made in English
Last updated at Sun Nov 2026
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Beginner
Total lectures 60
Total quizzes 10
Total duration 10:54:00 Hours
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Short description Start Italian from scratch in plain English: greetings, yourself and family, the bar and restaurant, directions, shopping and hotels, to about A1. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads.
Outcomes
  • Pronounce Italian clearly, including the pure vowels, c and g, gli, gn and double consonants, using simple written guides
  • Greet people, introduce yourself and choose between tu and Lei
  • Talk about yourself, your family, your work, your hobbies and your daily routine in simple sentences
  • Use the present tense of regular and common irregular verbs, ask questions and say no with non
  • Understand masculine and feminine nouns, the articles and agreement, explained in plain English
  • Use numbers, prices, dates and the time, and say what you like with mi piace and mi piacciono
  • Order at a bar and a restaurant, explain a food allergy, shop at a market and for clothes, and pay
  • Ask for directions, buy train and bus tickets, check into a B&B or hotel and sort out simple problems
  • Use potere, volere and dovere, and talk about the past with the passato prossimo
  • Write short messages and emails, cope with phone calls and fast speech, and know some everyday Italian customs
Requirements
  • No Italian at all: the course starts from the very first word
  • A willingness to read words out loud, as there is no audio
  • A text editor or word processor, or a notebook and pen, for the practice files, and a PDF reader for the phrase sheet
  • About 10 to 15 minutes for each lesson, plus time to practise

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