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ITALIAN PRACTICE

10 levels of Italian practice

Learn to read, write, and speak Italian from scratch: the alphabet and accents, words, phrases, and simple sentences. You need 80% to unlock the next level, and Level 1 is unlocked to start.

10 levels 20 questions each Level 1 unlocked

BASICS

Italian alphabet, grammar & phrases

Italian's native alphabet has 21 letters (j, k, w, x, y only appear in borrowed words), plus a few accented vowels.

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Alphabet & pronunciation

The alphabet (21 native letters)

Accented vowels

Core grammar rules

Gender

Nouns are masculine (usually ending -o) or feminine (usually ending -a): il libro, la casa.

Plurals

Masculine -o endings become -i; feminine -a endings become -e: il libro → i libri, la casa → le case.

Adjective position

Adjectives usually come after the noun and agree in gender and number: una casa bella.

Articles

The word for "the" changes with gender, number, and the sound that follows: il, lo, la, i, gli, le.

Double consonants

Double letters are pronounced longer and stronger: "nonno" (grandfather) is held longer than "nono" (ninth) would be.

Hard and soft c/g

"ch"/"gh" keep a hard sound before e or i (che, spaghetti); "ci"/"gi" are soft (ciao, giorno).

Comparatives

Use più ... di (more than) or meno ... di (less than): più grande di (bigger than).

Showing possession

Italian has no apostrophe-s. Use di instead: il libro di Maria (Maria's book).

Prepositional articles

Prepositions combine with "the": in + il = nel, di + la = della, a + il = al.

Phrasebook

Level 1 · First words Greetings, numbers, days, family, colours and question words.

Greetings & everyday phrases

Ciao chow Hello / bye (informal)
Grazie GRAH-tsyeh Thank you
Come ti chiami? KOH-meh tee KYAH-mee What is your name?
Mi chiamo... mee KYAH-moh My name is...
Come stai? KOH-meh STY How are you?
Sto bene stoh BEH-neh I'm fine
Arrivederci ar-ree-veh-DER-chee Goodbye (formal)
Per favore per fah-VOH-reh Please
Scusa SKOO-zah Excuse me / sorry
Sì / No see / noh Yes / No

Numbers 1-10

uno OO-noh One
due DOO-eh Two
tre treh Three
quattro KWAHT-troh Four
cinque CHEEN-kweh Five
sei say Six
sette SET-teh Seven
otto OT-toh Eight
nove NOH-veh Nine
dieci DYEH-chee Ten

Days of the week

lunedì loo-neh-DEE Monday
martedì mar-teh-DEE Tuesday
mercoledì mer-koh-leh-DEE Wednesday
giovedì joh-veh-DEE Thursday
venerdì veh-ner-DEE Friday
sabato SAH-bah-toh Saturday
domenica doh-MEH-nee-kah Sunday

Family

la madre lah MAH-dreh Mother
il padre eel PAH-dreh Father
il fratello eel frah-TEL-loh Brother
la sorella lah soh-REL-lah Sister
il nonno eel NON-noh Grandfather
la nonna lah NON-nah Grandmother

Colours

rosso ROS-soh Red
blu bloo Blue
giallo JAHL-loh Yellow
verde VER-deh Green
nero NEH-roh Black
bianco BYAHN-koh White

Question words

cosa / che KOH-zah / keh What
chi kee Who
dove DOH-veh Where
quando KWAHN-doh When
perché per-KEH Why
come KOH-meh How

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