Italian pronunciation for beginners: the alphabet, C and G, GLI and GN, double consonants.
E or è? Perché or perchè? All the rules for Italian accent marks: grave and acute accents, one-syllable words with and without accents, how to type a capital È, with an exercise.
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The most useful irregular verbs in the Italian present tense: venire, uscire, dire, sapere, bere, rimanere, scegliere. Tables, patterns to remember, sapere vs conoscere, and exercises.
How to conjugate Italian -ere verbs in the present tense: endings, the sounds of c and g, stress, the most useful verbs and exercises with answers.
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How to conjugate Italian -are verbs in the present tense: endings, verbs in -care, -gare, -ciare, -giare and -iare, the four irregulars andare, dare, fare, stare, and exercises.
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Learn Italian numbers 0-100: the uno and otto rule, the accent on ventitré, cento and zero, prices, ages and phone numbers, with three exercises.
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Regional differences in Italian: vocabulary, accents and dialects today, with ISTAT data, a short dialogue and exercises to train your ear for real Italian.
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Swiss-German mistakes in Italian explained by a teacher: word order, noun gender, double consonants, false friends and tu/Lei, with fixes and exercises.
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Italian grammar A1, lesson 1: the Italian alphabet and pronunciation, with a video lesson and audio explained in English by a native teacher.
Lesson 1: The Italian Alphabet and Pronunciation (with Audio) Read More »