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Free online courseItalian for Beginners A1: Speaking, Grammar and Daily Conversations

Duration of the online course: 7 hours and 17 minutes

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Speak Italian with confidence from day one: a free online course with daily conversations, grammar basics, pronunciation and a practical A1 foundation.

In this free course, learn about

  • Basic greetings and farewells (ciao, buongiorno, arrivederci, a presto)
  • Introduce yourself: ask/answer name, how you are, origin and address (tu/Lei forms)
  • Count and use numbers 1–10.000, incl. age; ask/answer prices and discounts
  • Italian alphabet, spelling, and core pronunciation rules (incl. hard C/G before E/I)
  • Form yes/no and closed questions with essere and avere; key avere idioms (ho fame/sete)
  • Tell time, days, months, seasons, weather; talk about birth date and birthplace
  • Present tense of regular verbs (-are/-ere/-ire) plus -care/-gare spelling changes
  • Use modal verbs potere, volere, dovere to express ability, desire, obligation
  • Nouns: gender and plurals; adjectives agreement and common descriptive patterns
  • Articles: definite/indefinite and partitive (some/any), with common exceptions
  • Everyday vocabulary: school, drinks, food, groceries, fruit/vegetables, containers, measures
  • Restaurant and shopping dialogues: order drinks/food, book a table, supermarket/market interactions
  • Family vocabulary and possessives; possessives with kinship nouns
  • Demonstratives (this/that) and pronouns; clothing, accessories, colors, and shop dialogues

Course Description

Start speaking Italian from the very first lessons and build a solid A1 foundation you can actually use in real life. This free online course is designed for complete beginners who want to feel comfortable with everyday interactions, not just memorize rules. You will train your ear and your mouth to recognize common sounds, practice clear pronunciation, and get used to natural rhythm so your Italian feels more fluid over time.

Step by step, you will learn how to introduce yourself, greet people appropriately, ask and answer simple questions, and handle the kind of small talk that happens when you meet someone new. You will also gain the core grammar needed at beginner level, including key verbs, yes-or-no and closed questions, basic sentence structure, and patterns that help you create your own phrases instead of repeating fixed lines.

Practical communication is at the center of the experience. You will become more confident talking about where you are from, where you live, numbers, age, time, dates, weather, and everyday preferences. Along the way, you will pick up essential vocabulary for common settings such as cafés, restaurants, supermarkets, clothing shops, and family conversations, so you can navigate routine situations with less hesitation.

The course also focuses on the details that typically trip up beginners, like spelling rules, the Italian alphabet, how certain letters change sound, and how to choose articles and plurals correctly. With regular practice questions built into the learning path, you will check your understanding, correct mistakes early, and reinforce what you have learned in a simple, motivating way.

Whether you are learning for travel, work opportunities, study goals, or personal interest, this beginner Italian course helps you progress from recognizing basic words to forming meaningful, polite, and accurate sentences. By the end, you will have a practical toolkit for everyday conversations and a stronger base to continue toward the next level with confidence.

Course content

  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1.How to greet and goodbye in italian 04m
  • Exercise: What does a presto mean in Italian?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: Lesson 2: How are you? Come stai? 09m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: lesson 3: what is your name? come ti chiami? 08m
  • Exercise: Which option is the formal way to ask “What’s your name?” in Italian?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: Lesson 4: where are you from? Di dove sei? 11m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: Where do you live? Dove abiti? 08m
  • Exercise: Which option correctly asks “Where do you live?” in a formal way?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1/ Numbers from 1 to 100 in italian/ I numeri da 1 a 100 16m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: lesson 7: how old are you? quanti anni hai?conjugation of the verb avere 09m
  • Exercise: Which is the correct informal way to ask someone’s age in Italian?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: how do you spell that? / italian alphabet 08m
  • Video class: italian for beginners/ italiano A1/ lesson 9: italian pronunciation 15m
  • Exercise: How do you keep the hard sound of the letter C before the vowels E or I in Italian?
  • Video class: italian for beginners / italiano A1/ lesson 10 : yes or no questions with to be 06m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: lesson 11 : yes or no questions with to have. 05m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly says “No, we don’t have children” in Italian?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 12 / closed questions 03m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 / lesson 13: which languages do you speak? quali lingue parli? 10m
  • Exercise: How do you say “Which languages do you speak?” in the formal form?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners / italiano A1 / lesson 14 : days of the week / i giorni della settimana 07m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1/ lesson 15 : the months of the year / i mesi dell´anno 10m
  • Exercise: How do you say “September” in Italian?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 16 / seasons / le stagioni 05m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 17 / telling the time in italian 10m
  • Exercise: How do you say “It is one o’clock” in Italian?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 18 / the weather expressions in italian 07m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 19 : idiomatic expressions with avere, to be hungry, to be thirsty 06m
  • Exercise: Which Italian expression means I'm hungry?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 20 / numbers from 100 to 10.000 10m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 21 / where and when were you born in italian 06m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 22 / conjugation of regular verbs present tense are, ere, ire 11m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1 / lesson 23 / spelling rules for verbs ending in care, gare, ciare, giare 05m
  • Exercise: In Italian, what spelling change is needed for verbs ending in -care or -gare in the "tu" form to keep the hard sound?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners / lesson 24 / modal verbs : potere, volere, dovere 07m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 25 / nouns 05m
  • Exercise: How can you generally identify the gender of an Italian noun by its ending?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 : lesson 26 : plural nouns 04m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 : lesson 27 / adjectives 08m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly says “We are happy” in Italian?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 : lesson 28 / indefinite articles 05m
  • Video class: video 29italian for beginners : lesson 29 / school vocabulary 07m
  • Exercise: Which Italian word means “classroom”?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 : lesson 30 : what is it? Che cos´è? 02m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 : lesson 31 : there is 03m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 : lesson 32 : definite articles 07m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 : lesson 33 : drinks 08m
  • Exercise: Which option correctly matches the Italian definite articles for “coffee” and “pizza”?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1 : lesson 34 : the verb to like 05m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 35: adjectives to describe food 08m
  • Exercise: What is the correct Italian word for “spicy” when describing food?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 36: how to order a drink dialogue 02m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 37: how to order a table at a restaurant dialogue 03m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 38: how to order food at a restaurant dialogue 05m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 39: Groceries 10m
  • Exercise: In Italian, what does pane mean?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 40: food containers in italian 10m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 41: some and any in italian 04m
  • Exercise: Which form is the Italian partitive for masculine plural (meaning “some/any”)?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 42: dialogue at the supermarket 04m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 43: Main meals in italian 04m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 44: mangiare 05m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 45: fruits in italian 08m
  • Exercise: Which Italian word means "fruit"?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 46: Vegetables in italian 07m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 47: units of measurement in italian 04m
  • Exercise: How do you ask for 200 grams of mortadella at the deli?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 48: How much is it? 04m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 49: dialogue at the greengrocer´s 02m
  • Exercise: Qual è la forma corretta per chiedere il prezzo delle pesche (plurale)?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 50: Dialogue at the grocery shop 02m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: lesson 51: family vocabulary 11m
  • Exercise: Which option correctly matches the Italian word madre?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 52: Possessives 06m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 53: Possessive adjectives with kinship nouns 04m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 54: this 03m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 55: that 04m
  • Exercise: Which demonstrative adjective is used for a masculine singular noun starting with S + consonant (e.g., studente)?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: Lesson 56: Demonstrative pronouns 03m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 57: Dialogue about birthday party 06m
  • Exercise: Qual è l’occasione che vogliono festeggiare con una festa a sorpresa?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 58: Clothes vocabulary 09m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 59: Clothing accessories vocabulary 07m
  • Exercise: Which is the correct Italian indefinite article for the masculine noun capello?
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 60: Descriptive vocabulary for clothes 08m
  • Video class: italian for beginners A1: Lesson 61: Colours 07m
  • Exercise: How do most Italian color adjectives ending in -o or -a behave with nouns?
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: Lesson 62: Dialogue at the clothes shop 04m
  • Video class: Italian for beginners A1: Lesson 63: Dialogue at the shoe shop 04m
  • Exercise: In negozio: quanto paga la cliente dopo lo sconto del 10% su 60 euro?

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