Duration of the online course: 10 hours and 4 minutes
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Speak Italian with confidence for travel and work—free online course with practical lessons, pronunciation tips, and grammar practice to level up fast.
In this free course, learn about
Benefits of learning a foreign language and motivation to keep studying
Effective methods to study Italian and build a sustainable learning routine
Core greetings, introductions, and polite vs informal forms (e.g., hello, how are you, names)
Present tense basics: regular verb conjugation and sentence structure
Key travel/nature vocabulary and filler words used in real Italian speech
Prepositions and common contractions (e.g., a+il=al; correct use of c'è)
Italian pronunciation skills: stress, vowels, and rolling the 'R' technique
Using piacere and related patterns to express likes (I like it/you/videos)
Telling time in Italian with natural everyday expressions
Past tenses: passato prossimo vs imperfetto, plus trapassato prossimo and auxiliaries
Pronouns mastery: direct, indirect, double object, reflexives; using ne and ci
Future, conditional, gerund, and imperative (including formal Lei) usage
Advanced moods: subjunctive tenses (congiuntivo) and when/why to use them
Fluency & culture: idioms, false cognates, dialects/slang, music for vocab, speaking with confidence
About the free online course
Want to understand real Italian and actually use it in everyday situations? This free online Italian course is designed to help you move from memorizing isolated words to communicating with clarity and confidence. You will build a solid foundation in greetings, introductions, and essential travel language, then steadily grow into the structures that make Italian make sense, so you can form your own sentences instead of relying on fixed phrases.
Along the way, you will strengthen your speaking skills with focused pronunciation support, including common pitfalls for English speakers and targeted practice to improve your rhythm and flow. The course also trains you to sound more natural by noticing filler words and choosing expressions that Italians really use, helping you feel less hesitant and more spontaneous in conversation.
Grammar is introduced in a practical, usable way, giving you tools to talk about the present, the past, and the future with increasing accuracy. You will also develop control over key elements that learners often find difficult, such as articles, prepositions, reflexive forms, and object pronouns. As you progress, you will gain exposure to more advanced structures like the conditional and the subjunctive, so you can express opinions, doubts, wishes, and nuanced ideas when you are ready for them.
To keep your learning grounded in real life, the course mixes explanations with contextual videos and frequent quick checks through exercises. You will practice understanding meaning from context, expand vocabulary in memorable ways, and explore cultural language such as idiomatic expressions, regional varieties, and common false cognates. Whether your goal is travel, study, personal enrichment, or adding a valuable language skill to your professional profile, this course offers a clear path from beginner fundamentals to more confident, natural Italian.
Course content
Video class: 5 Reasons Why You Should Learn A Foreign Language!05m
Exercise: According to the text, what is one benefit of learning another language?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 1 - How To Study Italian!10m
Exercise: What is one of the methods mentioned for learning a new language?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 2 - How To Say Hello in Italian | The Traveler's Italian Series06m
Exercise: Which of the following is the formal way to say 'how are you' in Italian?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 3 - How to Introduce Yourself in Italian | The Traveler's Italian Series06m
Exercise: How do you say "What's your name" informally in Italian?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 4 - The Italian Present Tense | Grammar Basics 105m
Exercise: How do you conjugate the regular Italian verb 'parlare' (to talk) in the present tense for 'noi' (we)?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 5 - How To Say What Does It Mean? in Italian08m
Exercise: What does 'Coma Ceviche' mean in Italian learning context?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 6 - Definite Articles and Possessive Adjectives09m
Exercise: In Italian, which definite article is used for a feminine plural word?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 7 - A Lesson in the Park in Italian02m
Exercise: What is the Italian word for 'forest'?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 8 - Italian and English Filler Words (Bilingual video)11m
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 9 - Prepositions11m
Exercise: In Italian, when does the preposition 'a' become 'al'?
Video class: Vlog e lezione di inglese e italiano a Milano! (English Audio)05m
Exercise: What is the Italian word for 'accent' as mentioned in the text?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 10 - How to Pronounce Words in Italian06m
Exercise: What is a common pronunciation mistake English speakers make with Italian words?
Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 11 - How to Roll Your R in Italian | Weilà University12m
Exercise: What is the main technique suggested for pronouncing the Italian rolled 'R'?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.12 - How to say I like in Italian08m
Exercise: How do you express 'I like the videos' in Italian?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.13 - How to Use Piacere For Liking People11m
Exercise: How do you express 'I like you' using the verb 'piacere' in Italian?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.14 - How To Tell Time in Italian08m
Exercise: In Italian, how is 11:30 in the morning commonly expressed?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.15 - Passato Prossimo | Grammar Basics 211m
Exercise: Which auxiliary verb is used with transitive verbs in Italian to form the past participle in the passato prossimo tense?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.16 - Direct Object Pronouns | Pronomi Diretti14m
Exercise: What is the Italian direct object pronoun for 'him' or 'it' when talking about masculine singular objects?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.17 - Indirect Object Pronouns | Pronomi Indiretti07m
Exercise: In Italian, what pronoun would you use to answer the question 'Per chi scrivi la lettera?' (For whom are you writing the letter?) if the answer is 'for her'?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.18 - Double Object Pronouns | Pronomi Combinati11m
Exercise: What is an example of forming a double object pronoun in Italian?
Video class: Italian Direct, Indirect23m
Exercise: In the context of learning Italian grammar, which word order is typically used in both Italian and English sentences?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.19 - Reflexive Verbs/Direct Object Pronouns04m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.20 - The Future Tense | Grammar Basics 307m
Exercise: How would you correctly translate the Italian phrase 'loro parleranno' into English using the future tense?
Video class: Learn Italian - How to Use the Verb Mancare08m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.21 - The Imperfect Tense | Grammar Basics 407m
Exercise: In Italian, how do you conjugate the verb 'leggere' (to read) in the imperfect tense for the first person singular (Io)?
Video class: The Italian Passato Prossimo VS. Imperfetto ( English Lesson)06m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.22 - Trapassato Prossimo11m
Exercise: What is the role of auxiliary verbs in the Italian 'trapassato prossimo' tense?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.23 - il Gerundio | Grammar Basics 510m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.24 - The Conditional Tense | Grammar Basics 609m
Exercise: In Italian, which verb form would you use to express that you 'could do' something like 'could eat'?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.25 - My 3 Tips for Speaking Faster in Italian05m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.26 - Using Reference Phrases to Speak Faster in Italian06m
Exercise: What is one way to improve your ability to speak Italian faster according to the text?
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.28 - How to use NE in Italian09m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.29 - How to use Ci in Italian10m
Exercise: In Italian, what is the correct way to use the contraction 'c'è'?
Video class: How to Use Pensare with Ci, Ne and Lo - Learn Italian10m
Video class: Learn Italian - How to use Proprio in Italian07m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.30 - The Italian Imperative Mood | l'Imperativo14m
Video class: Italian Pronominal Verbs | Verbi Pronominali (Andarsene, Pensarci, Metterci, Volerci)24m
Exercise: What does the Italian pronominal verb 'andarsene' mean?
Video class: How to Use Metterci and Volerci in Italian08m
Video class: 10 Fun Italian Expressions You Won't Learn in the Classroom!10m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.31 - Present Subjunctive | Congiuntivo Presente | Advanced Italian 108m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep. 32 - Past Subjunctive | Congiuntivo Passato | Advanced Italian 211m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.33 - Imperfect Subjunctive | Congiuntivo Imperfetto | Advanced Italian 312m
Video class: Learn Italian Ep.34 - Congiuntivo Trapassato | Advanced Italian 411m
Exercise: In Italian, what is the main reason for using the congiuntivo passato (the past perfect subjunctive)?
Video class: Italian Imperative Mood with the Formal Lei12m
Video class: Learn Italian - Passato Remoto10m
Video class: Falsi Amici / False Cognates in Italian10m
Video class: My Favorite Italian Songs Playlist01m
Exercise: Which of the following methods can help in learning Italian vocabulary according to the text?
Video class: How To Learn Italian / English With Music (Video in Italian07m
Video class: How To Increase Your Vocabulary in Italian11m
Video class: How to Make Your World Italian09m
Video class: Easily Increase Your Vocabulary in Italian 3 New Vocab Words06m
Video class: Useful Everyday Expressions in Italian07m
Exercise: In Italian, how would you say 'Sorry for interrupting you'?
Video class: Italian Dialects and Slang | Parliamo dei dialetti08m
Video class: What I'm Currently Doing to Study Italian (Italian Audio)11m
Video class: Italian Reading09m
Video class: What is it really like to be fluent? My life long journey with Italian (Video in Italian)09m
Video class: How I study11m
Video class: TAKE THE PATH 'MOST' TRAVELED? | Italian08m
Video class: Learn Italian - Si Impersonale | The General You04m
Video class: Speak Italian with Authority10m
Video class: Play It Cool When Speaking Italian07m
Video class: My Famous Two-To-Three Person Rule (Italian12m
Video class: Stop saying Non ho capito in Italian. Do this instead! (Italian14m
This free course includes:
10 hours and 4 minutes of online video course
Digital certificate of course completion (Free)
Exercises to train your knowledge
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