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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

Course Description

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 Series 06m
  • 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 Series 06m
  • Exercise: How do you say "What's your name" informally in Italian?
  • Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 4 - The Italian Present Tense | Grammar Basics 1 05m
  • 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 Italian 08m
  • Exercise: What does 'Coma Ceviche' mean in Italian learning context?
  • Video class: Learn Italian Lesson 6 - Definite Articles and Possessive Adjectives 09m
  • 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 Italian 02m
  • 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 - Prepositions 11m
  • 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 Italian 06m
  • 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 University 12m
  • 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 Italian 08m
  • Exercise: How do you express 'I like the videos' in Italian?
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.13 - How to Use Piacere For Liking People 11m
  • 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 Italian 08m
  • Exercise: In Italian, how is 11:30 in the morning commonly expressed?
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.15 - Passato Prossimo | Grammar Basics 2 11m
  • 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 Diretti 14m
  • 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 Indiretti 07m
  • 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 Combinati 11m
  • Exercise: What is an example of forming a double object pronoun in Italian?
  • Video class: Italian Direct, Indirect 23m
  • 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 Pronouns 04m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.20 - The Future Tense | Grammar Basics 3 07m
  • 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 Mancare 08m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.21 - The Imperfect Tense | Grammar Basics 4 07m
  • 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 Prossimo 11m
  • Exercise: What is the role of auxiliary verbs in the Italian 'trapassato prossimo' tense?
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.23 - il Gerundio | Grammar Basics 5 10m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.24 - The Conditional Tense | Grammar Basics 6 09m
  • 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 Italian 05m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.26 - Using Reference Phrases to Speak Faster in Italian 06m
  • 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 Italian 09m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.29 - How to use Ci in Italian 10m
  • 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 Italian 10m
  • Video class: Learn Italian - How to use Proprio in Italian 07m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.30 - The Italian Imperative Mood | l'Imperativo 14m
  • 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 Italian 08m
  • 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 1 08m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep. 32 - Past Subjunctive | Congiuntivo Passato | Advanced Italian 2 11m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.33 - Imperfect Subjunctive | Congiuntivo Imperfetto | Advanced Italian 3 12m
  • Video class: Learn Italian Ep.34 - Congiuntivo Trapassato | Advanced Italian 4 11m
  • 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 Lei 12m
  • Video class: Learn Italian - Passato Remoto 10m
  • Video class: Falsi Amici / False Cognates in Italian 10m
  • Video class: My Favorite Italian Songs Playlist 01m
  • 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 Italian 07m
  • Video class: How To Increase Your Vocabulary in Italian 11m
  • Video class: How to Make Your World Italian 09m
  • Video class: Easily Increase Your Vocabulary in Italian 3 New Vocab Words 06m
  • Video class: Useful Everyday Expressions in Italian 07m
  • Exercise: In Italian, how would you say 'Sorry for interrupting you'?
  • Video class: Italian Dialects and Slang | Parliamo dei dialetti 08m
  • Video class: What I'm Currently Doing to Study Italian (Italian Audio) 11m
  • Video class: Italian Reading 09m
  • Video class: What is it really like to be fluent? My life long journey with Italian (Video in Italian) 09m
  • Video class: How I study 11m
  • Video class: TAKE THE PATH 'MOST' TRAVELED? | Italian 08m
  • Video class: Learn Italian - Si Impersonale | The General You 04m
  • Video class: Speak Italian with Authority 10m
  • Video class: Play It Cool When Speaking Italian 07m
  • Video class: My Famous Two-To-Three Person Rule (Italian 12m
  • Video class: Stop saying Non ho capito in Italian. Do this instead! (Italian 14m

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