Italian Tutorials Index: Basic Phrases, Vocabulary and Grammar
 

For lessons that include sound files, audio flash cards, and listening exercises, try the Foreign Service Institute Italian FAST Course that I am in the process of converting to HTML.

More flashcards based on these tutorials are available at Flashcardexchange.com, made by user doug_smithut7.

 

Italian I

1. Some Basic Phrases

2. Pronunciation

3. Alphabet

4. Articles and Demonstratives

5. Useful Words

6. Subject Pronouns

7. To Be and to Have

8. Question Words

9. Numbers / Ordinals

10. Days of the Week

11. Months of the Year

12. Seasons

13. Directions

14. Color

15. Time

16. Weather

17. Family and Animals

18. To Know People & Facts

19. Formation of Plural Nouns

20. Possessive Adjectives

 

Italian II

21. To Do or Make

22. Work and School

23. Prepositions

24. Prepositional Contractions

25. Countries & Nationalities

26. To / In and From places

27. To Come and to Go

28. Conjugating Regular Verbs

29. Reflexive Verbs

30. Irregularities in Regular Verbs

31. Present Perfect Tense (Passato Prossimo)

32. Irregular Past Participles

33. Essere Verbs

34. Food and Meals

35. Piacere and Servire

36. Fruits, Vegetables, Meats

37. To Take, Eat or Drink

38. Commands (Imperativo)

39. More Negatives

40. Holiday Phrases

Italian National Anthem

 

Italian III

41. To Be/Stay and to Give

42. Gerunds

43. Imperfect Tense (Imperfetto)

44. Places

45. Transportation

46. To Want, to Be Able to, to Have to

47. Asking Questions

48. House and Furniture

49. Comparative and Superlative

50. Irregular Forms

51. Clothing

52. To Wear

53. Future Tense (Futuro)

54. Preceding Adjectives

55. Adjectives: Feminine & Plural

56. More Adjectives

57. Position of sempre and anche

58. Sports

59. To Play

60. Nature

Italian IV

61. Object Pronouns

62. Parts of the Body

63. Interrogative Pronouns

64. Relative Pronouns

65. To Read, to Say/Tell, to Go Out, to Laugh

66. Disjunctive Pronouns

67. Ci and Ne

68. Animals

69. Pluperfect (Trapassato)

70. Suffixes

71. Adverbs

72. Passive Voice

73. The Impersonal "Si"

74. Post Office & Bank

75. Useful Expressions

76. Infinitives followed by Prepositions

77. The Beach & Farm

78. Problem Verbs

79. Fare Causative

80. Office / School Supplies

 

Italian V

81. Conditional Tenses (Condizionale)

82. Parts of a Car / Gas Station

83. To Drive

84. Travelling / Airport

85. Location & Direction

86. Use of the Infinitive

87. Subjunctive Mood: Present & Present Perfect (Congiuntivo)

88. Uses of the Subjunctive Mood

89. Subjunctive Mood: Imperfect & Past Perfect (Congiuntivo)

90. More Irregular Verbs in Present Tense

91. Possessive Pronouns

92. Historical Past (Passato Remoto)

93. Art & Literature

94. Holidays

95. Hobbies & Tools

96. Adverbs of Time & Manner

97. Grammatical Terms

Regions & Cities of Italy

Other Useful Links

Italian Tutors

BBC Languages - Italian

Italian.about.com

Italian Wikibook

Corso di Lingua from rai.it

One World Italiano

Professor Gio

LangMedia Videos: Italian in Italy

Spelling & Pronunciation Dictionary

Oggi e Domani Interactive Course

Un Giro in Italia

Studiamo Italiano

Impariamo l'italiano

La mia famiglia

Italiano in Famiglia

Italian 100 Exercises

Impariamo Forum

La Grammatica Italiana

Basic Italian Grammar

Italian Grammar

Italian Language Study Page

Italian Electronic Classroom

Radio Arlecchino

 

Rocket Italian

Rocket Italian is a course for beginners that includes 31 interactive audio lessons, 31 grammar lessons, vocabulary and verb software games, as well as a members only forum. There is also a 60 day guarantee in addition to a free sample course that you can download. The full course is available as a download or as a 20 CD pack.

 

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