OK, today we start the next level in our free Italian lessons series, and man, is there some heavy grammar on the horizon… I’ve therefore decided to start with something easy, partly because I’m in a holiday mood, and also so as not to put you off! Today we’ll be looking at the Italian present […]
Italian grammar lesson on ‘Si’, plus Book Of The Week offer
Ciao a tutti. It’s the first day of ‘primavera’ – finally the winter is over, and not a moment too soon! Better still, there’s a period of holiday coming, so I’ll have more time to work on free materials for learning Italian. Tomorrow, I’ll be preparing a new series of free Italian lessons at A2 […]
Did you know that Italians say ‘suicide yourself’?
A depressed Italian might threaten to ‘suicide herself’ (suicidarsi), which sounds rather absurd in English… Today’s free Italian lesson is on reflexive verbs – the ones ending in ‘si’ – which are much more commonly used in Italian than in English. The example above, with ‘suicide yourself’, is from the lesson. Click here to see the […]
Free Italian Lesson On Prepositions & Italian Reader Offer
Here I am again, this time plugging our new Italian easy reader, ‘La cicatrice‘ (The Scar). Download your free sample chapter to see what it’s about. Then, if the level’s good for you, get the full version from our online shop (at the special first-week price of just €7.50!) Visit our online shop | Browse e-books […]
Latest Italian Easy Reader, Plus A New Grammar Lesson!
Buon giorno a tutti! Today we’ve published our newest Italian easy reader, and it’s on offer this week at €7.50 instead of the regular easy-reader price of €9.99. Here’s the blurb from the shop (it would be on the back cover, but e-books don’t have one…) Pier Velotti is the technician in charge of the landing system […]
Italian Lesson On The Past, Some News, An Offer & A Reminder
Lots to tell you this morning, so I’ll use an old teachers’ trick and do it in reverse order. That way I won’t risk losing your attention right at the beginning! Lastly then, don’t forget the ‘Book of the Week’ offer on our easy-reader / e-book version of the classic Italian movie, ‘Ladri di biciclette‘. Get […]
New Free Italian Lesson On Adjectives & Book Of The Week!
The topic for today’s free Italian lesson is ‘adjectives’, which is broad to say the least, but then the whole point of this new ‘Italian Lessons Series‘ is to bring together disparate materials from across the site in a way that will hopefully make them easier to use. In doing so though, gaps emerge. So […]
Final Italian Conversation & New Fellini Easy Reader!
Today we have the final dialogue + transcript in our Italian Conversations series: In viaggio, Cambiare casa. Listen to it here. Or find it on our Italian Conversations homepage. What’s coming next? Find out on Wednesday! Also, just published is our new Italian easy reader, Amarcord, based on the Fellini film. We have a free […]
New Italian dialogue with transcript – Tourist Information Office
Sure you can learn Italian online, and for free, with our Italian Conversations series of free dialogues! Start today: listen to the conversations, then check your understanding with the transcript. If there are words you don’t know, look them up in an online dictionary (we like wordreference.com.) Today’s dialogue, no. 58 in a series of […]
“Sto bene solo quando faccio l’amore”
Today I have for you number 57 (out of 60) in our Italian Conversations series along with a great new ‘Book of the Week’ offer, about which more later. The new dialogue is about renting a room: In viaggio, Affitare una stanza Listen to it here. Or find it on our Italian Conversations homepage. +++ So, this […]