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A1
1. Definite articles and genderil, la, l'
2. Indefinite articlesun, una
3. Singular demonstrativesquesto, questa
4. Basic verbal negationnon
5. Yes/No questions
6. Coordinating conjunctionse, ma, o
7. Regular plurals and definite articles-i, -e, i, le
8. Plural verb to benoi siamo, voi siete
9. Plural demonstrativesquesti, queste
10. Nouns ending in -e
11. Special singular articleslo, l'
12. The plural articlegli
13. Special indefinite articlesuno, un'
14. Demonstrative adjectivesquello, quella
15. Adjective endings-o, -a, -i, -e
16. Expressing quantitymolto, poco, tanto
17. The verb to haveho, hai, ha...
18. There is / there arec'è, ci sono
19. The preposition ofdi
20. Singular possessivesil mio, la mia
21. Numbers 1 to 10uno, due, tre...
22. Numbers 11 to 20undici, dodici...
23. Numbers 21 to 100trenta, quaranta...
24. Idiomatic avereavere fame, avere anni
25. Plural possessive adjectivesi miei, le mie
26. Possessives with family membersmio padre
27. Formal addressdare del Lei
28. Greetings and farewellsciao, arrivederci
29. Saying goodbyea presto!
30. Present tense of -are verbs-o, -i, -a
31. Question wordschi, cosa, dove
32. Present tense of -ere verbs-o, -i, -e
33. Question wordsquando, come, perché
34. Question word agreementquanto, quanta, quanti, quante
35. Regular -ire verbs
36. Verbs with -isc-capisco, capisci, capisce
37. Pronouns after prepositionsme, te, lui
38. The verb farefaccio, fai, fa
39. The verb andarevado, vai, va
40. The verb staresto, stai, sta
41. The verb venirevengo, vieni, viene
42. The verb uscireesco, esci, esce
43. Location and destinationa, in
44. Nationalitiesle nazionalità
45. Origin and movementda
46. Articulated prepositions with aal, alla
47. Articulated prepositions with innel, nella
48. Articulated prepositions with di and dadel, dal
49. Simple prepositionscon, per, su, tra
50. Articulated prepositions with susul, sulla
51. Saying whyper + infinitive
52. Months of the year
53. Telling timesono le...
54. Datesil + number
55. Auguri! Wishes and celebrations
56. Ordinal numbers 1st to 10thprimo, secondo, terzo...
57. The verb to wantvolere
58. The verb canpotere
59. The verb mustdovere
60. The verb to knowsapere
61. Reflexive verbsmi lavo, ti lavi
62. Indirect object pronounsgli, le, ci...
63. Classroom Italiannon ho capito
64. Expressing preferencesmi piace
65. Plural preferencesmi piacciono
66. Meals and eatingfare colazione, pranzare
67. Comparativespiù... di, meno... di
68. The passato prossimo with avereho parlato
69. Irregular past participlesfatto, letto, preso
70. The passato prossimo with esseresono andato
71. Reflexive verbs in the pastmi sono svegliato
72. Time adverbs with the past tensegià, mai, ancora
73. Third-person direct object pronounslo, la, li, le
74. First and second-person direct object pronounsmi, ti, ci, vi
75. The four seasons
76. Conversational wordsbeh, allora, davvero
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77. Prepositions of placevicino a, davanti a
78. Directionsle indicazioni
79. Colorsi colori
80. Indefinite adjectives for somequalche, alcuni
81. Frutta e verdura
82. Indefinite adjectives for every and allogni, tutti
83. Indefinite pronounsqualcosa, qualcuno
84. Noun suffixes-ino, -one
85. Adverbs of manner-mente
86. Comparisons of equalitycosì... come
87. The relative superlativeil più
88. The absolute superlative-issimo
89. Irregular comparativesmigliore, peggiore
90. Present progressivestare + -ando, -endo
91. Il bagno e gli elettrodomestici
92. Imminent actionsstare per
93. The locative pronounci
94. Money and shoppingi saldi
95. The partitive pronounne
96. In cucinapentole e posate
97. Pronoun placement with modal verbs
98. Impersonal subjectssi
99. Sapori italianisalumi e piatti
100. Prepositions of timeda, per, tra, fra
101. Past participle agreement with pronouns
102. Past tense of modal verbs
103. The verb piacere in the past tenseè piaciuto, sono piaciuti
104. The imperfect tense of to beero, c'era
105. The imperfect tense of to haveavevo
106. The imperfect tense of regular verbs-avo, -evo, -ivo
107. Irregular verbs in the imperfectfacevo, bevevo, dicevo
108. The past progressivestavo mangiando
109. Choosing between past tenses
110. While and whenmentre, quando
111. The future tense of -are and -ere verbs-erò
112. The future tense of -ire verbs-irò
113. The future tense of to be and to havesarò, avrò
114. Future tense of stem-dropping verbsandrò, vedrò
115. Future tense of double-R verbsberrò, vorrò
116. The first conditionalse
117. Polite requestsvorrei
118. Giving advicepotresti, dovresti
119. The present conditional
120. Informal affirmative commands
121. Negative commandsnon...
122. Irregular informal commandssii, fa', sta'
123. Commands with attached pronounsfallo, dimmi
124. Relative pronounche
125. Polite requestspotresti
126. Reflexive imperativesalzati
127. Relative pronouns with prepositionscui
128. Giving reasonsperché, siccome
129. Concession with indicativeanche se
130. Combined pronounsme lo, te la
131. Third-person combined pronounsglielo, gliela
132. Relative pronounsche
133. Relative pronounche
134. Present conditional of irregular verbs
135. Formal commandsLei, Loro
136. Irregular noun pluralsle mani, gli uomini
137. Il corpothe body
138. The adjective beautifulbel, bello, bei
139. Knowing facts vs. knowing peoplesapere, conoscere
140. Found out or knew?ho saputo, sapevo
141. Impersonal necessitybisogna
142. Taking timevolerci, metterci
143. Not anymore and not yetnon... più, non... ancora
144. Emphatic negationneanche, nemmeno, né... né
145. Formal commands with pronounslo faccia, mi scusi
146. Possessive pronounsil mio, la tua
147. Interrogative 'which'quale, quali
148. Forms of 'good'buon, buono, buona
149. A scuolaschool subjects
150. Linking verbs with 'a'a + infinitive
151. Linking verbs with 'di'di + infinitive
152. Before doing somethingprima di + infinitive
153. Past agreement with 'ne'ne ho presi
154. Elapsed timefa
155. Big numbersduecento, duemila
156. Result conjunctionsquindi, perciò, dunque
157. Comparing qualities and actionsche
158. Compound relative pronounsquello che, ciò che
159. Reciprocal verbsci, vi, si
160. The complement cliticci
161. Past infinitive with dopodopo aver..., dopo essere...
162. Preposition da with infinitivesda fare, da bere
163. Pronominal verbsfarcela, andarsene
164. The pluperfect tenseavevo fatto
165. Position of negative indefinitesnessuno, niente
166. Indefinite pronouns with adjectivesqualcosa di
167. The quantifier alltutto il
168. Meaning-shifting adjectives
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169. Everyone and each oneognuno, ciascuno
170. Any and whateverqualsiasi, qualunque
171. Anyone and whoeverchiunque
172. The people whochi
173. Relative pronouns with prepositionsil quale, la quale
174. Impersonal reflexivesci si
175. Topic pronounne
176. Roles and life stagesda
177. Progressive degreesempre più, sempre meno
178. Emphatic negationmica
179. Present subjunctive of -are verbs-i, -iamo, -iate, -ino
180. Present subjunctive of -ere and -ire verbs-a, -iamo, -iate, -ano
181. Present subjunctive of essere and averesia, abbia
182. Present subjunctive of irregular verbsvada, faccia, dia
183. Subjunctive with opinions and doubtspenso che…
184. Subjunctive with emotionssono felice che…
185. Subjunctive with desiresvoglio che…
186. Subjunctive with impersonal expressionsè importante che…
187. Avoiding the subjunctive with dipenso di andare
188. Concessive conjunctionssebbene, benché, nonostante
189. Condition and purpose conjunctionspurché, affinché
190. The conjunction 'before'prima che
191. The past subjunctiveabbia fatto, sia andato
192. The past conditionalavrei fatto, sarei andato
193. Future in the past
194. The imperfect subjunctive-assi, -essi, -issi
195. The imperfect subjunctive of 'to be' and 'to have'fossi, avessi
196. Irregular imperfect subjunctivefacessi, dicessi
197. The second conditionalse... + conditional
198. Sequence of tenses with past main clauses
199. Present gerund-ando, -endo
200. Past gerundavendo…, essendo…
201. Present participle-ante, -ente
202. Historic past of regular -are verbs-ò, -arono
203. Historic past of -ere and -ire verbs
204. Historic past of essere and averefu, ebbe
205. Historic past of irregular verbs
206. Passive voice in simple tensesessere + da
207. Passive voice in compound tenses
208. Dynamic passive voicevenire
209. Making someone do somethingfare + infinito
210. Having someone do somethingfare + a
211. Letting someone do somethinglasciare + infinito
212. Managing to get bycavarsela
213. Taking offense and feeling up to itprendersela, sentirsela
214. Reported commandsdi + infinito
215. Reported questionsse
216. Past reported speechimperfetto
217. Past reported speechtrapassato prossimo
218. The future perfect tenseavrò fatto, sarò andato
219. Future perfect with time conjunctionsappena, quando
220. Future tenses for guesses and probability
221. Irregular comparative adverbsmeglio, peggio
222. Subjunctive in relative clausesche abbia
223. The absolute past participlefinito il lavoro
224. Changing time and place in past indirect speech
225. Affirmative correlative conjunctionssia... sia, o... o
226. Future perfect with esseresarò, sarà...
227. Past modal verbspassato prossimo vs. imperfetto
228. Emphatic possessionaverci
229. Pejorative suffixes-accio, -accia
230. Subjunctive with relative superlatives
231. Subjunctive with negative conjunctionssenza che
232. Subjunctive with indefinite clauseschiunque, qualunque
233. Unfulfilled wishesmagari
234. Left dislocationla torta l'ha fatta...
235. Right dislocationlo leggo dopo...
236. The comitative and instrumental pronounci
237. The clause-level relative pronounil che
238. Impersonal si with esseresi è stanchi
239. Past tense of volerci and mettercici sono volute, ci ho messo
240. The passive of necessityva firmato
241. Auxiliaries with start and stop verbsessere, avere
242. Masculine noun plurals in -co and -go-chi, -ghi, -ci, -gi
243. Feminine noun plurals in -cia and -gia-ce, -ge
244. The locative pronounne
245. Singular agreement for collective nounsla gente, il gruppo
246. Ordinal numbers 11th and above-esimo
247. Masculine nouns ending in -ma-ma, -mi
248. Nouns ending in -ista-ista, -isti, -iste
249. The abstract demonstrative pronounciò
250. Reflexive combined pronounsse lo, se la...
251. Prepositions of limitfino a
252. Prepositions of exceptiontranne, eccetto
253. Clauses of exclusionsenza + infinitive
254. Implicit concessive clausespur + gerund
255. Fractions and multipliersla metà, il doppio
256. Invariable plurals for foreign nounsi bar, i computer
257. Invariable plurals for accented nounsle città, i caffè
258. Invariable plurals for clipped nounsle foto, le moto
259. The negative adjectivenessun, nessuna
260. Describing physical featuresdal, dagli
261. Perception verbs with infinitivesvedere, sentire
262. Expressing alternativesinvece di, anziché
263. Expressing cause and blamea causa di, per colpa di
264. Relative pronouns of locationdove
265. Asking whosedi chi
266. Impersonal compound tensessi è
267. Expressing abilitypotere, sapere, riuscire a
268. Pronouns with the progressivelo sto facendo
269. Shortening adjectivesgran, san
270. Plural compound nouns
271. Negative imperative with dual cliticsnon darmelo!
272. Adjectives with infinitivesbello da vedere
273. Adjectives with infinitivespronto a, felice di
274. Causal conjunctionsdato che, visto che
275. Temporal conjunctionsfinché, finché non
276. Passive 'si' with modal verbssi deve fare
277. Concessive conjunctionsa meno che non
278. Future indicative in subjunctive clauses
279. Pronoun shifts in indirect speech
280. Correlative conjunctionsnon solo ... ma anche
281. Contrastive connectorstuttavia, eppure
282. Quantifiers for pairsentrambi, tutti e due
283. Polite permission with imperativespure
284. Clause-level comparisonsdi quanto, di quello che
285. Hypothetical comparisonscome se
286. Feminine nouns ending in -ila crisi, le crisi
287. Demonstrative pronouns of possessionquello di, quella di
288. Expressing equalityaltrettanto
289. Abstract nouns from adjectivesil bello, il nuovo
290. Explanatory discourse markerscioè, infatti, ossia
291. Causal clauses with past infinitivesper aver fatto
292. The pluperfect subjunctiveavessi fatto, fossi andato
293. Sequence of tenses with the pluperfect subjunctive
294. Relative possessivesil cui, la cui, i cui, le cui
295. Plural indefinite quantitiesparecchi, diversi, vari
296. Irregular comparatives of size and agemaggiore, minore, massimo, minimo
297. Deadlinesentro
298. Negative prefixesin-, dis-, s-
299. Auxiliaries for weather verbsessere, avere
300. The possessive adjective 'own'proprio
301. Combined cliticsce ne
302. Reflexive causativesfarsi
303. Exclamationsche, quanto, quale
304. Noun-forming suffixes-zione, -mento, -ezza, -ità
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305. Indefinite adjectives and pronounstale
306. Exact identity and emphasisstesso, medesimo
307. Emphatic indifferencequalsiasi, qualunque
308. Partitives with plural adjectivesne... di
309. Impersonal and reflexive partitivesse ne
310. Pronominal verbs with partitivesaccorgersene, pentirsene
311. Formal relative pronounsil quale, la quale
312. Modals with shifted auxiliariesmi sono dovuto
313. Modals with retained auxiliariesho dovuto... -mi
314. The immediate futureessere sul punto di
315. Gradual continuous actionandare + gerund
316. Historical continuous actionvenire + gerund
317. Progressive passivestare venendo
318. The preterite perfect tensetrapassato remoto
319. Immediate past after time wordsdopo che, appena
320. The third conditionalse + pluperfect subjunctive
321. Mixed conditionals: past condition, present result
322. Mixed conditionals: present condition, past result
323. Independent subjunctive of doubtche + subjunctive
324. Past wishesexclamative subjunctive
325. Gradual actionsandare + gerundio
326. Unreal past comparisonscome se
327. Formal conditionsqualora, nel caso in cui
328. Concessionsper quanto
329. Exceptionsa condizione che, salvo che
330. Independent gerund clauses
331. Even ifanche + gerundio
332. Alternativespiuttosto che
333. Present participles as clauses
334. Emphatic questionsmica
335. Emphasisè ... che
336. Perceived actionsche + imperfect
337. Adding informationinoltre, per di più
338. Justificationsd'altronde, del resto
339. Strong contrastsbensì, al contrario
340. Concessionsciononostante, malgrado ciò
341. Rephrasingin altre parole, ovvero
342. Summarizinginsomma, in sintesi
343. Adjectives of possibility-bile
344. Prefixes of intensitystra-, iper-
345. Attitudes and traits-ismo, -ista
346. The more... the more...più... più...
347. Gradual actionsman mano che
348. Prepositions before pronounssenza di me
349. Starting suddenlymettersi a
350. Formal passive agentsda parte di
351. Resultative passiverimanere / restare
352. Indefinite possessive adjectivealtrui
353. Corrective connectoranzi
354. Rejected causesnon che... ma
355. Historical infinitivea + infinitive
356. Indirect questions with the subjunctive
357. Extreme resultscosì... che, talmente... che
358. Purpose and resultin modo che, di modo che
359. The extra non in comparisonsdi quanto non
360. Wishes with the subjunctivese solo
361. Adjectives as adverbsparlare chiaro
362. Past participle agreement with che
363. Contrastive focuslo faccio io
364. Ethical dativemi guardo un film
365. Inverted conditionalsfosse per me
366. Pleonastic nontemo che non
367. Fact vs. opinion clausesil fatto che
368. Modified regionsnell'Italia del Sud
369. Expressing importancetenerci a
370. Expressing irrelevancenon c'entra niente
371. Emphatic negativesnon... affatto
372. Articles with modified countriesnell'Italia meridionale
373. Polite imperfectvolevo, cercavo
374. Spoken hypothetical imperfectse lo sapevo...
375. Negative indefinite adjectivesalcuno
376. Informal causal conjunctionche
377. Probability adverbs with the indicativeforse, magari
378. Digression and resumption markersa proposito
379. Implicit concessive clausessebbene, pur
380. Impersonal 'ci si' in the pastci si è + plural
381. 'Even if' vs 'Even though'anche se
382. Implicit consequencescosì... da
383. Declarative clauses with infinitivesdi + infinitive
384. The passive of loss and destructionandare + past participle
385. Verbs of necessity and lackmancare, servire, bastare
386. Pronominal verbs of effort and resignationsforzarsi, rassegnarsi
387. Implicit indirect questionsdove andare, cosa fare
388. Eventual outcomesfinire per
389. Repeating actionstornare a
390. Time duration vs. time elapsedin vs. tra
391. Infinitives as nounsil bere, il dormire
392. Multiple negativesnon... mai nessuno
393. Pronouns with gerundsfacendolo, avendolo fatto
394. Extreme limitsal punto da
395. Pretending and imaginary scenariosl'imperfetto
396. Adjectives taking perfamoso per, pronto per
397. Imperfect for dreamsimperfetto
398. The reportative conditional
399. The passive si with compound tensessi è / si sono
400. Possessives with family exceptions
401. Casa miapossessives after the noun
402. Nouns followed by prepositionspaura di, difficoltà a
403. The prefix ri-rifare, rileggere
404. The word tutto with pronounstutti noi
405. Clitic pronouns with causative verbsLo faccio chiamare
406. Purpose vs. reasonperché
407. Those whoquelli che, coloro che
408. Reporting commandsche + imperfect subjunctive
409. Auxiliaries with verbs of motionavere vs. essere
410. Dropping prepositions before 'che'Mi fido che...
411. Dropping 'a' before 'che'pensare che, credere che
412. Object pronoun for ideaslo
413. Pronoun for situationsne
414. Subject inversion in relative clauses
415. Articles with islands
416. Stating professionsfare vs. lavorare come
417. Addition and comparisonoltre a, rispetto a
418. Restrictive connectorssolo che
419. Simultaneous actionsnel + infinitive
420. Provided thatbasta che
421. Emphasizing topicschi / quello che
422. Clitic climbinglo comincio a fare
423. Semantic double plurals-i vs -a
424. Whether... orsia che... sia che
425. Impersonal passive with indirect objects
426. Phrasal verbs with pronounsbuttarlo via
427. Adjective suffixes-ino, -etto, -accio
428. Feminine forms of professionsla sindaca, l'avvocata
429. Literary subject pronounsegli, ella, essi
430. Prepositions of meanstramite, mediante, attraverso
431. Implicit conditionalsa + infinitive
432. Subject inversion in direct speech«...», disse Maria
433. Expressing undefinable qualitiesun che di
434. The partitive article for "some"del, della
435. Plurals of nouns ending in -io
436. The infinitive for instructions-are, -ere, -ire
437. Rates and distributiona
438. Third-party commandsche + subjunctive
439. Complex spatial prepositionsal di
440. Assumptions and premisesammesso che
441. Negative declarations of certaintynon so che
442. Locative before impersonalvi si
443. Distributive correlativechi ... chi ...
444. Personal and impersonal seemingsembrare, parere
445. Colloquial temporal replacementche
446. Emphatic exclamationsche
447. Negative knowledgenon sapere che
448. State changesrendere
449. Replacing adjectives and nounslo
450. Being angry with someoneavercela
451. Necessityvolerci
452. Tastes and smellssapere di
453. Role and capacityin quanto
454. Concessive prepositionsnonostante / malgrado
455. Otherwisealtrimenti
456. Extreme purposepur di
457. Causal repetitiona forza di, a furia di
458. Stopping an actionsmetterla, finirla, piantarla
459. Sensory capacityvederci, sentirci, capirci
460. Exclusive actionsnon fare altro che
461. Regardless ofa prescindere da
462. Dropping 'che' with the subjunctivespero sia...
463. Future in the past with the imperfectdiceva che arrivava
464. Agreement with percentagesil 30% sono...
465. Dropping articles in appositivesRoma, capitale...
466. Limitative clausesper quanto ne so
467. Adverbs from -le and -re adjectives-mente