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