CIAO MAMMA! The Italian language: not a boring grammar one

Name: CIAO MAMMA! The Italian language: not a boring grammar one
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A complete Italian course - from beginner to intermediate levels

Created byZiba Khodabandeh

Last updated 1/2025

Italian

What you'll learn

Introducing Italian language from a very basic level.
Each lesson comes with supplementary materials.
Being an Italian learner myself, helped me to know students' difficulties and in this course I tried to cover them.
At the end of the course my students will be able to keep a dailylife conversation, and colloquial language won't be difficult for them anymore.

Course content

1 section • 30 lectures • 3h 48m total length

Getting to know: alphabet and pronunciation6:47
The first key to learning a language is its alphabet and pronunciation rules. Let's take a look at how to write and read.
Pronunciation Tricks to sound like Mario Rossi6:32
Mario Rossi is the typical Italian name, and after this lesson, you can sound like a real Italian, like Mario Rossi!
Say more than a "Ciao"5:31
We are boarding! Ready to start the journey? Learn to say more than "Ciao". Let's broaden our knowledge of Italian: introduce yourself and ask "How are you?", and answer back.
Is This a 5-Star Course?0:48
Here's a quick message about leaving a review for this course.
And how about asking "How old are you?"6:58
Numbers, verbs, conversation. There's a bunch of everything in this lesson!
Questa è la lezione numero 5!6:33
What is "Questa"? Let's find out in this lesson.
Things start to get challenging with articles!7:11
They're challenging but not scary and what's more, the exceptions are limited and not very common.
Possessives6:39
Learn to talk about your belongings with possessive adjectives. Don't miss the fun fact at the end of the lesson!
You hungry? Let's go to a restaurant then!10:38
You're at the restaurant and you're about to order food. Here's how to do it. We'll have a bite of grammar as well with indefinite articles.
Formal and informal language in Italiano3:30
A: Are you talking about 'her'?
B: No, I'm just being formal!
Let's call a friend13:02
In this lesson we're going to learn a new verb tense! We will have a friendly conversation with lots of new way of sayings too.
Direct object pronouns9:14
one step closer to natives! Let's not repeat the words and use him, them, ...instead.
Indirect object pronouns10:35
this a real native shortcut! It might sound not easy to learn, but believe me, 'indirect objects' are a game changer when it comes to speaking with Italians.
Impersonal verbs6:34
what's the 'like' button in Italian? It's 'mi piace' which is one of the impersonal verbs. What do I mean by 'impersonal'? watch the lesson to learn this interesting category of verbs in Italian!
Passato prossimo11:47
let's talk about yesterday...or better yet let's talk about our vacations! here 'passato prossimo' comes in handy to talk about past actions.
Una visita a Venezia (first half)9:16
Consolidation time! ready for a story? In this lesson, we're going to dreamy Venice/ Venezia. (Part 1)
Una visita a Venezia (second half)10:14
Consolidation time! ready for a story? In this lesson, we're going to dreamy Venice/ Venezia. (Part 2)
Let's plan our weekend!11:28
planning comes with future verbs. Here we learn the equivalents of 'will' and 'be going to' equivalents in Italiano.
18 - What about feelings?10:09
Italiano without expressing feelings?! Of course not!
19 - About free time8:04
20 - About free time (part 2)8:42
Let's see if Ernesto and Marco come up with other free time activities , 'Beh, vediamo!'
21 - Booking a room in Italy8:05
pack up your luggage! We're bookin a room in a hotel in Italia!
22 - Parts of a house4:03
Casa dolce casa! Let's get to know parts of a house!
23 - Asking an address and a Grammatical Tip to Win Your Italian Crush's Heart!2:24
just in case you get lost! Here's a lesson how to ask and look for an address!
23 - Continue to charm your Italian partner or in-laws by CONGIUNTIVO!12:49
What's congiuntivo? Why should we learn it? Congugation and more
24 - Idioms with animals5:24
Add a Dash of Native-Fluent Expressions with animal idioms
25 - Bigger, Better, More Italian: Learn Comparatives with Ease!7:49
Step Up Your Italian Game: A Quick Dive into Comparatives
26 - Master the Imperfetto: Speak About the Past Like an Italian!6:16
From Small Talk to Stories: The Imperfetto Makes Italian Come Alive
27 - Delve deeper into the imperfetto tense!5:42
28 - No Cheese, No Meat, No Problem! Talking Dietary Restrictions in Italian6:10

Requirements

No background knowledge needed, we will cover topics together from a base level.

Description

No background knowledge is required for this course.

This is the complete course you need: starting from the alphabet, we learn how to read and write Italian - then we move to simple sentences up to more advance ones.

Each lesson has a different topic - come back whenever you need it!

From beginner to intermediate levels, all Italian learners can get this course.

I will take you through different conversations and vocabulary based on daily life needs like introducing yourself, formal vs. informal conversations, common daily life situations and cultural insights.

This is a new born course, advance lessons will be uploaded during the next months. Thanks to my experience in Italy, I'm aware of Italian learners' difficulties and needs. Therefore, my lessons are practical, immediate to understand! Even starting from a basic level, you will gain the ability to understand and communicate with native speakers.

For each lesson, there is a downloadable PDF file, in which you can find the gist of the lesson. Keep it handy to facilitate your learning!

This course is in a continuous update, so expect more content and material in the future!
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the course and Italian. I would be glad to answer you.
Enjoy learning Italian!

Who this course is for:

This course is for everyone willing to start to know a new language and get in contact with the Italian culture.