Italian Lessons

• 1,661lessons
• 150units
• 6levels
• 490hours of study

Levels

1. Level 1 · CILS A1

   Beginner

   Greetings and tu or Lei, the sounds of Italian, people and things, articles, numbers, prices and time, the present tense, the bar and the restaurant, where things are, the everyday irregular verbs, likes and dislikes, your daily routine and possessives.

   141 lessons · 35 hStart →

2. Level 2 · CILS A2

   Elementary

   The passato prossimo with avere and essere, the imperfetto, object pronouns, ci and ne, the future and the conditional, comparisons, commands, articulated prepositions, relative pronouns, health, shopping, travel and everyday life in Italy.

   257 lessons · 69 hStart →

3. Level 3 · CILS UNO

   Intermediate

   Combined pronouns, the trapassato, the subjunctive in all its main uses, the past conditional, real if-sentences, reading the passato remoto, the gerund, the passive and impersonal si, reported speech, connectors, work, housing, health, the news and opinions.

   378 lessons · 112 hStart →

4. Level 4 · CILS DUE

   Upper-intermediate

   The imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive, the sequence of tenses, hypothetical if-sentences, implicit clauses, concession and cause, the hard prepositions, idioms, spoken and regional Italian, formal and argumentative writing, the economy, politics, science, law and the arts.

   332 lessons · 102 hStart →

5. Level 5 · CILS TRE

   Advanced

   Writing with the passato remoto, literary syntax, bureaucratic, academic and business Italian, journalism, nuance with mood and modals, proverbs, shifting register, regional Italian, literature, history through texts, film and theatre, rhetoric and translation.

   221 lessons · 72 hStart →

6. Level 6 · CILS QUATTRO

   Mastery

   Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio and Leopardi, the questione della lingua, dialects and regional languages, fine shades of meaning, irony and humour, slang, legal, medical and financial Italian, philosophy, style and editing, translation, and near-native listening, speaking and writing.

   242 lessons · 77 hStart →

7. Bonus module

   Italian Culture & Everyday Life

   The regions and their rivalries, the rhythm of the Italian day, food by region, festivals and saints' days, gestures, art, music, cinema, calcio and the practical side of living in Italy. Opens from Intermediate.

   90 lessons · 23 hStart →

More practice

• Short storiesGraded stories for every level, with audio and word meanings on tap.
• Today’s reviewThe questions you missed come back on schedule, then your flashcards.
• FlashcardsStar a word or sentence in any lesson to add it to your Italian flashcards.
• My HighlightsEverything you’ve highlighted in lessons and stories, in one place.
• Study toolsGrammar guides, verb conjugation, CILS practice, vocabulary, a glossary and writing practice.