Foreign Language
Italianissimo - Beginning Italian
By BBCi
Mar 22, 2006, 15:36 PST

Basic Italian

If you work through these great interactive lessons you’ll be on your way to speaking basic Italian. Be sure to take the tests over until you get a good score. Practice makes perfect.

Lesson 1: Ciao!
In this lesson you will study:
- saying hello and goodbye
- asking someone's name
- introducing yourself
- introducing someone else

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Study Guide - Key language
Transcript
Practice One - Formal and informal introductions
Practice Two - Introductions in conversation
Check your Italian

Lesson 2: Di dove dei?
In this lesson you will study:
- talking about where people come from
- describing a place
- giving your opinion
- asking and saying why

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Study Guide - Key language
Transcript
Practice One - What do they say?
Practice Two - Which sentence describes the picture?
Check your Italian

Lesson 3: Cosa mangia?
In this lesson you will study:
- talking about what people are doing
- food and drink
- ordering and offering a drink
- saying "Cheers!"

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Study Guide - Key language
Transcript
Practice One - Identify the words that you hear
Practice Two - Which sentence describes the picture?
Check your Italian - Ordering and identifying words

Lesson 4: In vacanza
In this lesson you will study:
- asking and saying why
- saying what you do
- asking and saying what you prefer doing

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Study Guide - Key language
Transcript
Practice One - Is the statement about the dialog true or false?
Practice Two - How do you handle an interview?
Check your Italian - Check your polite conversation

Lesson 5: Incontri
In this lesson you will study:
- asking at what time
- saying at what time
- on the telephone
- saying you agree

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Study Guide - Key language
Transcript
Practice One - Work on how to handle time.
Practice Two - What was said in the video
Check your Italian - Check your office language

Source: BBCi