Italian Phrases

Quickly learn essential Italian phrases for travelling, in easy single-serving doses! Great for beginners!

Each "serving" is composed of:

Free Printable Booklets

[ Learn More ] (not yet ready)

4 sections in one printable booklet, with over 100 words and phrases total.

---

Web Pages w/clickable Audio

[ Learn More ] (not yet ready)

View each page on your computer. Click each word or phrase to hear it!
All audio is from native speakers.

---

Audio Files for your mp3 Player

[ Learn More ] (not yet ready)

2-3 minute long Mp3 audio file of each section that you can listen to anywhere.
About 30 phrases per section, includes the English.

---

Italian is spoken throughout Italy and a large portion of Switzerland. It is a common second language in Albania. You'll understand many words quickly, because its roots are common to English.

My goal is for single-serving to be a one-stop shop for Italian foreign language needs for tourists, travellers, business, self-learners, or anyone with an interest in languages. When you are done looking at the site, download the MP3 Audio file and print the Acrobat Booklet. You can use them together anywhere: at work or home on your computer or on the road with a portable mp3 player. You can even copy the audio to CD or tape and take it with you on your travels. Practice the pronunciation before you travel and then just carry the booklet with you. Look at what's here and use it for travel or learning. If you have any problems or suggestions, please e-mail me.

One of the reasons that I began doing this site, was the difficulty I had using the phoenetic pronunciations given in most phrase guides. The problem is that either one has to learn the international phoenetic alphabet, or guess how the author thinks that someone would pronounce certain letter combinations. I avoid phoenetics and use audio from real native speakers. There is no mistaking how a word should be pronounced. Only knowing a word or phrase is half the battle; you must be able to be understood. Hearing a native pronounce the words is the greatest aid to pronunciation. Practice is the key to learning (as if your parents haven't been telling you that all along). Go to Italy or Switzerland, and speak! Don't let them speak English with you!

---

Italian Language Links

University of Oregon has a very complete list of Italian links at their Yamada language center

Italian Verb Conjugator

Italian in Thirty Short Lessons

Italian language course for the internet

Free Italian course for beginners

Web Italian Lessons, by Lucio Chiappetti

Italian workbook excersizes, study guides, and language lessons from about.com

Check out the BBC's Italian language page

Italian Language Course for the Internet

Free Italian Course for Beginners

The Italian Electronic Classroom

Jancada has a good foreign language page for Italian phrases

Parlo.com has online Italian courses that, although not free, seem reasonably priced.

CyberItalian isn't free, and has cheesy cyber instructors, but does have a free trial to check out.

Online dictionaries:
Online Italian and English Bilingual dictionary.

If you can't cuss and swear in Italian, you ain't merda! (The Alternative Dictionaries project) You can also buy the book Merda! from Amazon, for more colorful language.

Italy Travel Links:

Italian Travel Links:

Words you'll need to take trains in Germany and the rest of Europe. (available as .pdf only)

Check out Time Out's guides to Florence, Milan, Naples, Rome, and Venice

Look into the weak beginnings of my own guide to my own Italy.