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Introductory Italian
Here at Memrise, we are yet to find a magic wand that will help you transition gracefully into Italy and Italian. However, we have put together a field guide to ease you ...
Started by aurora, Nov. 15, 2011
The Restaurant
Eating out is a pleasure most Italians pursue on a regular basis. Sitting down at a restaurant table in Italy is an experience and we recommend you fully surrender to it. Self-indulgence, ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 6, 2011
In Tuscany
Tuscany and Toscana are not the same thing. Tuscany is the land of the picturesque captured in watercolour (rolling hills, olive oil, wonderful wines and cypress lined roads included). Toscana is beautiful, ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 6, 2011
Italian Charm
Italian charm exists and it can strike when you least expect it. It is all the more dangerous because it isn’t necessarily sexual. In the hands of a skilled subject, it can ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 6, 2011
On the Train
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that in Italy everyone speaks to everyone else. It doesn’t take long before two people feel comfortable enough with each other to speak about personal ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 6, 2011
The Aesthetic Way of Life
According to Kierkegaard, the Aesthetic way of life is an attempt to lose the self in the immediacy of present experience. By that definition, Italians are all aesthetes who seek beauty among ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 27, 2011
The Office
An office in Italy is a place of many contradictions, perhaps best described as organized anarchy. We like the order and rituals of the office, but have a fundamental distrust of authority. ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 6, 2011
Lack of Patriotism
Many have argued that Italians discover themselves patriotic once every four years when the FIFA World Cup is at stake. Indeed, this is one of the few occasions when you’ll see Italian ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 27, 2011
In the Car
It is often said that in Italy rules are not obeyed as they are elsewhere. To comply with a regulation is largely perceived as lacking in individual judgement. A red light in ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 6, 2011
A night out in Milan
Milan is Italy’s business capital and home to its fashion and design industries. It is also a city of understatement, where beautiful gardens are hidden behind the closed doors of 18th century ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 6, 2011
Fickleness
Italians have commitment issues. We’re not talking about marital infidelity which is no more frequent in Italy than anywhere else in Europe. The fact is that we are not very disciplined and ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 27, 2011
The Service Station
Italian service stations provide a joyous break from the monotony of the highway. Drivers on their way in should rest assured that their senses will be tantalized by a variety of largely ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 27, 2011
Italian Women
Italian women are the subject of many attentions and, indeed, many conversations among Italian men. They are fierce and complicated. As mothers and lovers they can be generous to a fault, but ...
Started by aurora, Oct. 6, 2011
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Italian Beginner to Intermediate Vocabulary
e.g. dà, in anticipo, cassetta (also, casetta), abbigliamento, volere, stendere, stringere, tenere, togliere, scendere ...
Started by Newdles, July 2, 2011
Basic Italian
e.g. biscotto (m), modo (m), cronaca (f), omelette (f), caro/a, vistare, crudo/a, subito/a, pancia (f), padella (f) ...
Started by NRcG, June 15, 2011
1000 Words Foundation Vocabulary
Vocabulary from the book "First Thousand Words in Italian", written by Heather Amery, illustrated by Steven Cartwright and published by Usborne.
Started by rohan.shekhar, July 25, 2011
Italian Conjugations
Verbs + conjugations; imp. = imperfect, subj. = subjunctive, 'a long time ago' = past historic (passato remoto), ! = imperative, form = formal. In compound tenses only 1st pers. sing. is ...
Started by franling, March 23, 2012
Italian Vocabulary
e.g. preferito, tornare, telefonare, ricordare, parlare, frequentare, l'esame, i parenti, la nipote, il nipote ...
Started by KristineK, Oct. 26, 2011
Common Italian Words
e.g. Interuttore (m), compressa, Il televisore, la televisione, Racchetta da tennis, ringraziare, Sgelare, dopodomani, Spesso, ladro, Coscia ...
Started by JMapes, Feb. 14, 2012
Beginner Italian (OLD)
e.g. scorso, il tè caldo, i salatini, una pasta, le mance, la mancia, la fetta, la brioche, sapere di, rimanere ...
Started by elcharis, Oct. 4, 2011
Beginner Italian
List of 500 or so beginner Italian words.
Started by elcharis, Oct. 12, 2011
501 Italian verbs
e.g. votare, zoppicare, volgere, visitare, vestirsi, vietare, vincere, uscire, valere, vantarsi ...
Started by Newdles, July 18, 2011
500 Common Verbs
500 of some of the most common verbs in Italian (with 15 weird ones chucked in for good measure).
Started by quisquilian, Jan. 26, 2012
Revision Vocab
Personal revision guide for exams. Topics will include education, holidays, bureaucratic language, the mafia, immigration...
Started by franling, April 18, 2012
A2 Useful Italian Vocabulary
A set of useful words for Italian A2.
Started by Tiula, April 4, 2012
AS level topic specific vocab
e.g. l'istruzione, l'insegnamento, l'apprendimento, laurearsi, partorire, un titolo, pertinente, l'esame di ammissione, assumere, la lamentela ...
Started by MichaliD, April 4, 2012
Useful Words & Phrases
Good to know if traveling in Italy
Started by Mary, Aug. 21, 2011
Progetto Italiano A1-A2
The new words we are learning at a beginners course
Started by aludra, March 6, 2012
Teach yourself Italian
The vocabulary list from Kathleen Speight's book. The stress/accent of each word is on the 2nd last syllable unless otherwise shown by a capital letter. The first person of a verb is ...
Started by nebulicious, May 19, 2012
Italian vocab term 2 christmas revision
e.g. stupenda, musicali, vicini, fantastica, legata, angolol, all'angolo, quello li, conferenze, enorme ...
Started by LottieBeans91, Dec. 18, 2011
Durham Italian Vocab
e.g. coetaneo, impegnativo, un docente, un dipartimento, un edificio, la laurea, una matricola, la pagella, il sistema, le strutture ...
Started by yamreid, March 19, 2012
Italian Verbs - 150 with Present Tense Conjugations
This set is designed to give the Italian self-study a powerful base vocabulary. I've selected 150 of the most useful and frequently used verbs in languages of the world and presented a ...
Started by Llavez, Feb. 2, 2012
Vocab da "Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore"
Le parole nuove al mio vocabolario dal romanzo di Calvino: Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore"
Started by bookwolf, Oct. 9, 2011
Italian Elements I (College Course)
A list of vocabulary I encountered during my first semester of Italian at college.
Started by wordworld, Feb. 1, 2012
Italian Made Simple Chapter 1
To help myself and any others who may be studying from this book to memorize the vocab.
Started by rockettojendell, March 14, 2012
An Amazing Assortment of Adjectives
Lots and lots of adjectives; I'll be adding to this as I learn Italian. NB: The adjectives in this list will be in the masculine form when possible.
Started by wolfz0r, Jan. 1, 2012
Coniugazione Tempo Presente
Conjugation of tempo resente of almost all verbs with irregular form of this tense. List taken from http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbi_irregolari_italiani
Started by maszkont, March 15, 2012
Italian Verbs
Mostly verbs used in journalistic articles etc., not everyday type verbs.
Started by franling, March 19, 2012
Italian course vocabulary
Italian course vocabulary
Started by nebulicious, May 8, 2012
Philosophy and Politics
A selection of terms from philosophy and political science.
Started by eliotyork, Dec. 18, 2011
Health, Drugs and Diet
Some useful vocabulary from the edexcel GCSE vocabulary book, with some additions.
Started by therobslob, Feb. 18, 2012
Italian Tense Endings
Find it hard learning all of those pesky verb endings? Here, I'll use regular verbs from each verb ending category (-are,-ere,-ire) to help you memrise!
Started by roseyposey89, Jan. 15, 2012
I Segreti di Roma
Advanced users. Vocabulary taken from Corrado Augias' book "I Segreti di Roma" (Mondadori, 2005)
Started by AugustGrivas, Jan. 4, 2012
Le 1000 parole più usate in italiano
These are the 1000 most frequently used words in the Italian language.
Started by No46, Nov. 1, 2011
Misc Italian Words
Words people have said to me
Started by Jackbcastle, Feb. 13, 2012
Vocabolario Italiano : Maus
Vocabolario Italiano - Spagnolo : Ecco qui il vocabulario che ho imparato mentre leggevo "Maus", un romanzo grafico di Art Spiegelman, disegnatore che racconta la storia del suo padre ebreo durante la ...
Started by Daga007, May 15, 2012
100 core words
100 of the most important Italian words.
Started by Newdles, July 18, 2011
Pinocchio
Want to read Le Avventure di Pinocchio in the original? This course includes words and phrases that I encounter as I read the book. All verbs are in the infinitive. I will ...
Started by quisquilian, Feb. 13, 2012
General topical Italian vocabulary
For degree level Italian
Started by kirstybur, April 26, 2012
Italian Music Theory Vocab
Vocab needed for ABRSM Grade 5 music theory exam.
Started by Herstory, Dec. 23, 2011
Esplora Anno 8 revisione Capitoli 1-10
Mixed glossary for revision
Started by AnnaritaB, May 18, 2012
Kynik's random wordlist
Words I stumble upon while reading La Repubblica
Started by Kynik, Dec. 5, 2011
Useful Italian verbs
A collection of Italian verbs I've frequently found myself searching online for.
Started by Rhys-J, March 11, 2012
Italy Week 2
e.g. perorare la causa, dichiararsi innocente/colpevole, accusare, perseguire, il contrabbandiere, il taccheggio, il procedimento giudiziario, la pubblica accusa, un testimone, il verfetto ...
Started by HannahScarlett, March 22, 2011
Basics From Italian For Stranieri
What I have been learning on my Italian course in Pescia Tuscany Italy
Started by darrenhackett, Jan. 31, 2012
Essential Italian Vocabulary 1-2
Personal Matters & Family
Started by monkey79, Feb. 4, 2012
Essential Italian Vocabulary 6 & 9
Food & Drink and Hobbies & Sports
Started by monkey79, Feb. 4, 2012
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