📐 Grammar corner

Italian grammar, made simple

20 topics from beginner to advanced: short explanations in English, clear tables, examples you can listen to and 180 exercises — choose the right answer or type the missing word.

🌱 Level 1 · Beginner 8 topics

BeginnerGender and articles: il, lo, la, l'Every Italian noun is masculine or feminine, and the article changes with the first letter of the word. BeginnerPluralsMost Italian nouns change their last vowel in the plural — and the article changes too. BeginnerPresent tense: -are, -ere, -ire verbsThree groups of regular verbs, and the ending tells you who is doing the action. Beginneressere and avereTo be and to have: the two most important verbs, both irregular. Beginnerc'è and ci sono (there is / there are)c'è + one thing, ci sono + several things. BeginnerNegation and questionsnon before the verb, double negatives, and the question words. BeginnerPossessives: il mio, la tua…My, your, his… In Italian they usually come with the article. Beginnerpiacere (to like)Mi piace, mi piacciono: in Italian, the thing you like is the subject.

🚀 Level 2 · Intermediate 8 topics

IntermediatePrepositions + article: del, nel, sul…a, di, da, in, su join with the article to make one word. IntermediatePassato prossimo: ho mangiato, sono andatoThe everyday past tense: avere or essere + past participle. IntermediateReflexive verbs: mi alzoVerbs ending in -si use the pronouns mi, ti, si, ci, vi, si. IntermediateThe imperfetto: what used to happenThe past as a background: habits, descriptions, actions in progress. IntermediatePassato prossimo or imperfetto?Two past tenses that tell different parts of a story. IntermediateObject pronouns: lo, la, gli, le…Him, her, it, to him, to her: short words that go before the verb. IntermediateComparisons: più, meno, -issimoBigger than, as big as, the biggest, very big. IntermediateFuturo sempliceI will…: one set of endings, a few irregular stems.

🎓 Level 3 · Advanced 4 topics

AdvancedCongiuntivo presente: penso che siaThe subjunctive after opinions, wishes, doubts and feelings. AdvancedCondizionale and 'if' sentencesWould, could, should — and how to say 'If I had…, I would…'. AdvancedThe imperative: giving instructionsOrders, advice, directions and recipes — for tu, Lei and voi. AdvancedThe little words ci and neci = there / about it, ne = some / of it: two tiny words Italians use all the time.