The 1000 Most Frequently Used Italian Words
Master the words Italians use in their everyday speech.
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funzione
function
The function of this switch, the function of my office.
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1000 Words List
A list of the 1000 most frequently used words in Italian, with gender, part of speech, and notes.
60+ Study Decks
Words are organized into 60+ decks of flash cards, organized by parts of speech and/or categories. Prompted in Italian, answer in English.
Four Verb Tenses
Study the four most common verb tenses using conjugation tables.
Learning Guides
A set of Italian language guides for the alphabet, letter sounds, and basic grammar guides.
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Nouns
- Plural - Study the words in plural form
- Articles - Append words with articles "the", "a", "an"
- Possessive Adjectives - Pair words up with possessive adjectives, i.e. "his desk", "her book" etc.
- This, That, These, Those - Append words with "this/that", "these/those".
- Prepositions - Words are appended with a preposition, "in the book", "for the girl", "on the table"
Verbs
- Choose one or More Tenses - Study one or more of the present, future, imperfect, or present perfect (passato prossimo), tense.
- Hide Pronouns - Increase the difficulty by hiding the pronouns in front of the Italian verbs.
- Shuffle Order - Increase the difficulty by shuffling the order of conjugations in conjugation tables.
Adjectives
- Plurals - Study the words in plural form.
- Adverbs - Converts words into adverb form, i.e. "quick" becomes "quickly", "loud" to "loudly" etc.
- Absolute Superlatives - Convert the words into their absolute superlative forms, i.e. how to say something is "very _____" or "the most _____".
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