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Italian grammar

Every Italian grammar topic, in one place

Filter by CEFR level, search by topic, and pick the piece that fits what you are stuck on. The catalogue covers the full set of Italian grammar rules from the SVO baseline at A1 to the register-shifting moves at C1.

Studying for Pearson Edexcel GCSE Italian? See every grammar structure the specification prescribes, and where each one is taught. Start with the Italian alphabet. Every letter, its sound and how to type it, before the grammar.

  1. Beginner (A1-A2)

    Adjectives and Adverbs

    Italian adjectives agree with the noun and usually follow it, and one suffix turns them into adverbs. The rules, the exceptions and the traps.

  2. Beginner (A1-A2)

    Articles

    Italian articles in one chart: il, lo, la, l', i, gli and le, the indefinites un, uno and una, and why lo zio is easier to say than il zio.

  3. Beginner (A1-A2)

    Articulated Prepositions

    Del is not a new word. It is di plus il, fused every time, and five prepositions do it. The full preposizioni articolate chart and the rule behind it.

  4. Beginner (A1-A2)

    Big Numbers

    Italian numbers past a hundred: cento never changes, mille turns into mila, milione takes di, and 2,50 € is two euros fifty. Prices and years included.

  5. Beginner (A1-A2)

    C'è and Ci Sono

    C'è means there is, ci sono means there are. Here is how to choose, ask, negate, and tell them apart from è and ecco, with the phrases you will hear daily.

  6. Beginner (A1-A2)

    Ci and Ne

    Ci stands in for a place or an idea after a, ne for a quantity or anything after di. Two tiny words, and Italian sounds wrong without them.

All Italian grammar topics, A-Z

Beginner (A1-A2)

Intermediate (B1-B2)