Kilo Lingo

Italian stories

Short stories written within a strict vocabulary tier so every word is one you have already met - or should meet soon. That is comprehensible input by construction. The stories from chapters 1 and 2 are free to read; the rest of the library comes with Kilo Lingo Plus.

Last year's party photo: Uncle Beppe in a paper crown blowing out two big number candles, a 6 and a 9, while relatives clap.
Top 100 wordsCore 1,0001 min

Settant'anni

Seventy

69 words

Sopra la porta
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Sopra la porta

Above the door

67 words

Un cappuccino e un cornetto
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Un cappuccino e un cornetto

A cappuccino and a cornetto

137 words

An open school diary on a desk, its lined pages filled in three handwritings, neat blue, grey pencil and thick black marker, with a red circled 4; a pencil and a black marker beside it.
Top 400 wordsCore 1,0002 minPlus feature Plus

Gentili genitori

Dear parents

168 words

Il cane del vicino
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Il cane del vicino

The neighbour's dog

171 words

An old colour photo with a white border, dated 15/5/83, tucked into a guidebook: on the Naples seafront, a young man holds an open map but is looking at the young woman beside him, who is pointing far off down the road.
Top 600 wordsCore 1,0002 minPlus feature Plus

La strada per il museo

The way to the museum

169 words

Dawn at a village crossroads by a small church: an old man with a cloth sack hands a banknote to a man beside a white car whose open boot is full of crates of mushrooms. A small boy peeps round the corner of the church.
Top 700 wordsCore 1,0003 minPlus feature Plus

Il posto segreto

The secret place

235 words

A listing photo of an old green armchair in the corner of a living room, a round coffee mark on its right arm and a deep dip in the seat, facing a television.
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C'è ancora?

Is it still there?

202 words

Late at night in a small kitchen, a father in a vest sits at the table writing a long list; beside him a bulging bag with a wedge of cheese, a loaf and a packet of coffee sticking out; by the front door behind him stand a big suitcase and a backpack; the wall clock says ten to twelve.
Top 900 wordsCore 1,0003 minPlus feature Plus

Partiremo alle cinque

We'll leave at five

310 words

An ink-and-colour sketch of a small kitchen window full of morning sun: a chair and a little table with a coffee cup in front of it, and on the sill outside a pot of tomato plants with small green tomatoes.
Top 1,000 wordsCore 1,0003 minPlus feature Plus

Benvenuta

Welcome

300 words

Non davanti ai clienti
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Non davanti ai clienti

Not in Front of the Customers

792 words

La tua camera
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La tua camera

Your room

161 words