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Getting started with Italian 1
Getting started with Italian 1

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Week 1: Drinks and snacks at an Italian bar

Introduction

In this first week, you’ll be learning the names of some drinks and snacks commonly sold in Italian bars. You’ll hear how to pronounce them correctly, and learn some useful phrases for ordering. Finally, we’ll cover the basic principles of masculine and feminine nouns, and using indefinite articles. At the end, you can test your learning with a quick quiz.

This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course LGXI001 Beginners Italian 1: primi passi [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .