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The Italian Electronic Classroom! TM is a project of Centro Studi ItalianiTM, aimed at providing free on-line, useful information on difficult aspects of the Italian language to students, teachers, translators, writers. This is a work in progress. Periodically we will add new pages on topics covering grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and so on. Visit our site again and send us your suggestions!



Idiomatic expressions 
Courtesy forms 
Expressions of comfort
Expressions used when answering the phone  
Expressions of encouragement and congratulations 
Farewell expressions  
Greeting forms
Idioms
Terms of endearment
Warning, admonition and calling forms
Wishes

Grammar

Pronunciation

The alphabet 
The Accent
Accented monosyllables
SYNTACTIC DOUBLING
The "gl" sound
Homographs with the accent on different syllables 
Homographs with closed and open vowel
Article
The Article 
Use of the article
Specifying elements

Adjectives changing meaning with position 
Colors
 
Numerals
Possessives
Superlative 
Prepositions
Prepositions plus definite article 
Pronouns

Che  
Reflexive pronouns
Subject and object pronouns 
Nouns

Masculine Nouns Ending in -A
Masculine and feminine nouns with different roots
Nouns with two plural forms
Invariable nouns  
Feminine nouns in -A used also for men 
Nouns masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural
Names of states and regions
Names of regions of the world
Italian names of world capitals
World languages
World currencies  
Italian movies with English titles 
Animal metaphores

TITLES

Military titles (army) 
Catholic titles 
Titles of nobility
Italian artists nicknames or aliases  
Italian writers nicknames or aliases 
Italian actors and directors names

Verbs
Animal Sounds
Third conjugation verbs that require the insertion of -isc- before the ending
Third conjugation verbs without the insertion of-isc-
Third conjugation verbs with and without the insertion of -isc-
Verbs conjugated with two pronominal particles
Verbs conjugated with two past participles
Clauses with the preposition A and the infinitive
MODALS
Verbs requiring the preposition "DI"
Verbs conjugated mostly in a reflexive form  
Accent repositioning 
Change of the thematic vowel from closed to open
Accented verbs in "iare"  
GLOSSARIES

Musical terms 
Verdi opera roles  
Air travel  
At the restaurant L'alloggio turistico
Wine and wine making glossary



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