The most important thing is VOCABULARY. Even with perfect grammar but without vocabulary you will be very limited.
Just a few tips:
- check for updates in our BLOG
- try our app: Learn Italiano – Study Italian a little every day
- try to make connection between the Italian and English word (see our list of Similarities)
- search for the origin of the words and use “mnemotechnics” as for the word “percent” in Lesson 10.
- choose a few words in Italian from our alphabetical list, write them down on a piece of paper and the translation on the other side of the paper and look at it during the day*
- use the new words immediately
- look around and remember the names of the objects around you in Italian…
You could find useful for your study this website:
Dictionary – http://www.wordreference.com/it/
Verb conjugator – http://www.wordreference.com/conj/ItVerbs.aspx
Of course the GRAMMAR is important too, don’t learn only the rules but try to apply them immediately in a sentece. We are preparing more material for practicing, for now see an example of the first page of excersises:
LESSON #1-4 – [EXERCISES] ADJECTIVES, GENDERS and NEGATIVE