ItalianPod101 Basic Bootcamp Curriculum

This 5-lesson series gives you a brief introduction to the Italian language. You’ll learn the very basics of grammar and vocabulary all in 5 compact lessons.

	Title	Topic	Function	Grammar Point	Dialogue/Target Phrases	Vocabulary List	Cultural Insight
#1	Self Introductions and Basic Greetings in Formal Italian	Self-introduction	Learning how to introduce yourself	The Preterit Perfect	Portiere: Buon giorno , signora. Mi chiamo Giovanni. Signora Lenti: Piacere, signore. Mi chiamo Lenti Barbara. Portiere: Piacere, signora.	buon giorno \| good morning, good day, good afternoon signora \| madam, lady, misses Mi chiamo… \| My name is… (Literally, I call myself) Piacere \| Nice to meet you.	Italian Given First Names
#2	Basic Italian Simple Phrases with the Verb Essere ("to be")	Nationality	Learning how to say where you are from	Talking about Your Ethnicity	Carla: Ciao, sono Carla. Sono francese. Paul: Ciao, sono Paul. Sono americano.	io \| I sono \| I am, conjugated form of essere francese \| French americano \| American
#3	Useful Phrases for Learning Italian	Useful phrases	Learning how to function in Italian in a classroom	How to replace indirect objects with indirect object pronouns	Studente: Professoressa, come si dice 'a fork' in italiano Professoressa: Una forchetta. Studente: Può ripetere? Lentamente, per favore? Professoressa: “U-na for-chet-ta." Studente: Può scriverlo per favore?	come \| how forchetta \| fork per favore \| please può \| formal, you can, conjugated form of potere scrivere \| to write lo \| it, him	How to Address Your Italian Teacher
#4	Counting from One to Twenty	Counting	Counting from 1-100 in Italian	How to replace direct objects with direct object pronouns	Laura: Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci. Laura: Undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove e venti!	zero \| zero, nought, nil nove \| nine otto \| eight sette \| seven sei \| six cinque \| five quattro \| four tre \| three due \| two uno \| one dieci \| ten
#5	Counting from Twenty to One Million in Italian	Counting	Counting from 100-10,000 in Italian	Two sets of prepositions when expressing distance or time from one place or moment to another: "de and a", and "desde and hasta"	Laura: Venti, trenta, quaranta, cinquanta, sessanta, settanta, ottanta, novanta, cento!	venti \| twenty trenta \| thirty quaranta \| forty cinquanta \| fifty sessanta \| sixty settanta \| seventy ottanta \| eighty novanta \| ninety cento \| a hundred	The Italian Lotto and the Neapolitan Smorfia