Learn Italian with My Lingua Cards

Speak more naturally in Italian by building usable vocabulary and phrases – with audio, examples, and smart spaced repetition.

Start learning Italian today: create an account and begin with a free trial.

Build recall, not just recognition, so you can understand and produce Italian with confidence.

Everyday Italian you can use fast

greetings, cafés, shopping, travel, small talk polite requests and softening phrases noun + article, verb + preposition, common chunks
Why Italian feels easy… until it doesn’t

Italian pronunciation is friendly, but progress often stalls because of:

If you want to understand Italian and also produce it, you need recall practice – not just recognition.

Gender + articles (il/lo/la, un/uno/una) you can’t ignore

Prepositions that change with articles (nel, sul, dei…)

Verb patterns (and those “small” irregulars you meet every day)

Clitics (mi/ti/lo/glielo) that make sentences sound native

Double consonants & stress that change meaning and clarity

Recall training to move from “I get it” to “I can say it”

What you’ll practise (the stuff that actually shows up)

Everyday Italian you can use quickly

Prioritise the phrases and patterns you meet on trips, in cafés, and in conversations – then train both directions.

Everyday Italian you can use quickly

Greetings, cafés, shopping, travel, small talk, and polite requests that soften your tone (Mi può…? / Vorrei…)

Vocabulary that sticks

Learn words as mini-chunks, not isolated items: noun + article (la settimana, un problema), verb + preposition (pensare a, dipendere da), and common collocations (fare una foto, prendere un caffè).

Speaking recall (not just “I recognise it”)

You’ll practise both directions: Italian → your language for fast comprehension, and your language → Italian for real speaking recall.

How My Lingua Cards helps you learn Italian

Designed for active vocabulary

Audio, examples, and spaced repetition make Italian patterns stick – without you building a study plan by hand.

Audio-first flashcards with context

Each card can include pronunciation audio, short explanations, and example sentences – so you’re not memorising dead vocabulary.

Spaced repetition that schedules itself

You don’t build a revision plan. The system schedules reviews so words come back right before you forget them.

Built for active vocabulary

After you’ve seen a word enough times in the easy direction, you unlock reverse practice to push it into speaking.

Easy start, no overthinking

Register, choose Italian, pick your translation language, and start with ready-made sets. You can begin with a free period and a starter limit (up to around 200 cards).

A practical Italian plan

Four focused habits – articles, prepositions, core verbs, and clitics – keep you progressing even after the “easy start”.

A practical Italian plan (works for beginners and returners)

Follow these four steps

Train small, repeatable chunks so you sound natural and confident.

Learn nouns with the article (always)

Don’t learn casa. Learn la casa. This single habit fixes half your future grammar problems.

Treat prepositions as pairs

Learn andare a, pensare a, parlare di, dipendere da as locked pairs so you never hesitate.

Master the verbs you use constantly

Focus early on essere, avere, andare, fare, dire, potere, dovere, volere.

Add clitics in small steps

Start with mi, ti, lo, la, ci, ne – then build me lo, glielo, ce l’ho with short, frequent reps.

Quick Italian pronunciation wins

Train the sounds that change meaning

Italian is clear, but some sounds make or break understanding. These reminders keep you sharp.

ci/ce = “ch” sound (cena, cinema)

chi/che keeps a hard “k” (che, chiesa)

gli is not “g-lee” – train it as one sound (famiglia)

gn is like “ny” (lasagna)

Double consonants matter: pala vs palla, pena vs penna

Stress matters: learn the “feel” of the word with audio

Link audio with spelling so you hear patterns fast

Review tricky pairs with spaced repetition

Keep chunks together so rhythm feels natural

What you can do on day one

Start in minutes

Create your account, choose Italian, and start your first review queue.

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Choose Italian as your learning language

Pick your translation language and interface language

Start your first set and complete today’s review queue

FAQ

Common questions about learning Italian

Learn grammar as patterns, keep articles attached, and practise recall – these answers keep you moving.

No. Start with vocabulary and example sentences, and learn grammar as patterns you repeatedly meet. You’ll absorb structure faster when you already know the words.
Use the article as part of the word (il/la + noun), and review it in spaced repetition. Avoid learning bare nouns.
Most transitive verbs use avere; many movement or change-of-state verbs use essere. Learn verb entries with the auxiliary as a feature (e.g., andare (essere)).
Learn collocations and chunks: fare una domanda, avere bisogno di, dare un’occhiata – not single-word lists.
Not really – but it punishes lazy learning. If you practise recall, articles, and common verb patterns, it’s very learnable.

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