Come learn Italian at CDF

Welcome to CDF Italian lessons.

The lessons are open to anyone who is interested. You don't have to be a member of CDF to join.
We meet at 12pm once or twice a week in various locations.
Please send e-mail to Gianluca Gérard if you are interested in joining in.

Let's try some classic: Decamerone. There is an english translation too.

Italian texts, dialogs and verbs.

• Read this short story about Christmas by Enrico Maria Ferrari.
• A trip to Pavia. Arriving at the Malpensa airport, taking the bus to Milano and finally the train at the railway station.

  Answer a questionnaire on Pavia.

• Look at the Cover story of this cool site La scienza in Poltrona.

  There is a local mirror too: La scienza in Poltrona (mirror). Presently it works only for CDF people, because I'm waiting for approval from our system managers.

• A fable rewritten by Italo Calvino

  La scienza della fiacca

  The laziness science

  Questionnaire

  Answer to this on the text.

• Another italian popular anecdote rewritten by Italo Calvino

  Versione italiana

  English version

• Take a look at this italian dialog: Un incontro

• Verbi italiani (italian verbs)
  The usage of 'che' and 'questo/quello'.
  Italian pronouns and reflexive verbs.
  The complete reference (1) for essere and avere (ps).
  Some regular verb (2) ( ps).
  Paradigms of italian verbs (3) (ps).
  Imperfetto
  Futuro
  Passato remoto 1
  Passato remoto 2
  Condizionale
  Congiuntivo imperfetto

• Translate these short english sentences.

Other useful resources

• Dizionario Italiano Inglese

• English to Italian Dictionary

• Windows on Italy

• Italian Literature on line with poetry, classical and contemporary authors

The first six lessons.

Taught by Michele Gallinaro.

• Lezione Uno (ps)
• Lezione Due (ps)
• Lezione Tre (ps)
• Lezione Quattro (ps)
• Lezione Cinque (ps)
• Lezione Sei(ps) - In this lesson Anne Heavey taught us how to make risotto

Last updated: May 15, 1996