An app for effective Italian training
Italian course online — finally start speaking
Italian feels easy — until you have to conjugate a verb mid-conversation. This course drills whole Italian sentences into you until they come out on their own, hand gestures optional.
Try it freeItalian tempts you: melodic, half the words look familiar, everyone says it is the easy one. Then come congiuntivo and passato prossimo versus imperfetto — and a course full of conjugation tables kills the joy before you say your first full sentence.
Speech is not born from tables. It is born from hundreds of ready-made sentences you have on reflex — and the tenses start to feel natural from use, the way they do for Italians. That is the road this course takes.
How it works
Create with AI
Add words and sentences from YOUR life — the trip to Rome, your Italian in-laws, the opera. AI builds the Italian sentences, context and audio.
Spaced repetition
Reviews return right before you would forget — conjugations and tenses become reflex, not a table. Repetition is sparring; memory is a muscle.
Language Radio
Italian sentences play in the background — in the kitchen, in the car. You soak in the melody, which in Italian is half the language.
Who is it for
- You travel to Italy and want to genuinely talk to people — not just to the menu.
- You have Italian family, a partner or friends and want to stop being “the quiet one at the table”.
- You tried apps and Italian “never stuck” — because tapping is not speaking.
- You are starting from zero and want real sentences in week one.
Method & curriculum
The course is built on the Core collections — Taalhammer’s flagship series, designed the way you naturally acquire a language: understand first, speak sooner.
The basic rhythm is word → phrase → sentence: a new word returns in a phrase, then in full sentences — statements, questions, negations — until it sticks. Every lesson builds on the last, in a seamless spiral: tenses and moods arrive in small doses, in the context of what you already know.
The material carries you from A1 to C2 along one coherent path, and it is crafted for Italian — natural sentences from Italian life, not force-translated calques.
What users say
Over 24,000 people forge a language with Taalhammer.
As a polyglot I tested all the other tools like Anki, Quizlet, and Memrise. But Taalhammer is in a league of its own. — Martin
Frequently asked questions
Can I start from zero?
Yes. The path starts at A1 — you build your first sentences in week one, and difficulty grows in small steps all the way to C2.
What about congiuntivo and the past tenses?
You get them inside whole sentences, in small doses and at the right point of the path — you start to feel them from use, not from a table.
How much time do I need per day?
Ten to fifteen focused minutes a day with well-scheduled reviews beats an hour of passive classes once a week.
How is this different from Duolingo?
Duolingo entertains and keeps your streak; here you drill whole Italian sentences with reviews that lead to speaking — including your own material, which Duolingo does not have.
Is the course free?
You start free and test the method risk-free. Full access to all levels and collections is paid — see the pricing page.