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Original news, satire, travel and fiction in Italian, written at A1 and B1 and read side by side with English — with audio for every sentence.

Il vincitore della maratona si è fermato due volte per un espresso.
The marathon winner stopped twice for an espresso.
vincitore · winner · noun · singular · masculine
Today in Italian, at A1.
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In diretta: il parlamento tedesco discute quanto discutere, terzo giorno
Live: German parliament debates how long to debate, day three
Satire
Satire in Italian, at A1.
News
News in Italian, at A1.
Travel
Travel in Italian, at A1.
Education
Education in Italian, at A1.
A1 or B1?
The same story, at your level.
Il vincitore della maratona si è fermato due volte per un espresso.
The marathon winner stopped twice for an espresso.
A1
Just starting outA1 stories are told in the present and the passato prossimo (ho visto, è arrivata), in short sentences, most of them a dozen words or fewer. No subjunctive, and never the passato remoto.
Il vincitore della maratona di Firenze di domenica si è fermato in due bar lungo il percorso, ha ordinato un espresso in ciascuno e ha comunque tagliato il traguardo per primo.
B1
Comfortable with everyday topicsB1 adds the imperfetto for background and habit, the future and the conditional, simple passives, and the congiuntivo presente after everyday triggers like penso che. The passato remoto still stays out.
Reading Italian.
Italian rewards reading early: it is spelled the way it sounds, so a word you meet on the page is a word you can say. What slows beginners down is the endings — every noun has a gender, and the adjectives and past participles around it agree.
A tip: Watch the endings. When a sentence surprises you, check which noun the adjective agrees with — the word breakdown shows gender and number for every word.
Grammar on tap.
PROAsk about any sentence and get a short, plain answer about the grammar in it.
Why trovata, not trovato?
It agrees with volpe, which is feminine.
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