The full 30-day course.

21 native letters, the five clean vowels, tricky consonant combinations (gli, gn, sc, ch, gh), and numbers 0 to 100.

• Alphabet
• Vowels
• Consonants
• Numbers 0–100

Common greetings, polite words, introducing yourself in Italian, and the formal/informal distinction (tu vs Lei).

• Greetings
• Polite words
• Self-intro
• Tu vs Lei

Ask for directions on the street, buy train and bus tickets, shop in Italian, and ask for help when you're stuck.

• Directions
• Transport
• Buying things
• Asking for help

Sort out the student office, your accommodation and landlord, a pharmacy visit, and getting an Italian SIM in your first week.

• Segreteria
• Housing
• Pharmacy
• SIM & phone

Order coffee at the bar, read a five-course Italian menu, ask for the bill and split it, and state vegetarian or allergy needs safely.

• Coffee
• Menu
• Paying & coperto
• Vegetarian

Clothes, sizes (taglia vs numero), Italian colours with gender agreement, EU 14-day return rules, and the open-air mercato, the friendliest place to practise.

• Clothes & sizes
• Colours
• Returns
• Mercato

Tell time in 12 and 24-hour formats, name the 7 days and 12 months, read DD/MM/YYYY dates, and book the doctor or segreteria politely.

• Time
• Days
• Dates
• Booking

Family vocabulary with the article-drop rule, studies and jobs ('sono ingegnere' without 'un'), hobbies (mi piace vs mi piacciono), and small-talk lubricants.

• Family
• Studies
• Hobbies
• Small talk

Conjugate essere (to be), avere (used for age and hunger like Hindi), and any -are verb. Drop the subject pronoun naturally. Build full SVO sentences.

• Essere
• Avere
• -are pattern
• SVO sentences

Complete the verb foundation: -ere verbs, -ire verbs (with -isc- twist), the 6 must-know irregulars (vado, vengo, faccio, do, dico, sto), and a daily-routine paragraph.

• -ere verbs
• -ire & -isc-
• 6 irregulars
• Daily routine

Pronto on the phone, opening a student bank account at Intesa or UniCredit, sending parcels at Poste Italiane, paying paper bills at the tabaccheria: the four admin tasks that consume an Indian student's first month.

• Phone
• Bank
• Post office
• Bills

The bureaucratic core. Codice fiscale (Italy's PAN card, free same-day), permesso di soggiorno via Poste's kit giallo, the questura fingerprint interview, and Indian Embassy / Consulate phrases.

• Codice fiscale
• Permesso
• Questura
• Embassy

The urgent Italian you hope you never need. Calling 112 (Italy's single emergency number), describing pain at the pronto soccorso, filing a denuncia at the carabinieri, asking strangers for help on the street.

• 112
• Pronto soccorso
• Denuncia
• Street help

Italian's most-used past tense. Avere + past participle, essere + agreed past participle, the 10 must-know irregular participles (fatto, detto, visto, letto, scritto, …), and a 5-sentence weekend recap.

• With avere
• With essere
• 10 irregulars
• Weekend recap

The capstone day. Future tense (futuro semplice), making plans with 'andiamo a …?' / 'fra' vs 'fa', expressing opinions with 'secondo me' (no subjunctive needed), and a 12-line role-play that ties Days 1-15 together.

• Future tense
• Making plans
• Opinions
• Final role-play

Italian's other past tense. The imperfetto for habits, descriptions and 'I used to…', when to reach for it instead of passato prossimo, and telling a story about your life back in India.

• Imperfetto
• Imperfetto vs passato
• When I was young
• Telling a story

Reflexive verbs (mi sveglio, mi vesto) for your daily routine, the full reflexive pronoun set, reciprocal 'ci' (ci vediamo domani), and a typical day described from morning to night.

• Reflexive verbs
• My daily routine
• Ci & each other
• A typical day

Adjectives that agree in gender and number, describing personality and appearance, painting a picture of your city or flat, and comparatives (più … di, meno … di).

• Personality
• Appearance
• Describing places
• Comparatives

Routine health, not emergencies: registering with the SSN for your tessera sanitaria, booking and describing symptoms to a GP, and getting advice at the farmacia.

• Tessera sanitaria
• Booking a doctor
• Symptoms
• At the pharmacy

Direct object pronouns that replace 'it' and 'them', using them naturally in shops and cafés (lo prendo), and 'ne' for quantities (ne vorrei due).

• Direct object pronouns
• In shops & cafés
• Ne (some / of it)
• Practice

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le) for telling and asking the landlord, the rental contratto and deposit, reporting a problem with the flat, and a phone call to the landlord.

• Indirect pronouns
• The contratto
• Problems with the flat
• Calling the landlord

The conditional (vorrei, potrei, dovrei) for polite requests and favours, giving advice with 'dovresti', and expressing wishes (mi piacerebbe) without sounding blunt.

• Conditional forms
• Polite requests
• Giving advice
• Wishes

Enrolling in courses and building your piano di studi, talking to professors, asking about exams and grades, and surviving group projects and the library.

• Enrolling in courses
• Talking to professors
• Exams & grades
• Group work & library

Giving and following instructions: the informal imperative, the formal commands you met on Day 3 (vada, prenda), commands with pronouns (dimmi, me lo dia), and following a recipe.

• Informal commands
• Formal commands
• Commands + pronouns
• Following instructions

Reading a job ad and applying, writing a simple Italian CV, the part-time interview (colloquio), and the phrases you need on your first day at work.

• Job ads & applying
• Your CV
• The interview
• At work

Booking trains and hotels in depth, 'stare + gerundio' for what's happening right now, describing a trip in the past, and checking in at a hotel reception.

• Booking trains & hotels
• Stare + gerundio
• Describing a trip
• Hotel reception

Moving past 'secondo me' into 'penso che' with a gentle introduction to the congiuntivo, agreeing and disagreeing politely, and putting words to how you feel.

• Opinions
• Penso che + congiuntivo
• Agree & disagree
• Emotions

Relative pronouns (che, cui) to build longer sentences, making a complaint that gets results, setting up SPID and online services, and writing a formal email or making a customer-service call.

• Relative pronouns
• Making a complaint
• SPID & online
• Formal email & calls

Bringing the grammar home: simple if-clauses (se piove, resto a casa), the impersonal 'si' (in Italia si mangia tardi), and a review that mixes every tense you've learned.

• If-clauses
• Si impersonale
• Tense review
• Mixed practice

The finish line. Four longer role-plays weave together everything from Days 1-30: a day in Italian, solving a real problem, a social and a university scene, plus where to go next (CILS B1).

• A day in Italian
• Solving a problem
• Social & university
• Wrap-up & next steps