After 90 min: Order a complete meal in Italian and handle a restaurant interaction
Italian Grammar Essentials
After 90 min: Understand Italian grammar fundamentals including present tense and basic sentence structure
What you need
The 90-Minute Plan
Understand masculine/feminine articles (il, lo, la, gli, le). Practice with common nouns.
Master -are, -ere, -ire verb conjugations in present tense. Focus on first 3 persons.
Learn essere (to be), avere (to have), andare (to go), fare (to make). These appear in 50% of sentences.
Master adjective-noun agreement. Practice building grammatically correct Italian sentences.
Write 5 sentences about daily activities using new grammar. Have native speaker correct.
Italian word order is similar to English, making it easier than other Romance languages.
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