Italian A1: 300 Core Words With Grammar and Examples
Knowing that casa means house is not the same as being able to use it in a sentence.
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| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| il nome — what does it mean? | the name, first name Masculine noun, plural i nomi. |
| la testa — what does it mean? | the head Feminine noun, plural le teste. |
| i vestiti — what does it mean? | the clothes Masculine plural of il vestito, which also means dress or suit. |
| la casa — what does it mean? | the house, the home Feminine noun, plural le case. A casa means at home or home. |
| svegliarsi — what does it mean? | to wake up Reflexive verb of the first conjugation. Mi sveglio, ti svegli, si sveglia. |
| la colazione — what does it mean? | the breakfast Feminine noun, plural le colazioni. Used with the verb fare. |
| l'acqua — what does it mean? | the water Feminine noun, plural le acque. |
| mangiare — what does it mean? | to eat Regular first conjugation. The i is kept before endings starting with e. |
| il negozio — what does it mean? | the shop Masculine noun, plural i negozi. |
| comprare — what does it mean? | to buy Regular verb of the first conjugation. |
| i soldi — what does it mean? | the money Masculine, used in the plural in Italian. |
| il chilo — what does it mean? | the kilogram Masculine noun, plural i chili. |
| dove — what does it mean? | where Question word. Combines with è to give dov'è. |
| l'albergo — what does it mean? | the hotel Masculine noun, plural gli alberghi with an h to keep the hard sound. |
| essere — what does it mean? | to be Highly irregular. Sono, sei, è, siamo, siete, sono. |
| credere — what does it mean? | to believe Model verb of the second conjugation. Credo, credi, crede, crediamo, credete, credono. |
| servire — what does it mean? | to serve, also to be needed Regular third conjugation. Mi serve means I need. |
| andare — what does it mean? | to go Irregular. Vado, vai, va, andiamo, andate, vanno. |
| potere — what does it mean? | can, to be able to Irregular modal. Posso, puoi, può, possiamo, potete, possono. Followed by the infinitive. |
| rosso — what does it mean? | red Four forms: rosso, rossa, rossi, rosse. |
| sempre — what does it mean? | always Adverb, placed after the verb in simple tenses. |
| di — what does it mean? | of, from, about Combines with the article: del, dello, della, dei, degli, delle. |
| e — what does it mean? | and Becomes ed before a word starting with e. |
| come — what does it mean? | how, like, as Combines with è to give com'è. |
| uno — what does it mean? | one Also the indefinite article. It shortens to un before most masculine nouns. |
| lunedì — what does it mean? | Monday Masculine. Days are not capitalised in Italian. The article makes it habitual. |
| la primavera — what does it mean? | the spring Feminine. Used with in for the season. |
| oggi — what does it mean? | today Adverb, invariable. |
| ciao — what does it mean? | hi, bye Informal greeting used both on meeting and on leaving. |
| per favore — what does it mean? | please Fixed phrase. Per piacere is an equally common variant. |
About this deck
Beginners in Italian usually stall in the same place. The English meaning is easy to recall, and then the sentence falls apart because the noun's gender was never learnt with it, or the verb turned out to be irregular exactly where it mattered. La mano ends in o and is feminine. Il braccio has a feminine plural. Piacere puts the thing you like in the subject position, which is why mi piacciono i film has a plural verb. So every card here carries two lines instead of a translation: the English sense, and, where it applies, what you need to use the word: gender and plural for a noun, conjugation class and irregularity for a verb, agreement for an adjective. Nouns always appear with their article, because in Italian the article is part of knowing the word. The 300 words are cut into six sections: people and daily life, food and shopping, places and travel, core verbs, describing and connecting, and time, numbers and everyday phrases. The verb section covers essere and avere, the three regular conjugations, the common irregulars, reflexives and modals, plus the basics of how tenses are formed. That is the level the Council of Europe describes as A1: personal information, routine situations and memorised phrases. Once the deck is on a spaced-repetition schedule, the words that have stuck stop appearing and the irregular ones keep coming back until they do not need thinking about.
Frequently asked
- What is on the back of each card?
- Two unlabelled parts. The first line gives the English sense, and the second often adds a short grammar or usage note — the gender and plural for nouns, the conjugation or an irregularity for verbs, or a fixed-expression note where relevant. Nouns are always shown with the definite article, so you learn la casa rather than casa.
- Do I need to know any Italian to start?
- No. The deck starts from the most basic vocabulary and includes the grammar terms you need as cards of their own, such as the present tense, the compound past, the choice between avere and essere, and how reflexive verbs work. It is written for English speakers, so every explanation and example is glossed in English.
- How is this different from a word list?
- A list gives you a translation pair, which is enough to recognise a word and not enough to produce one. Each card here adds the grammatical information that decides whether your sentence is correct and an example that shows the word in use. That is why the deck is 300 words rather than 3,000: each one is learnt in a usable form.
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No official exam questions are reproduced. Every card was written for this deck.Editorial reference date 2026-08-30.