Advanced Italian 🇮🇹🚀 #

Advanced Italian

Benvenuto nel livello Advanced!

If you are here, congratulations.

You can probably already:

order a coffee;
talk about your family;
describe people and places;
discuss hobbies;
make plans;
survive small talk.

In other words, Geoff can now enter an Italian bar without immediately opening Google Translate. 😄

But Advanced Italian is different.

Now we want to move from:

Io penso che è bello.

to something more natural like:

Secondo me è una buona idea, anche se dipende dalla situazione.

And eventually to:

Mah… sinceramente non ne sono del tutto convinto.

At that point, congratulations again: you are starting to sound Italian. 🤌

What Will You Learn? 🎯 #

In the Advanced section, you’ll learn how to:

express and defend your opinions;
agree and disagree naturally;
talk about hypothetical situations;
use the congiuntivo without panicking;
tell more complex stories;
use Italian pronouns naturally;
communicate formally and professionally;
connect ideas smoothly;
understand passive and impersonal structures;
recognize idioms and everyday spoken Italian.

The goal is not to speak like a grammar book.

The goal is to speak like a real person.

Preferably a real person who knows when to use the congiuntivo. 😄

19. Expressing Opinions and Arguments 💬 #

Italian conversations become much more interesting when you can explain what you think and why.

In this topic, you’ll learn expressions such as:

Secondo me…
A mio parere…
Sono d’accordo.
Non sono del tutto d’accordo.
Il punto è che…
Per esempio…

You’ll also learn how to disagree without accidentally starting a family argument at Sunday lunch.

Very useful in Italy. 🍝

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20. Hypotheses and Possibilities 🤔 #

What would you do if you won one million euros?

What would Geoff do if Pishi suddenly learned how to open the fridge?

And what would Viktor do if Geoff finally admitted that Italian coffee is the correct size? ☕️

In this topic, you’ll learn how to talk about:

possibilities;
imaginary situations;
consequences;
unlikely events;
dreams and plans.

You’ll meet the conditional and the periodo ipotetico.

Example:

Se avessi più tempo, studierei italiano ogni giorno.

Reality:

Se avessi più tempo, probabilmente guarderei YouTube. 😄

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21. The Subjunctive in Real Life 🧠 #

Ah yes.

The congiuntivo.

One of the most famous monsters in Italian grammar.

But don’t worry.

We are not going to sit for three hours conjugating verbs while Geoff slowly loses the will to live.

Instead, we’ll learn how Italians actually use it.

You’ll practice expressions such as:

Penso che…
Credo che…
Spero che…
È possibile che…
Non credo che…
Mi sembra che…

For example:

Penso che Pishi abbia fame.

Pishi:

Penso che tu debba aprire quella scatoletta. 🐈

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22. Telling Complex Stories 📖 #

At beginner level:

Ieri sono andato al supermercato.

Good.

At advanced level:

Quando sono arrivato al supermercato, mi sono accorto che avevo lasciato il portafoglio a casa.

Much better.

Much more tragic too. 😄

In this topic, you’ll learn how to:

describe events in the correct sequence;
give background information;
explain what happened before something else;
connect different moments in the past;
use the trapassato prossimo naturally.

You’ll also practice words such as:

mentre;
appena;
nel frattempo;
prima che;
dopo che;
ormai.

Soon Geoff will be able to tell a five-minute story about buying bread.

Like a real Italian. 🇮🇹

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23. Pronouns in Natural Italian 🔄 #

You already know words like:

Now things get interesting.

Welcome to:

Me lo dai?

Te ne parlo dopo.

Ce l’ho.

Glielo dico.

At first, this may look like Italian has decided to compress five words into one small linguistic sandwich.

That is approximately correct. 😄

In this topic, you’ll learn how to use:

combined pronouns;
ci;
ne;
direct and indirect pronouns together;
common expressions such as ce l’ho and non ce la faccio.

This is one of the biggest steps toward sounding natural.

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24. Formal and Professional Italian 👔 #

Sometimes Italian is:

Ciao! Come va?

Sometimes Italian is:

Gentile Signore, con la presente desidero comunicarLe…

Same language.

Completely different universe. 😄

In this topic, you’ll learn how to communicate with:

colleagues;
customers;
public offices;
companies;
strangers;
people you probably should not address with Ciao bro.

You’ll practice:

tu vs Lei;
polite requests;
professional emails;
phone conversations;
formal expressions;
useful workplace language.

Because one day you may need to say:

Vorrei gentilmente chiedere un aggiornamento.

instead of:

Allora? Che fine avete fatto? 😄

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25. Connecting Ideas Naturally 🔗 #

At intermediate level:

Mi piace. È bello. È economico. Lo compro.

At advanced level:

Mi piace perché è bello e, soprattutto, è economico. Quindi penso che lo comprerò.

Same idea.

Much better flow.

In this topic, you’ll learn how to connect your thoughts using words such as:

quindi;
però;
tuttavia;
infatti;
inoltre;
invece;
siccome;
dato che;
nonostante;
dunque.

Soon your Italian will stop sounding like five separate Telegram messages. 😄

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26. Impersonal and Passive Italian 🏛️ #

Italian often avoids saying exactly who does something.

For example:

In Italia si mangia bene.

Who eats well?

Everyone.

Probably. 🍕😄

In this topic, you’ll learn structures such as:

si dice…;
si pensa…;
si usa…;
bisogna…;
è necessario…;
viene utilizzato…;
è stato fatto….

These structures are common in:

news;
instructions;
professional language;
formal writing;
everyday conversations.

And especially when nobody wants to admit who made the mistake.

È stato commesso un errore.

By whom?

Mystery. 😄

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27. Idioms and Natural Spoken Italian 🤌 #

Now we enter dangerous territory.

Real Italian.

The Italian that does not always appear in textbooks.

You’ll learn expressions and words such as:

dai!;
magari!;
mica;
figurati!;
boh;
cioè;
comunque;
ecco;
addirittura;
in bocca al lupo.

For example:

Magari!

does not always mean:

Maybe.

And:

Dai!

can mean approximately 47 different things depending on tone, facial expression, weather conditions, and how much coffee the speaker has consumed. ☕️

You’ll also explore common Italian modi di dire.

Because eventually someone will tell Geoff:

Non avere peli sulla lingua.

And Geoff should not immediately inspect his tongue in the mirror. 😄

Start Topic 27 →

You Made It This Far 🏆 #

Advanced Italian is not about knowing every word.

It’s about being able to continue speaking even when you don’t know every word.

It’s about explaining.

Rephrasing.

Reacting.

Joking.

Arguing politely.

Understanding context.

And occasionally pretending you understood what an Italian said at full speed.

That is also an advanced skill. 😄

By the end of these lessons, the goal is simple:

Don’t translate Italian. Use Italian.

Ready?

Geoff is ready.

Viktor is ready.

Pishi has never cared about grammar, but she is also ready. 🐈🇮🇹

Start with Topic 19 →