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Italian A1 — In Context: Core Words flashcards

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Ninety Italian A1 sentences, each blanking one word from the folder's A1 vocabulary decks (people, time and places, verbs, describing words) so you produce it from context, with the English gloss as the hint.

Drills deck · part of Italian A1–A2 · written against: CEFR A1–A2; standard Italian; the vocabulary is 600 of the most frequent everyday words of an OpenSubtitles 2018 frequency list, since no Italian exam publishes a word list. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. Marco, to know (a fact) se la piscina comunale apre anche ad agosto? — Marco, do you know if the town pool opens in August too?
    Marco, sai se la piscina comunale apre anche ad agosto? — Marco, do you know if the town pool opens in August too?
    Essential verbs
  2. La mia family è numerosa: siamo in sette. — My family is big: there are seven of us.
    La mia famiglia è numerosa: siamo in sette. — My family is big: there are seven of us.
    People & family
  3. Sono stanchissimo: stasera to sleep dieci ore. — I'm exhausted: tonight I'm sleeping ten hours.
    Sono stanchissimo: stasera dormo dieci ore. — I'm exhausted: tonight I'm sleeping ten hours.
    Home & daily life
  4. Sul train da Genova a La Spezia ci sono sempre turisti con lo zaino. — On the train from Genoa to La Spezia there are always tourists with rucksacks.
    Sul treno da Genova a La Spezia ci sono sempre turisti con lo zaino. — On the train from Genoa to La Spezia there are always tourists with rucksacks.
    Town & travel
  5. Questa week lavoro anche il sabato. — This week I'm working on Saturday too.
    Questa settimana lavoro anche il sabato. — This week I'm working on Saturday too.
    Time & weather
  6. Mia figlia studia music al conservatorio di Parma. — My daughter studies music at the Parma conservatory.
    Mia figlia studia musica al conservatorio di Parma. — My daughter studies music at the Parma conservatory.
    Free time & culture
  7. Parli troppo veloce, non ti to understand. — You're talking too fast, I can't understand you.
    Parli troppo veloce, non ti capisco. — You're talking too fast, I can't understand you.
    Talking & thinking
  8. Da qui a Roma ci vogliono at least (not perlomeno) tre ore di macchina. — It takes at least three hours by car from here to Rome.
    Da qui a Roma ci vogliono almeno / come minimo / al minimo / quantomeno tre ore di macchina. — It takes at least three hours by car from here to Rome.
    Small words & numbers

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  • Answers are headwords of this folder's A1 vocabulary decks; word selection follows a frequency list of Italian content words (OpenSubtitles 2018 via hermitdave/FrequencyWords: word lists CC BY-SA 4.0, code MIT), cleaned by hand. Meanings checked against the Treccani and Garzanti online dictionaries. All sentences are original.

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