Learn Italian
Italian, with a hook on every word.
Phonetic spelling and open vowels. Words are long enough to split into two keyword halves.
cane
dog
sounds like cane
A dog carrying a walking cane in its mouth and refusing to give it back. The cane is on fire. Masculine, il cane.
Sample hooks
What the first words look like
cane
dog
sounds like cane
A dog carrying a walking cane in its mouth and refusing to give it back. The cane is on fire. Masculine, il cane.
gatto
cat
sounds like gotcha
A cat lands on you shouting GOTCHA, claws out. It is soaked, so remember il gatto is masculine and set it alight instead.
pane
bread
sounds like pan
A frying pan with one loaf of bread nailed to the base, sizzling. Masculine, il pane.
acqua
water
sounds like aqua
A swimming pool of aqua so blue it stains your hands. Feminine, l'acqua.
casa
house, home
sounds like cassa
A house shaped like a cash register, drawer sliding out as the front door, sunk in a lagoon. Feminine, la casa.
libro
book
sounds like library
One book so long it fills a whole library shelf, and the shelf is burning. Masculine, il libro.
finestra
window
sounds like fine straw
A window glazed with fine straw instead of glass, straw floating away underwater. Feminine, la finestra.
formaggio
cheese
sounds like for Maggie
A cheese wheel with a label reading FOR MAGGIE, on fire on the doorstep. Masculine, il formaggio.
testa
head
sounds like test
A head with a test paper stapled to the forehead, both underwater. Feminine, la testa.
A story in Italian
What you will be reading first.
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Italian, specifically
Is Italian worth a mnemonic system?
Italian words are long and cleanly pronounced, which makes them unusually good for keyword hooks. Long words split into two halves and each half can carry its own picture.
How many words are loaded for Italian?
122 to start, chosen by frequency, each with a gloss, a part of speech, an example sentence and a hook. You can import your own list on top at any point.
Is the audio real Italian?
The audio uses the voices installed on your own device, picked for Italian and set per sentence. On a modern phone that is good. On some desktops it is only adequate, and recorded native audio is the next content investment.
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