The initial course of the Italian language was developed based on the materials of the popular educational program "Polyglot" on the TV channel "Culture." The printed version of the course gives exercises, basic pronunciation rules and information about verbs. With the help of sixteen lessons according to the method of Dmitry Petrov, you can master the basic algorithms of the language, put them into practice and bring them to automatism. To help those who are engaged on their own, a complete collection of keys is offered, i.e. completed exercises. Now readers will be able to check if they have mastered the grammatical rules correctly, and make the necessary adjustments to the language learning process. Start speaking Italian now!