Italiano
Italian listening practice
Real Italian dictation exercises from the last few days of the app. Press play, type what you hear, and see which words you caught. Normal sentences are everyday speech; Hard ones are longer and faster.
Practice sentences
Recent daily challenges, newest first. Today's sentence is only in the app.
A new sentence arrives every day in the app, with your streak, the words you missed and the full history.
Starter sentence
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accuracyThe sentence
Underlined: accepted without its accent. The correct spelling is shown.
What counts as correct
- Accents are optional: "cafe" counts for "café", and the correct spelling is shown underlined.
- German umlauts can be typed as ae, oe, ue, and ß as ss. French œ can be typed as oe.
- Capital letters and punctuation are ignored, and hyphenated words can be typed joined, spaced or hyphenated.
Exam listening warm-up
Short, focused Italian dictation is a good daily warm-up for the listening part of CILS and CELI. It isn't a full exam course, but it trains the exact skill those sections test: catching every word at natural speed.
How to practice Italian listening with dictation
- 01
Play the sentence once without pausing and type everything you caught. Don't stop to look words up.
- 02
Replay it and fill the gaps. Listening again is part of the exercise, not cheating.
- 03
Check your answer. Read the full sentence and listen once more while reading: that's when the missed Italian words stick.
- 04
Come back tomorrow. A minute a day of Italian dictation does more than an hour once a month.
Questions
Is this Italian listening practice free?
Yes. The sentences on this page are free to practice, and the app's daily Italian challenges are free too. Pro adds unlimited Hard challenges, the full archive of past days and unlimited translations.
What level of Italian do I need?
Normal sentences suit lower-intermediate learners and up. Beginners can use them too: replay as often as needed and read the translation after checking. Hard sentences are longer and faster, for when Normal feels easy.
Who reads the Italian sentences?
Natural-sounding text-to-speech voices, with several different voices so you don't get used to just one. They are not recordings of native speakers.
How often are new Italian sentences added?
Every day: one Normal and one Hard sentence. This page shows a few recent ones; the app has today's and, with Pro, every past day.