Living the Italian Life
Like Duolingo, but for Living the Italian Life. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Living the Italian Life
- Formal greetings for strangers
- Morning greeting timing
- Informal greeting usage
- Evening greeting timing
- Professional encounter defaults
- Bedtime greeting usage
- Choosing greetings by hierarchy
- Chronological greeting transitions
- Formal settings require 'Buongiorno' or 'Buonasera'
- Informal settings with peers allow for 'Ciao'
- 'Salve' acts as a useful middle-ground greeting when formality is ambiguous
- The chronological transition of time-based greetings
- Mapping specific social scenarios to the correct level of formality
- You must pay at the cash desk before approaching the barista
- Milk-based drinks like Cappuccino are strictly breakfast items
- The receipt (scontrino) is the ticket that signals the barista to start your drink
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Living the Italian Life the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
You are grabbing a coffee at 10:00 AM. Which greeting fits the time of day?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Living the Italian Life takes you
Stop memorizing grammar tables and start living like a local. Learn to order the perfect espresso, navigate a bustling market, and express yourself with the passion and flair of a true Italian.
- 1
Survive Your First Day
- Greetings for Every Occasion
- Ordering Your Morning Coffee
- Finding Your Way Around Town
- The Art of Saying Please and Thank You
- 2
Eat and Shop Like a Local
- Decoding the Restaurant Menu
- Shopping at the Open-Air Market
- Talking About Your Favorite Foods
- Handling Money and Prices
- Making Friends at the Dinner Table
- Essential Phrases for Gelato Lovers
- 3
The Secrets of Italian Style
- Speaking with Your Hands
- Describing People and Places
- How Italian Sentences Fit Together
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Living the Italian Life is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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