It Really Is Easy ... lo parlo italiano. EE-oh PAHR-lo ee-tahl-YA-no. I speak Italian. Italian Step-By-Step-exactly! Say the sentence ... hear the sentence ... speak the sentence, and you're on your way! Even moments at a time - in the everyday dialogue of each chapter-you will be learning new sounds, new words, a new language. As you carry on the conversations in the book, even as the sounds become familiar, so, too, will the grammar, the construction, the vocabulary, the idioms. (And whenever an important point of usage or accent occurs in the graduated short scenes, a special note offers an explanation-at the moment you need it.) No tedious lessons on the basics! Without conscious effort you can enter the world of a new language, or refresh old skills. Learn the fundamentals as you learn the language-even they are explained in easy-to-learn Italian sentences. Making Italian your own-yours to use, no matter how little or how often-may be easier than you've thought. Arrivederci, e a presto!