Cadentia🇮🇹Italian speaking practice
Speak Italian like you’ve lived there.
Talk about your life in Italian and see exactly what to fix: the congiuntivo, essere or avere, the double pronoun that came out in pieces.
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- voices for Cadi: standard Italian or Sicilian
- 2 min
- to your first fixes
Speaking Italian
Why multiple-choice apps don’t get you speaking Italian
Italian has challenges you only solve by saying sentences out loud and being corrected.
The congiuntivo
“Penso che lui è italiano” should be “sia”. One wrong verb form and people notice. Apps teach the rule; speaking builds the reflex.
Essere or avere?
“Sono andato” but “ho camminato”. Memorising lists doesn’t build instinct. Speaking does.
Passato prossimo vs imperfetto
“Ho mangiato” and “mangiavo” both mean “I ate” and say completely different things. Context is everything.
Pronoun chaos
“Glielo do”, “te lo dico”, “ce ne sono”. Double pronouns are a maze you only get through in real conversations.
What it catches
Built for Italian’s particular challenges
Every answer is read for these patterns. The fix shows your sentence, the better version and the rule.
Tenses
Passato prossimo, imperfetto, trapassato and futuro, and the auxiliary that goes with each.
Congiuntivo
Spots the triggers and shows the form you needed.
Essere vs avere
Motion verbs, reflexives and intransitives, until the right choice feels automatic.
Prepositions
The small words that change with the article: a, al, all’, alla.
The Italian you grew up hearing
Choose standard Italian or a Sicilian voice for Cadi in Settings.
Your mistakes come back
Fixes return in Review, and Cadi works them into your next conversation until they stick.
Real corrections
Real Italian, real corrections
The mistakes Italian learners actually make, and the fix you would see.
How it works
Say something real. See what to fix. Use it until it sticks.
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Answer one question out loud
A question about your life, answered in Italian. Mix in English when a word won't come. Free, no account, about two minutes.
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See exactly what to fix
Your own sentence comes back corrected, with the rule in plain English: the few fixes that matter, not a wall of red.
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Your mistakes come back
They return in Review, and Cadi, your conversation partner, challenges you to use them when you talk, until they stick.
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Keep a daily rhythm
A new question each day from your plan. Have a tutor? Bring your saved mistakes to your lessons.
Not on your own?
Italian with a tutor, or in a class
Have a tutor?
Your tutor gets one hour a week. Practise between lessons and bring your saved mistakes, so each lesson starts where you need it.
Teach Italian?
A language assistant for every student, on the topics you set.
Italian: common questions
How does Cadentia help with the Italian congiuntivo?
When you use the indicative after a trigger like “penso che”, “voglio che”, “prima che” or “sebbene”, the fix shows the congiuntivo form and the rule. It comes back in Review, and Cadi steers your next conversation toward it, so the instinct builds through use.
Can I practise specific Italian grammar topics?
Your practice follows your own mistakes: if essere/avere or double pronouns keep coming up, that is what comes back in Review and in your conversations with Cadi.
Is this suitable for beginners learning Italian?
It works best if you understand more than you can say. Complete beginners can try it (you can switch to English mid-sentence), but it shines once you can put a few sentences together.
How is this different from italki or a human tutor?
A good tutor is great, and Cadentia doesn’t replace one. It fills the days between lessons: you speak whenever you want, every mistake is written down, and it keeps coming back until it’s gone. Bring those mistakes to your next lesson.
Does Cadentia teach regional Italian?
The grammar is standard Italian, understood everywhere in Italy. For the voice, you can choose standard Italian or Sicilian in Settings.
How long until I see improvement?
It depends on how often you speak. A few minutes a day is the habit it is built around: a question from your plan, and the mistakes from last time coming back until they stop being mistakes.