First Thousand Words in Italian

I was given the First 1000 Words in French hardback as a child and loved learning the words and finding the duck in each fun scene. I am learning Italian now as an adult and was pleased to find there was an Italian version of the book I loved so much. Even as an adult, I love looking at the lovely, fun illustrations, which help in learning vocabulary (and I could still remember where the duck was on each page 30+ years later!). Towards the end of the book there are useful sections explaining the basics of pronunciation and simple grammar. I’m sure the book is just as charming and useful in whichever language it covers. I’d give it 10 stars if I could!

I already have the same books in French and German, and they all follow the same theme. Each double page has a colourful picture of The inside of a house A schoolroom A garage A street scene. Etc. And the appropriate vocabulary to match. There are also pages on Feelings Colours Numbers Activities And very clearly presented. The book will not make you fluent or enable you to write full sentences, but it is a very pleasant and enjoyable introduction to the language. It might be aimed at children, but as a sixty something I also managed to learn a lot.

I am an adult trying to learn some basic Italian, and this is a fun way to start (and hopefully my child will enjoy the book as well, thanks to the lovely illustrations). There's a word list with translations at the back of the book. And better still, there's an online resource linked to the book with a real Italian pronunciation of all these 1000 words!

A great book for children in a bilingual household or one wishing to encourage another language. I bought it for an adult who is quite fluent in conversation but admits to gaps in simple words that don't often come up in adult conversation. The book is colourful and would be lovely to discuss with young children. Price and delivery were 5 star.

Helpful in improving your vocabulary of ordinary words.

I have a number of these in other languages. My EFL students have enjoyed borrowing them for their children.

Lovely book, colourful and easy to understand

Useful, instructive, clear and fun

I bought this for my great niece, who has Italian parents. I was very happy with all the pictures and words in this book. Even my husband, who speaks Italian, thought it was a very cute and informative book for children who would benefit from learning the language. I would highly recommend this book. 😃😃👏👏

I libri come questo sono importanti per la crescita di qualsiasi bambino. Sviluppano spirito d'osservazione, memoria e fantasia. Utile anche per chi impara una lingua. L'ho comprato per mio nipote, ma prima l'ho sfogliato io. A me piace ancora adesso.

Honestly helped me a lot. I am almost fluent and I think this book has a good reason why I know many of the words I do

This is a great book teaching children basic Italian words. My grandson loves it. I highly recommend this book. I bought one 30 odd years ago for my daughter and she loved it as a child.

Ich habe immer noch eine deutsche Ausgabe dieses Buches aus dem Jahr 1978 (Meine ersten tausend Wörter - ein Bilder-Wörterbuch. Schneider Verlag). Dieses Buch habe ich als Kind sehr geliebt und obwohl es entsprechend zerfleddert ist, wird es trotzdem immer noch sehr gemocht. Nun findet man beim Usborne-Verlag, der schon damals die englische Orginalausgabe herausgegeben hat, dieses tolle Buch in verschiedenen Sprachen. Ausser der Titelseite sind fast alle Seiten identisch mit der Ausgabe von 1978, wobei manche Bilder leicht abgeändert sind und die Kinder oft nicht mehr so böse dreinblicken wie die 70er-Jahre Kinder :). Auch ist es im Gegensatz zur alten Ausgabe "nur" ein Taschenbuch, was von der Bindung eher an ein grosses Heft erinnert. Von den Seiten her ist es aber von guter Qualität und stabil. In meinen Augen ist es einfach das beste Bildwörterbuch und es müssen auf jeder Doppelseite viele Begriffe gesucht werden, die rund um das Bild dargestellt und beschriftet sind. Das hilft auch mir, weil ich nicht jedes Wort auf Italienisch kennen würde. So ist es auch sehr spielerisch, da man das italienische Wort einfach sagen und gleichzeitig drauf zeigen kann und es das Kind so nicht unbedingt verstehen muss und trotzdem Spass daran hat.