The self-instruction book contains the basics of Italian grammar, a variety of texts and dialogues that introduce students to the realities of modern Italy, its history and culture, and exercises (with keys) to consolidate the acquired knowledge.
The self-instruction manual is intended for a wide range of people studying Italian on their own, but can be used in universities and courses as a textbook.

From the history of the Italian language.

Italian belongs to the group of Romance languages. Romance languages ​​originate from vernacular Latin, the language spoken by the inhabitants of the Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages, numerous dialects were formed on the territory of the Apennine Peninsula, which actually represented different languages. By the end of the 11th century, the role of Florence, Siena and other cities of central Italy (Tuscany region) increased. Tuscany becomes the cradle of Renaissance culture. The Tuscan dialect, in which Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio wrote their works, formed the basis of the Italian literary language.
The linguistic fragmentation of Italy was not overcome even after the creation of a unified Italian state in the second half of the 19th century. Today, numerous dialects still exist in Italy, although the number of people speaking them is steadily declining. However, dialects greatly influence the way people from a particular region of Italy speak. This applies to vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation.

About this book
Benefit structure
Features of independent language learning
Introductory course
Main course
Part I
Part II
Keys
Conjugation table for irregular verbs

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The following textbooks and books.

Natalia and Elena Ryzhak have written and published more than ten self-teaching textbooks and teaching aids in Italian. Our books are published by two largest Russian publishing houses, AST and EKSMO. Textbooks can be purchased at bookstores, which have departments of educational literature for studying foreign languages(in Moscow these are the stores “Biblioglobus”, “Moscow House of Books” on Novy Arbat, “Young Guard” on Polyanka, “Moscow” on Tverskaya, the stores of the “Bukvoed” and “Chitay-Gorod” chains and many others). On the Internet, paper (and in some cases electronic) versions of books can be purchased in the Labyrinth and Ozon online stores, and on the Liters portal.

Ryzhak N.A., Ryzhak E.A. "Tutorial of the Italian language for those who really want to learn it" (new version of the book "Tutorial of the Italian language")

This thorough and detailed self-help book introduces the basics of grammar (even down to the subjunctive mood, Congiuntivo, which is covered in the Advanced Learning book). The lexical material is very extensive, it covers both everyday topics (transport, cuisine, clothing...), as well as situational, stylistic ones, depending on the social context ( business correspondence, writing a resume, talking on the phone, having a friendly conversation...) The book contains many texts from the Italian press and fiction. Special attention is paid to the pragmatic and expressive aspects of communication (how to correctly ask for directions, place an order in a restaurant, etc.; how to express your agreement with your interlocutor, your emotions, surprise, joy, regret, etc.; how to correctly ask again, if anything - it’s not clear whether to confirm the accuracy of the information, etc.). Each lesson includes a detailed explanation of grammatical material, reading texts with a dictionary and lexical-grammatical commentary, exercises, including an audio task. Answers to the tasks are given in the Key. The book has a disk with recordings of texts and material for audio assignments.

This textbook has been published for about 15 years (since 2003), and is one of the most popular and used by teachers of Italian language textbooks for beginners in our country. The book went through many reprints.

Ryzhak N.A., Ryzhak E.A. "Italian language tutorial for beginners + audio application" (aka " Italian for beginners + CD", ""). Published under a new cover.

This tutorial was published 10 years after the previous one and reflects new views and approaches to teaching developed by the authors over the years. It is similar to the previous textbook in structure, but the content is different (all texts and exercises are different; the books practically do not duplicate each other in any way, but can be used together, since the order of presentation of grammatical material is similar). Compared to the previous tutorial, this book explains the grammatical material using more diagrams and examples (in the first tutorial, the explanations are more “descriptive”). Verb tenses (imperfetto, passato prossimo, futuro) are introduced earlier than in the first tutorial. The volume of vocabulary is somewhat smaller, but in this book you can find texts of various stylistic orientations, articles from the press, and excerpts from works of art. In general, the book is a little simpler than the previous one, although this course is very detailed and thorough and is intended for those who are committed to a thorough and comprehensive study of the Italian language. The textbook has an Answer Key for assignments and a disc with audio recordings (in the latest version of the book, audio recordings are also posted on the LECTA portal).

Ryzhak N.A., Ryzhak E.A. "Dall"italiano al buon italiano. Italian language textbook. Advanced stage of training."

The book is a kind of continuation or second part of the “Tutorial of the Italian language”. The emphasis is on grammar, which traditionally causes difficulties for students of the Italian language (use of articles, prepositions, tenses and moods, infinitive and participial phrases, indirect speech, tense agreement). A lot of attention is paid to the subjunctive mood, Congiuntivo, the use of which is discussed in great detail and detail, with many exercises to practice this difficult, but important topic. The second important goal of this book is to expand the vocabulary of readers, preparing them for the perception of Italian fiction, journalism, the press, and official documents. The book will be very useful for those who are preparing to take the Italian language certification exams at levels C1 and C2.

The edition is currently sold out, but a reprint of this manual is planned for 2020.

Ryzhak N.A. "Self-tutorial-detective Italian language for beginners"

This original and interesting manual is intended for those who are starting to study Italian or for those who have already become acquainted with the basics of Italian from other textbooks and want to systematize and deepen their knowledge. The emphasis in this book is on vocabulary and modern spoken language. All educational texts are combined into a detective story, which is voiced on the disc in the form of an audio play. The book also has a lot of illustrations, which makes it very cinematic. Each lesson includes a text (dialogue), a dictionary for the text, and a grammatical commentary. Thus, the explanation of grammar does not precede the text, but follows it: grammatical material is introduced in the form of a commentary on the text, as certain grammatical phenomena appear in the text. The book also has a section “Tasks and Exercises”, a translation of all texts into Russian, a Key to the tasks, and an audio CD. Innovative, modern, interesting, this textbook will certainly appeal to anyone learning Italian or starting to study it.

Currently, this book can only be purchased in electronic form (for example, on the Litres portal).

Ryzhak N. A. "Italian grammar in poetry and songs."

The book examines in detail and in an accessible form all sections of Italian grammar, from forms and the use of articles to the coordination of tenses and moods. All grammatical phenomena are accompanied by examples from poetic works: poems by Italian poets (modern, children's, classics of Italian literature of various eras...) and excerpts from song texts (pop, folk, opera arias, etc.). The book can be used by beginners to learn Italian, but it can also be of interest at intermediate stages of learning (levels A1 - B2), it is also suitable for independent work. In each section, in addition to grammatical information, there is an exercise section (also based on poetic material). Answers to the tasks are given in the Key. The audio application contains recordings of texts read by Italian speakers and audio assignments. Songs, excerpts from which are used in the book, can be listened to on the Internet or on my website in the sectionMaterials for the book "Italian Grammar in Poems and Songs" .

At the moment, this book can only be purchased in electronic form (for example, on the Litres portal).

Ryzhak N.A. "Giocando s" impara. We learn by playing."

Riddles, crosswords, puzzles, charades, quizzes, game tasks, psychological tests, poems, fairy tales - and all this is around Italian proverbs and sayings! The main purpose of the book: to expand lexicon students of the Italian language (in proverbs, words are remembered easily and in a semantic context!) and introduce readers to common Italian proverbs, aphorisms, and catchphrases.

Unfortunately, this book has been out of print for several years and is quite difficult to find. On the website www.italianoknigi.ru you can leaf through the first pages and purchase the electronic version of this book.

Ryzhak N.A. "Italian language on cards. 1100 most necessary words"

The book contains the most used words in the Italian language and sentences with them. Vocabulary is given on cards to be cut out. The book is currently out of print. I invite readers to get acquainted with the text of this book (words, their translation into Russian and examples of use in sentences, without cards) on my website. You can download the text of the book (for free) in the section Educational material for learners of Italian.

Ryzhak N.A. "200 educational games in foreign language classes."

In that methodological manual Game and creative tasks aimed at developing skills have been collected for foreign language teachers oral speech, creativity, memory, concentration, memorizing words. Games are classified by degree of complexity (level of language proficiency), by the number of participants (from 2 to large groups), focus (vocabulary, sentence construction, role-playing games, tasks based on pictures, etc.)

I would also like to draw the attention of readers and site visitors to books written by my sister Elena Ryzhak. This is a guide for intensive learning of the Italian language from scratch" Italian language in three months. Intensive course" (previously published under the title " A simple Italian language tutorial"; book " Fast Italian without a teacher" ("Fastest Italian"), combining elements of a phrasebook, a guidebook and a very simple self-instruction manual; a regional study guide " Italy in the palm of your hand"and the book" Aphorisms and winged Latin expressions". On the website www.italianoknigi.ru you can flip through the first pages and purchase an electronic version of Elena Ryzhak's book "To Italy - with Italian! Self-teacher of the Italian language for tourists ", as well as some other books and textbooks by Elena Ryzhak.

Elena Ryzhak’s book “Italy in the palm of your hand” (a manual on regional studies), which has not been reprinted for a long time, can be purchased in an updated version (without the Russian language) on the Amazon portal via the link: Andiamo in Italia! L"Italia: storia, arte, tradizioni.

We ask our readers to consider the following circumstances:

1. Some of our books are republished from time to time by publishers under new titles. For example, our famous "green" Italian language tutorial"currently published under the title" Italian language tutorial for those who really want to learn it". Information about all new editions appears on my website. At some points, unsold copies of the previous edition may coexist in online stores and on bookshelves with a new version of the book, so be careful not to make a mistake and not buy a second time the one you already have book.

2. When buying an electronic version of a textbook that has an audio attachment, make sure that your online store sells you not only the text of the book, but also the audio for it. I regularly receive complaints from people who bought the texts of books on the Internet and are now looking for audio recordings for them!

3. Some readers are unhappy that publishers still include a disc with books, while modern laptops no longer have a disc drive and readers cannot use an audio application. At the moment, the AST publishing house has found a solution in the form of posting audio materials for its books on the LECTA portal. So far this only applies to one of our books: (" Italian language tutorial for beginners") (previously published under the titles " Popular Italian language tutorial" And " Italian for beginners"). In the future, audio for our other manuals will become available to AST readers on this portal. You can listen to it on my websiteaudio recordings for " Italian language tutorial for those who really want to learn it" And audio and video recordings for the book " Italian grammar in poems and songs" .

4. Free downloads of electronic versions of books by Internet users in Russia have become widespread. This practice leads to a decline in reprints of old and publications of new paper books, a significant reduction in royalties for them, and difficulties for authors to publish new works. As a result, there is a reduction in the supply of new textbooks by Russian-language authors. It’s hard to believe, but over the past 15 years the level of royalties for author’s work has decreased many times! If this trend continues, authors will stop writing and publishing houses will close. Let's support the Russian publisher (and authors!) and buy paper books or purchase “official” electronic versions of books.

Education

In 1962, he graduated from school with a gold medal and entered KVIRTU (Kiev Higher Engineering Radio Engineering School of Air Defense Forces). At that time it was one of the best military universities in the country. Studied very complex technical disciplines- the theory of the electromagnetic field, electrical radio circuits, the theory of microwave frequencies, quantum physics, etc. They received 75 rubles in allowance, made friends, played football, admired the ancient but native Kiev. In 1968 he graduated from KVIRTU. He soon entered the military counterintelligence school in Novosibirsk, graduating from which in 1972.

Professional activity

Nikolay Ivanovich long years worked in military counterintelligence in Moscow, Ukraine, Belarus, Novosibirsk, Arkhangelsk, and the GDR. Each episode is separate interesting story. What could be told is reflected in the book “August 1991 and not only about it... Reflections of a military counterintelligence officer.”

Together with Nadezhda Mikhailovna they raised two daughters and a son. He experienced two tragedies that cannot be erased from memory - the death (at birth) of his second son and the death of the country to which he swore allegiance.

Nikolai Ivanovich worked and studied all his life. In 1986 he graduated from the USSR KGB Higher School. Dzerzhinsky. After destruction Soviet Union I was left without work, but did not give up. It's time to do science. He defended his candidate and doctoral dissertations on the topics “On legislative control over the activities of intelligence services” and “ Legal basis regulation of the activities of special services in the system of ensuring the national security of the Russian Federation."

When his professionalism and experience were needed again, he took an active part in the creation and development of the Federal Service Russian Federation on drug control as head of the personnel department. Resigned with the rank of Lieutenant General of Police

Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhak, an officer who went through the USSR counterintelligence school, knows how to work with accumulated information like no one else. As a mentor, he is ready to share knowledge with students. Everyone has already understood that being a patriot of your homeland is the norm of behavior. That it is natural to appreciate each other, respect our ancestors and our history. Russia is a living and beautiful country with enormous potential. But it can truly be reborn, become great and happy only when there is continuity of generations, when the Russian personnel school in production, science, politics, education, medicine, and intelligence starts working! Personnel decides everything!