Learn Italian with Summertime
Yes, Summertime is a B1-level pick for Italian learners. This Adriatic-coast teen romance is told in clean standard Italian with emotional, unhurried delivery, everyday vocabulary, and almost no dialect, which makes it one of the most accessible ways into Italian on Netflix.
Key takeaways
- Summertime is a B1-level pick for Italian, best suited to intermediate learners.
- A gentle coastal teen romance in clear, everyday standard Italian.
- It runs 3 seasons, 24 episodes, so its vocabulary recurs enough that finishing it builds real Italian listening.
- Against the 12 other Italian titles in our difficulty index, it is easier than 11 of them.
- Expect everyday Italian such as l'estate and la spiaggia.
- Watch it with Italian subtitles rather than your own language, which the research links to the biggest listening gain.
- Difficulty
- B1 (moderate)
- Best for
- intermediate learners
- Format
- TV series
- Length
- 3 seasons, 24 episodes
- Original audio
- Italian
- Genre
- teen, romance, coming-of-age
- Platform
- Netflix
- Relative difficulty
- Easier than 11 of 12 other Italian titles we rate
- In our index
- 1 of 13 Italian titles
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Italian words you'll hear in Summertime
- l'estate
- summer
- la spiaggia
- beach
- il mare
- sea
- la moto
- motorbike
- l'amore
- love
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Summertime good for learning Italian?
- Yes, at B1. The standard Italian is clear and the pace is gentle, with everyday holiday vocabulary and little dialect, so it is one of the friendliest starting points with graded subtitles.