Elementary Italian for daily routines, passato prossimo, shopping, travel, weather, and describing feelings.
Roughly 6–12 months of study.
A2 Italian introduces the passato prossimo (ho mangiato, sono andato), the main spoken past tense, and the futuro semplice (mangerò, andrò). Vocabulary doubles to around 1,000 words covering daily routines, shopping, transport, weather, body and health, and the partitive (del pane, della pasta, dei pomodori). Reflexive verbs (svegliarsi, vestirsi, chiamarsi) become essential.
If you can describe your day, talk about last weekend in simple sentences, and order in a restaurant comfortably, you're around A2. Most learners reach A2 after 6–12 months of consistent study.
A2 is where the choice of auxiliary in passato prossimo (ho vs sono) needs to click. Memorize the small set of essere verbs (movement and change-of-state: andare, venire, nascere, morire) and let the rest default to avere. Use spaced repetition for verbs in their past-participle form. Start consuming slow Italian podcasts (News in Slow Italian).