Essential Italian

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Italiano essenziale

Knowing just a few key words and phrases can be very helpful in your Italian classes, while traveling in Italy, and everywhere in between.

Here are some general terms; please see the list at the end for more specific vocabulary.

Communication Issues

Do you speak English?		Parla inglese?	(formal)
		Parli inglese?	(informal)
I speak (a little) Italian.		Parlo un po d’italiano.
What?		Cosa?
I don’t understand.		Non capisco.
Repeat, please.		Puoi ripetere, per favore.	(formal)
		Può ripetere, per favore.	(informal)
more slowly		più lentamente
one more time		un’altra volta
I have a problem.		Ho un problema.

Translation

What does ___ mean?		Cosa significa ___?
How do you say ___ in Italian?		Come si dice ___ in italiano?
How do you spell (write) that?		Come si scrive?

Questions and Answers

I have a question.		Ho una domanda.		Asking questions
I don’t know.		Non lo so.
who		chi
what		che cosa
when		quando
where		dove
why		perché
how		come
yes		sì
no		no
OK		va bene
and		e		Coordinating conjunctions
or		o

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