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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 |
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| when | quando | |||
| where | dove | |||
| why | perché | |||
| how | come | |||
| yes | sì | |||
| no | no | |||
| OK | va bene | |||
| and | e | Coordinating conjunctions | ||
| or | o |
More essential Italian
- And + Or
- Formal vs informal
- Greetings
- How are you? Fine.
- Introductions
- Numbers
- Politeness
- Transportation
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