Italian Class Phrases

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L’italiano in classe

The best way to encourage students to speak Italian in the classroom is to make sure that they know how to say all the things that they need to say. Once you teach them these useful words and phrases, your students should be able to avoid speaking English during any normal classroom interaction.

Comprehension and Communication

What?   Come?
I don’t know.   Non so.
I don’t understand.   Non capisco.
Repeat, please.   Ripetate, per favore.
one more time   ancora una volta
more slowly   più lentamente
How do you spell it?   Come si scrive?
Can you write it?   Potete scriverlo?
What’s the difference between ___ and ___?   Qual è la differenza tra ___ e ___?
Is this sentence correct?   Questa frase è corretta?

Italian ≠ English

What does ___ mean?   Che cosa significa ___?
How do you say ___ in Italian?   Come si dice ___ in italiano?
What is the English translation of this sentence?   Qual è la traduzione inglese di questa frase?

Problems and Requests

   
I have a problem.   Ho un problema.
I forgot my ___.   Ho dimenticato il mio (la mia) ___.
May I borrow a ___?   Posso prendere in prestito un (una) ___?
I need (to) ___.   Ho bisogno di ___.
I would like (to) ___.   Mi piacerebbe ___.
     
I have a question.   Ho una domanda.
What page?   A che pagina?
May I go to the bathroom?   Posso andare in bagno?

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Italian class phrases

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