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Start to learn Italian with these useful phrases...

Very basic Italian phrases

Yes               Si

No               No

OK                Va bene

Thank you    Grazie

Don't mention it   Prego

Please          Per favore/ Per piacere

Why?          Perche`?

Where?       Dove?

Excuse me/sorry! Scusi!

Excuse me (to pass by someone) Permesso

Italian Numbers

1     uno

2     due

3     tre

4     quattro

5     cinque

6     sei

7     sette

8     otto

9     nove

10   dieci

11   undici

12   dodici

13   tredici

14   quattordici

15   quindici

16   sedici

17   diciasette

18   diciotto

19   diciannove

20   venti

21   ventuno

30   trenta

40   quaranta

50   cinquanta

60   sessanta

70   settanta

80   ottanta

90   novanta

100 cento

Italian Greetings

Hello! Salve!

Hi/Bye! Ciao! (informal)

Good Morning  Buongiorno

Good Evening  Buonasera

Good Night  Buonanotte

Good Bye  Arriverderci!

See you soon A presto

See you next time! Alla prossima!

How are you? (informal, singular)  Come stai?

What is your name? (informal) Come ti chiami?

My name is....  Mi chiamo....

Where are you from? (informal) Di dove sei?

I'm from...   Sono di....

How old are you? (informal)  Quanti anni hai?

I'm twenty nine years old Ho venti nove/ho venti nove anni

Basic Italian conversation

'Tu' and 'ti' used for second person singular, is the informal friendly form. To people you don't know very well and elders, you should usually use the third person singular form 'lei'. Here, the examples are all in the informal form.

Do you like Italy? Ti piace Italia?

Yes I like Italy  Si mi piace Italia

Italy is beautiful  Italia e` bella

What job do you do? Che lavoro fai?

I work as a teacher   Lavoro come insegnante

I work in a shop        Lavoro in un negozio

I'm a student     Sono studente/studentessa

I don't work       Non lavoro

Do you have brothers or sisters?  Hai frattelli?

I have one brother and two sisters Ho un frattello e due sorrelle

Are you married? Sei sposato/a?

Yes, I'm married  Si sono sposata/o

How to say the time in Italian

What time is it?   Che ore sono? or Che ora e`?

It's six o clock (in the morning) Sono le sei (di mattina)

It's six o clock (in the evening)  Sono le sei (di sera)

Twenty minutes to (the hour)  (the hour) meno venti

Quarter to (the hour)      (the hour) meno un quarto

Five to (the hour)          (the hour) meno cinque

Half past (the hour)     (the hour) e mezzo

For 'mezzogiorno', 'mezzanotte' and 'l'una'- use E`+ (e.g. e` mezzogiorno)

For anything else - use Sono le + (e.g. sono le sei)

It's midday        E` mezzogiorno

It's midnight     E` mezzanotte

It's quarter to nine Sono le nove meno un quarto

It's quarter past seven Sono le sette e un quarto

It's half past seven Sono le sette e mezzo

It's 1.20 pm  E` l'una e venti

It's twenty to eight Sono le otto meno venti

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