Italian Phrasebook: How to speak Italian

Italian Phrasebook: Italian greetings

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Are you planning your holidays abroad? Do you want to visit Italy? Are you worried because you don’t speak Italian? Even if in many tourist resorts along Italy, English and German are widely spoken, generally Italian people can't speak non-Romance languages very well, so it can be really useful for you to know some basic phrases in Italian before leaving! If you are looking for online suggestions, Rome-explorer.com can help you, offering an easy Italian phrasebook that collects the most common Italian phrases. In this article you will find a selection of Italian phrases that you can use when you meet people.

Italian phrasebook: Italian greetings

English Italian

Yes Si

No No

Thank you Grazie

You’re welcome Prego

Please Per favore

Excuse me Scusi

Good morning Buon Giorno

Hello Ciao/Salve

Good night Buona notte

I don’t understand Non ho capito

Nice to meet you Piacere di conoscerti

How are you? Come stai?

Fine, thank you Bene grazie

What is your name? Come ti chiami?

My name is… Mi chiamo...

No problem Non c'è problema

I’m sorry Mi dispiace

Goodbye Arrivederci

See you Ci vediamo

Really? Davvero?

I don’t speak Italian Non parlo italiano

Speak more slowly, please Parla più lentamente, per favore

Is there someone who speaks Qualcuno parla inglese?
English?

What does it mean? Che cosa significa?

Please, repeat Puoi ripetere, per favore

I don’t know Non lo so

Who Chi

What Cosa

When Quando

Where Dove

How much Quanto

How Come

After Dopo

Before Prima

Wait Aspetta

What time is it? Che ore sono?

How is the weather? Com'è il tempo?

While Mentre

So Così

Because Perchè

Pardon? Come?

Italian phrasebook: The history

The Italian language has a long history, but the modern standard of the language was largely shaped by relatively recent events. Italian is a Romance language spoken as a native language by 70 million people in Italy, San Marino, Vatican City and part of Switzerland. In addition it is spoken by at least 150 million people as a non-native language. Italian derives from Latin and is the closest national language to Latin. It was adopted by the state after the unification of Italy and it is based on the Tuscan dialect, which beforehand was only available to upper class Florentine society.

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