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Before you depart on your exciting tour of Italy, here are a few phrases and useful words to start you on your way.


Useful Expressions

English

Italian

Pronunciation

Good morning

Buon giorno

Bwown JOHR-no

Good evening

Buona sera

BWOW-nah SAY-rah

Good night

Buona notte

BWOW-nah NWOT-tay

Hello

Ciao

CHEOW

I?ll be seeing you

Arrivederci

ahr-ree-va-DARE-chee

My name is Steve

Mi chiamo Steve

Mee KYAH-mo Steve

 

Please

Per favore

pehr fah-vo-ray

Thank you

Grazie

GRAH-tsyay

How are you?

Come sta?

KO-may-stah?

You're welcome / at your service / after you

Prego

PRAY-go

Very well thanks. And you?

Molto bene, grazie. E Lei?

Mohl-toh BEY-nay, GRAH-tsyay. ay LEH-ee?


Walking Around/Help

English

Italian

Pronunciation

Where is the ticket office?

Dov'e' la biglietteria?

Dohv-AY la beel-yayt-tay-REE-ah?

Where is the train to Termini Station?

Dov'e' il treno per Stazione Termini?

Dohv-AY eel TRAY-noh pehr stah-TZYON-ay TEHR-mee-nee?

Excuse me, where are we?

Mi scusi, dove siamo?

Mee SKOO-zee, DOH-vay syam-o?

Please write it down. (If you can?t understand how much or what time.)

Me lo scriva, per favore

May loh SKREE-vah, pehr fah-VOHR-ay.

I speak a little Italian

Parlo un po' d'italiano

PAHR-lo oon po lee-tahl-yah-no

Let?s go dancing!

Andiamo ballare!

Ahn-DYA-moh bahl-LAH-ray!


Shopping

English

Italian

Pronunciation

One ticket for Milan, please

Un biglietto per Milano, per favore

Oon beel-LYAYT-toh per mee-LA-no, pehr fah-VOH-ray.

How much? How much does it cost?

Quanto? Quanto costa?

KWAHN-toh? KWAHN-toh KOHS-tah?

A coffee / cappuccino / beer, please

Un caffe / cappuccino / una birra, per favore.

Oon kahf-FAY / kappoo-CHEEN-oh / Oo-na BEER-rah, pehr fah-VOH-ray.

I?d like to buy a bottle of water, please

Vorrei comprare una bottiglia di acqua minerale, per favore

Vor-RAY com-PRA-ray oon-ah boht-TEEL-lya dee AHK-wah mee-nay-RAH-lay, pehr fah-VOH-ray