Useful Italian Phrases

Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2011

If your Italy tour vacation is coming up, here are some quick and useful phrases to learn.

English	Italian	Pronunciation
Hello/ Good Morning	Buon giorno/ Ciao (informal – chow)
Good afternoon	Buon pomeriggio
Good evening	Buona sera	Bwona sayra
Good night	Buona notte	Bwona notay
How are you?	Come sta?	Kom-eh sta
Please	Per favore	Pehr favoray
Thank you	Grazie	Gra-tzee-ah
You’re welcome	Prego	Prago
Yes	Si	See
No	No	No
Excuse me	Mi scusi	Me skoo-see
I don’t understand	Non capisco
Do you speak English?	Parla inglese	Parla eengglaysay
I do not speak Italian	Non parlo italiano	Non parlo eetaleeaano
Could you please repeat?	Ripeta, per favore
How much it that?	Quanto costa?	Kwanto kosta
The bill please	Il conto, per favore
Do you accept credit cards?	Si puo pargare concarte di credito?
I’m from	Sono di	So-nah dee
That’s fine	Va bene	Vah ben-ee
Pleased to meet you	Piacere di conoscerla	Pee-a-cher-ay de kono-share-la
Where can I find___?	Dove si trova___?	Doveh see trova
Where is…	Dov’e…	Dov eh
…the exit?	…l’uscita?	Loo sheeta
…the taxi stand?	…il posteggio dei taxi?	Eel post-ayj-jo day taxee
…the bus stop	…la fermata dell’ autobus?	La fermahta del-owtoboos
…the subway?	…la metropolitana?	La metro-poleetana
…the train station?	…la stazione?	La statzioneh
…the bank?	…la banca	La banka
…the money	…il cambio	Eel kamb-yo
…an ATM?	…un Bancomat?	Oon bank-o-mat
…the post office?	…l’ufficio postale?	Loof-feecho postah-lay
…the bathroom?	…il bagno?	Eel banyo
…the telephone	…il telefono?	Eel telay-fono
It’s…	E…	Eh
…left	…a sinistra	Ah see-neestra
…right	…a destra	Ah destra
…straight ahead	…sempre diritto	Sempray dee-ree-to
Is this the tain to___?	E questo oil treno per___?	Eh kwesto eel trayno pair__?
Where can I…	Dove posso…	Dove pos-so
…buy a ticket?	Comprare il biglietto?	Komprare eel beel-yet-to?
Is this seat free?	E libero questo posto?	Eh leebairo kwesto posto?

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