• hello (general) = ciao chow
• goodbye = arrivederci ar-ree-veh-dehr-chee
• goodnight = buona notte bwoh-na - noht-teh
• how are you? = come stai? ko-meh - sty
• good = bene beh-neh
• bad = male ma-leh
• yes = sì see
• no = no noh
• please = per favore per - fa-voor-eh
• thank you (very much) = grazie (mille) grats-yeh (mee-leh)
• what is your name? = come ti chiami? ko-meh - tee - kya-mee
• my name is... = mi chiamo... mee - kya-moh
• where are you from? = da dove sei? da - doh-veh - say
• I am from... = sono di... soh-noh - dee
• do you know / speak / understand? = sai / parli / capisci sy / pahr-lee / ka-pee-shee
- Notes -
* With these phrases, you should be able to greet people, and ask and answer a few simple questions.
* Like in English, Italian sentence structure is 'subject-verb-object' (e.g. 'I eat the apple' = 'Io mangio la mela').
Basic Phrases in Italian
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