Italian basic phrases game
Seventeen phrases that each do one job: introduce yourself, admit you did not follow, ask the price, ask for the bill, ask for help. All of them use the polite Lei form, which is what you want with anyone you have just met.
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Five games take this set. Whole clauses are too long for the grid and spelling games, so Flooded Hold is the one to play: it shows a phrase against an English meaning and asks whether they match.
The 17 words you will practise
| Italian | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| Mi chiamo … | My name is … | mee KYAH-moh |
| Come si chiama? | What is your name? | KOH-meh see KYAH-mah |
| Vengo da … | I am from … | VEN-goh dah |
| Piacere | Nice to meet you | pyah-CHEH-reh |
| Sto imparando l'italiano | I am learning Italian | stoh eem-pah-RAN-doh lee-tah-LYAH-noh |
| Non capisco | I don't understand | non kah-PEES-koh |
| Parla inglese? | Do you speak English? | PAR-lah een-GLEH-zeh |
| Può ripetere? | Could you repeat that? | pwoh ree-PEH-teh-reh |
| Più lentamente, per favore | Slower, please | pyoo len-tah-MEN-teh pehr fah-VOH-reh |
| Non lo so | I don't know | non loh soh |
| Come si dice … in italiano? | How do you say … in Italian? | KOH-meh see DEE-cheh een ee-tah-LYAH-noh |
| Dov'è …? | Where is …? | doh-VEH |
| Dov'è il bagno? | Where is the toilet? | doh-VEH eel BAH-nyoh |
| Quanto costa? | How much is it? | KWAN-toh KOS-tah |
| Vorrei … | I would like … | vor-RAY |
| Il conto, per favore | The bill, please | eel KON-toh pehr fah-VOH-reh |
| Può aiutarmi? | Can you help me? | pwoh ah-yoo-TAR-mee |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Italian basic phrases lesson.
5 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
Questions
Why is there an apostrophe in Dov'è?
Dove loses its final e in front of è, and the apostrophe marks the join. Dov'è il bagno? is where is the bathroom. Italian elides like this constantly, which is why the written form so often has fewer letters than the words it is built from.
Vorrei or voglio?
Vorrei. It is the conditional, I would like, and it is what you use to order. Voglio means I want and lands as blunt in a bar or a shop.
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