Coffee Break Italian 1-10 Flashcards
Let’s begin
Cominciamo
Hello (informal)
Ciao
1) How are you? (informal)
2) How are you? (formal)
1) Come stai?
2) Come sta?
(stai or sta comes from verb “stare” which is “to be” in this case (“to stay” in other cases)
1) I am well / fine
2) I am very well
3) I am fantastic
1) Sto bene (sto = I am)
2) Sto molto bene (Molto = very)
3) Sto benissimo
Use “Io” sto bene if you want to stress “I” am…
To say I am not well, add “non” before the verb: “Non sto bene”
1) I am not well
2) I am very bad
3) I am very, very bad
1) Sto male
2) Sto molto male
3) Sto malissimo
Hello / Good Day
Buongiorno
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buon = good for masculine word
(giorno = day (mas.))
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Good evening
Buonasera
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Buona = good for feminine word
(Sera = evening (feminine))
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Good night
Buonanotte
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Buona = good for feminine word
(Notte = night (feminine))
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My name is _____
Mi chiamo ______
("chiamo" = I call)
("mi" = myself)
Use “Io” mi chiamo if you want to stress “I” am called.
1) What is your name? (informal)
2) What is your name? (formal)
1) Come ti chiami?
2) Come si chiama?
(what are you called?)
It is true.
Is it true?
e vero (?)
I am Bryn
Sono Bryn
sono = “I am”, part of verb “essere” for “to be”
Me, too
Anch’io
“Also, I”
1) My pleasure / It’s nice to meet you
2) The pleasure is all mine
(use w/ formal and informal)
1) Piacere
2) Piacere mio
1) And you? (informal)
2) And you? (formal)
1) e tu?
2) e Lei?
Are you ready?
Siete pronti?
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siete = from verb “essere” which is “to be”
(pronti = ready (adj))
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Not too bad
Non che male
“There is nothing bad”
1) Where are you from? (informal)
2) Where are you from? (formal)
1) Di dove sei? (pronounced more like “say”)
2) Di dov’e? (is actually dove-e, but runs together)
(Di = from)
(Dove = where)
(Sei or e = are you - from verb “essere” which is “to be”.) (Tu sei, or Lei e)
I am Scottish (nationality / adjective) I am English I am Irish I am Canadian I am French I am Chinese
Sono scozzese (scot-sez-e) Sono inglese Sono irlandese Sono canadese Sono francese (fran-chez-ay) Sono cinese (chin-eh-zay)
*end in “-ese” = don’t change based on gender
I am Italian
I am American
I am Australian
I am Swiss
Sono italiano / italiana Sono americano / americana Sono australiano / australiana Sono svizzero / svizzera (sviss-e-ro) *these change based on gender of speaker
It is easy
e facile (fa-chi-lay)
1) I am from Florence
2) I am from Venice
3) I am from Naples
4) I am from Paris
1) Sono di firenze (feer-en-ze)
2) Sono di venezia (ven-et-zia)
3) Sono di napoli
4) Sono di parigi
(di = use when saying from a city)
Good question!
Buona domanda
Are you Italian?
Sei Italiana?
Sei = are you
No, I am not Italian
No, non sono Italiana
“No” is less harsh = almost like noa vs. no with a hard “o”
1) Where do you live? (informal)
2) Where do you live? (formal)
1) Dove abiti?
2) Dove abita?
(Dove = "where") (Abitare = verb for "to live")
I live in _____ (city)
I live in ______ (country)
abito a ______ (city)
abito in _______ (country) (like “een”)
I live in Florence, in Italy
Abito a firenze, in Italia
Florence = feer-en-say
Countries:
1) England
2) Ireland
3) Canada
4) Australia
5) (the) United States
1) Inghilterra (ing-hil-terra)
2) Irlanda (eer-land-da)
3) Canada
4) Australia (ow-stral-ya)
5) Negli (“nel-yi) Stati Uniti
I am from Glascow, but now I live in London
Sono di Glascow, ma adesso abito a Londra
"sono" = I am "di" = from "ma" = "but" "adesso" = "now" "abito" = live "a" = in (city)
But, now…
ma adesso…
I am French, from Paris, but now I live in Seattle, in the United States
Sono francese di parigi, ma adesso abito a Seattle, in negli stati uniti
Exceptional!
Eccezionale!
e-chets-zion-ale
1) My Mother
2) This is my mother
1) Mia madre
2) Questa e mia madre
e = eh
1) My Sister
2) This is my sister
1) Mia sorrella
2) Questa e mia sorella
(accentuate the double L)
1) My wife
2) This is my wife
1) Mia moglie (mol-yay)
2) Questa e mia moglie
1) My daughter
2) This is my daughter
1) Mia figlia
2) Questa e mia figlia
1) My father
2) This is my father
1) Mio padre
2) Questo e mio padre
1) My brother
2) This is my brother
1) Mio fratello
2) Questo e mio fratello
1) My husband
2) This is my husband
1) Mio marito
2) Questo e mio marito
1) My son
2) This is my son
1) Mio figlio
2) Questo e mio figlio
1) My partner (male)
2) This is my partner (male)
1) il mio compagno (use “il” because you only use mio/mia with direct family members)
2) Questo e il mio compagno
1) My partner (female)
2) This is my partner (female)
1) La mia compagna (use “La” because you only use mio/mia with direct family members)
2) Questa e la mia compagna
1) She is called / Her name is
2) This is my mother. Her name is Anne
3) This is my father. His name is Allen
1) Si chiama
2) Questa e mia madre. Si chiama Anne
3) Questo e mio padre. Si chiama Allen
* chiama = from verb “chiamarsi” / to be called
(key-ama)
1) Your mother, what is her name (what is she called)?
2) Your father, what is his name (what is he called)
1) Tua madre, come si chiama?
2) Tuo padre, come si chiama?
Tua / Tuo = your (feminine and masculine)
