Basics

Useful simple phrases

  • Come si dice in italiano? (What's Italian for…?)
  • Cosa significa … ? (What does … mean?)
  • Puo ripitere (Repeat, please)
  • Piu lentamente, per favore (Slower, please)
  • Come si pronuncia? (How do you pronounce?)
  • Come? Non ho capito! (What? I don't understand!)

Greetings

  • Arrivederci (formal goodbye, hello)
  • Ciao (informal hello, bye)
  • Buongiorno (formal good day)
  • Buonasera (formal good evening)
  • Buonanoce (formal good night)

I and you

(io) mi chiamo Paxme / sono Paxme (my name is Rakhim) (tu) ti chiami Alex / sei Alex (your name is Alex)

example: - Mi chiami Ornella. Tu come ti chiami? - Sono Umberto!

example: - Cose si scrive il tio nome? Cose si scrive il tuo cognome? Scusa, puoi piretere per favore? (- How do you spell you name? How do you spell you surname? Excuse me, can you repeat that?)

C and G

C = [tʃ] when it is located before i, e C = [k] when it is located a, o, u, hi, he

G = [dʒ] when it is located before i,e G = [g] when it is located a, o, u, hi, he

examples:

[tʃ]: ciao, piacere, arrividerci

[k]: caffe, zucchero, cuoco, cuore, prosecco, radicchio, Monaco

[dʒ]: gelato, parmagiano, Germania, formaggio, buongiorno

[g]: Garda, spaghetti, funghi, lago, ragu

 
italian_language/basics.txt · Последние изменения: 2009/09/17 04:51 От freetonik
 
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