Survival Italian

Italian is the official language of Italy, San Marino, Vatican City and one of the official languages of Switzerland. It is spoken by about 63 million people, primarily in Italy and Switzerland, but it is also well understood in Slovenia, Croatia, Monaco, Malta and Albania.

It is a Romance language descending from Vulgar Latin, the language of soldiers, settlers and merchants of the Roman Empire. Of the Romance languages, Italian is considered to be one of the closest resembling Latin in terms of vocabulary. It has always had a distinctive dialect for each city, since the Italian cities were until recently thought of as city-states.

Modern Italian was first formalized in the first years of the 14th century through the works of Dante Alighieri, who mixed southern Italian languages, especially Sicilian, with his native Tuscan in his epic poems known collectively as the Commedia. Official italian is very similar to the dialect of Tuscany, but sounds completely different from the several dialects spoken in the other regions of Italy.

At this webpage you can find some basic words and sentences in Italian for survival language training before visiting an Italian speaking country.

Yes Si loudspeaker
No No loudspeaker
OK Va bene loudspeaker
Thank you Grazie loudspeaker
Thank you very much Molte grazie loudspeaker
Please / you are welcome Per favore / benvenuto loudspeaker
I'm sorry. Mi dispiace loudspeaker
Good morning Buongiorno loudspeaker
Good afternoon Buon pomeriggio loudspeaker
Good evening Buona sera loudspeaker
Hello / Hi (informal greeting) Salve / Ciao loudspeaker
Good bye Addio loudspeaker
Nice to meet you! Piacere di conoscerti loudspeaker
Cheers! / Chin Chin ! Salute / Alla salute loudspeaker
I do not understand Non capisco loudspeaker
Do you speak English? Parli inglese? loudspeaker
What is your name? Come ti chiami? loudspeaker
My name is ... Mi chiamo ... loudspeaker
I like it Mi piace loudspeaker
Enjoy your meal Buon appetito loudspeaker
Tasty Saporito loudspeaker
Can I have some (beer / juice ...) please? Posso avere una birra (un succo) per favore? loudspeaker
Water Acqua loudspeaker
Juice Succo loudspeaker
Tea Tè loudspeaker
Beer Birra loudspeaker
Coffee Caffè loudspeaker
How much is it? Quanto costa? loudspeaker
One Uno loudspeaker
Two Due loudspeaker
Three Tre loudspeaker
Four Quattro loudspeaker
Five Cinque loudspeaker
Six Sei loudspeaker
Seven Sette loudspeaker
Eight Otto loudspeaker
Nine Nove loudspeaker
Ten Dieci loudspeaker
Green apple juice Un succo di mela verde loudspeaker
Cornetti Cornetti loudspeaker
Can I speak to Georgia? Posso parlare con Giorgia? loudspeaker
A bottle of red wine please, thank you. Una bottiglia di vino rosso per favore, grazie. loudspeaker
A beautiful surprise Una bella sorpresa loudspeaker
Hmm! Very good! Hmm… Molto buono! loudspeaker
It’s ok. Va bene! loudspeaker
This group is wonderful! Questo gruppo è meraviglioso! loudspeaker
Green apple Mela verde loudspeaker
Tired but happy! Stanchi ma felici! loudspeaker
Great time, sweet people, beautiful island ... thank you! Bel tempo, persone carine, isola bellissima ... grazie! loudspeaker
Boat Barca loudspeaker
Whistle breeze Fischio loudspeaker
Cheese Formaggio loudspeaker
Cookies Biscotti loudspeaker
Friendly Amichevole loudspeaker
Ouzo (special drink) Ouzo loudspeaker
Mother Madre loudspeaker
Father Padre loudspeaker
Son Figlio loudspeaker
Daughter Figlia loudspeaker
Love Amore loudspeaker
Hate odio loudspeaker
Kiss bacio loudspeaker
Hug abbraccio loudspeaker
Life Vita loudspeaker
Death Morte loudspeaker
Italy Italia loudspeaker
Germany Germania loudspeaker
Belgium Belgio loudspeaker
Poland Polonia loudspeaker
Slovenia Slovenia loudspeaker
Spain Spagna loudspeaker
Cyprus Cipro loudspeaker
White Bianco loudspeaker
Black Nero loudspeaker
Red Rosso loudspeaker
Green Verde loudspeaker
Blue Blu loudspeaker
Yellow Giallo loudspeaker
Pink Rosa loudspeaker
Purple Viola loudspeaker
Airplane Aereo loudspeaker
Train Treno loudspeaker
Car macchina loudspeaker