10: How to make new sentences in Italian

Published: March 12, 2017, 8 p.m.

To speak Italian, you'll need to combine what you already know - no matter how little - to say new things. In today's lesson, we'll show you how.

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Today's Italian words
\nAuguri = congratulations
\nVorrei una birra = I'd like a beer
\nPagare = to pay
\nVorrei pagare = I'd like to pay
\nVorrei mangiare = I'd like to eat
\nVorrei mangiare qualcosa = I'd like to eat something
\nVoglio = I want
\nVoglio mangiare qualcosa = I want to eat something
\nMangiamo = we eat
\nMangiamo? = shall we eat?
\nMangiamo qualcosa? = Shall we eat something?
\nOK = OK (remember to pronounce it with an Italian accent!)
\nVa bene = OK (literally: it goes well)
\nParliamo = we speak
\nParliamo? = shall we speak?
\nParliamo italiano? = shall we speak Italian?
\nUn po' = a bit
\nParliamo un po' di Italiano? = Shall we speak a bit of Italian?
\nVorrei parlare italiano = I'd like to speak Italian
\nVorrei parlare un po' di italiano = I'd like to speak a bit of Italian.