Podcasts Education Learn Italian with Joy of Languages 4: Excuse me, do you speak English?

4: Excuse me, do you speak English?

Published: Jan. 15, 2017, 8 a.m.

Learn more about the verb "parlare" which means "speak". By the end, you'll be able to say all kinds of useful phrases like "do you speak English?"

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Today's Italian words
\nParla = you speak (formal, for people you don't know well); he/she speaks
\nParla inglese = you speak English (formal, for people you don't know well)
\nScusi, parla inglese? = Excuse me, do you (formal) speak English
\nParlate = you all/you both speak (the plural you)
\nParlate inglese = you all/both speak English
\nParlate inglese? = do you all/both speak English?
\nParliamo = we speak
\nParliamo italiano = we speak Italian
\nParliamo un po' di italiano = we speak a bit of Italian
\nParlano = they speak
\nParlano italiano = they speak Italian
\nParlano inglese? = do they speak English?