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You know "capeesh?!" from gangster movies? Turns out it's not Italian! Learn how Italians really use the verb "capire" (understand) + other -ire verbs.

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Today\u2019s Italian Words and Phrases
\nCapisco il francese = I understand French
\nMa non lo parlo = But I don\u2019t speak it.
\nCapisco = I understand
\nPulisco = I clean
\nFinisco = I finish
\nPerch\xe9 lo capisci ma non lo parli? = Why do you understand it but you don\u2019t speak it? (literally: why it understand, but not it you speak?)
\nCapisci = You understand
\nPulisci = You clean
\nFinisci = You finish
\nNon mi capiscono = They don\u2019t understand me
\nCapiscono = They understand
\nPuliscono = They clean
\nFiniscono = They finish
\nCapisce = He/she understands; You understand (formal)
\nPulisce = He/she cleans; You clean (formal)
\nFinisce = He/she finishes; You finish (formal)
\nCapiamo = we understand
\nPuliamo = we clean
\nFiniamo = we finish
\nCapite = you all understand (plural you)
\nPulite = you all clean (plural you)
\nFinite = you all finish (plural you)