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Published: Sept. 16, 2018, 5 p.m.

You want to practice speaking Italian but... what if you forget a word? Or you don't understand? Here are 6 Italian phrases to keep the conversation going.

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Today's Italian words and phrases
\nCome si dice questo in italiano? = How do you say this in Italian?

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Come = how

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Si dice = one says

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Questo = this

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In italiano = in Italian

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Che cosa vuol dire? = What does it mean? (lit. what does it want to say?)

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Che cosa = what

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Vuol = wants

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Dire = to say

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Scusi, non ho capito = Sorry, I didn't understand (formal)

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Scusa, non ho capito\xa0=\xa0Sorry, I didn't understand (informal)

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Non ho\xa0capito. Che cosa vuol dire? =\xa0I didn't understand. What does it mean?

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Potrebbe ripetere per favore? = Could you repeat please? (formal)

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Potrebbe = could you (formal)

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Ripetere = repeat

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Per favore = please

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Puoi = can you (informal)

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Puoi ripetere per favore? = Can you repeat please? (informal)

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Potrebbe parlare pi\xf9 lentamente per favore? = could you speak slower please (formal)

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Potrebbe = could you (formal)

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Parlare = speak

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Pi\xf9 = more

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Lentamente = slowly

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Per favore = please?

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Puoi parlare pi\xf9 lentamente per favore? = Can you speak slower please? (informal)

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Possiamo parlare in italiano? Vorrei imparare = Can we speak in Italian? I'd like to learn.

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Possiamo = can we

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Parlare = speak

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In italiano = in Italian

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Vorrei = I'd like to

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Imparare = learn

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Adesso, vi vogliamo invitare\xa0a una lezione di italiano sabato prossimo = Now, we'd like to invite you to an Italian lesson next Saturday.

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Vi vogliamo invitare = We want to invite you (plural).

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Vi = You plural

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Vogliamo = we want

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Invitare = to invite