If you are travelling around Italy, but speak very little to no Italian, a phrase you will probably have to use at some point is «Non parlo italiano» which means “I don’t speak Italian“. Non parlo italiano. I don’t speak Italian. Non is an adverb whose purpose is to express negation. It is one of …
The phrase « Ho finito » in Italian is how you would translate all three of the following English phrases: I am done. / I’m done. I am finished. / I’m finished. I have finished. / I’ve finished. Ho finito! I’m done! / I’m finished! / I’ve finished! Ho is the first person singular present …
If you were born and raised in another country but have Italian roots, you may still consider yourself Italian, even if your parents and grandparents were also raised outside of Italy. To say “I am Italian” in the Italian language, you can use the phrase Sono italiano (for a man) or Sono italiana (for a …
The English expression “as you wish” has a number of possible translations in Italian, but we’ve decided to share the easiest for learners to remember which is Come vuole. Come vuole. As you wish. The literal translation of come vuole is “as you want“. Come means like/as whereas vuole is the second-person formal conjugation of …
If you want to say that you agree with someone’s opinion, there is a simple phrase you can use in Italian: Sono d’accordo. I agree. The literal translation of this phrase is actually “I am in agreement“. “Sono” means “I am” in Italian. It can also be written as “io sono” with “io” meaning “I” …
If you know someone who has been through a lot of hardship recently, perhaps due to a health scare or a loss in the family, you may wish to say that you are thinking of them. The most natural way to translate the phrase “I’m thinking of you” in Italian is Ti sto pensando. Ti …