Most important basic phrases
 

I'm currently in the process of learning Italian (started last week, ha ha), and I'm a super-beginner. So far, all I can cite from memory is:

- Ciao/buongiorno/piacere?
- Come sta/i?
- Bene, grazie.
- Una tavolo per due, per favore.
- Una birra.
- Il biacherre da vino rosso, per favore.
- Il conto, per favore.
- Scusi, non capisco. Non parlo molto bene l'Italiano.
- Di dov'e?

Apologies if any of those are incorrect.

So any more help would be great! Thanks! :D

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You did ask for help so I hope I don't offend when I correct your phrases.

Tavolo ends in an O so it is un tavolo and not una.

Il bicchiere is asking for THE glass and not A glass. Un bicchiere di vino rosso /bianco.

Here's a good one to know ......... quanto costa? How much is it?

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For when you get that Italian bird, 'dammelo'.

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Do you ever say anything nice to your wife like 'ti amo' ?

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Not offended at all, thanks for the help!

I know 'ti amo' means "I love you" to a lover. And there's another phrase that's used for unconditional love... but I don't know what it is, ha ha.

I knew quanto costa. Thank you! :)

How would you ask someone "what have you been doing?"

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What's "dammelo" by the way? Ha ha, I can't seem to find it in my (albeit small) dictionary!

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Could it be .... ti voglio bene.

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When our Italian neighbours arrive they always shout "Cosa Fi" and I think this means what are you doing or what have you done...They also say in response to their own question "dormire", even if it's dinnertime!

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Ah - ti voglio bene, I thought I'd seen that before. Thanks!

I'm going to amend my original list, and add the English, so I can refer to it whenever.

Anything else?

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Ah, just figured out that you can't edit.... or am I mistaken?

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To the wife, yes.

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Shouldn't it be come va? or cosa fa? for how's it going or what you doing?
Cosa fi? Maybe your Italian neighbours speak with a Scottish accent perhaps?

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Perhaps they shout "cosa fai" which sounds a bit like "fi" You didn't explain to DWE that "dammelo" means "give it to me"

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You can - but only upto a certain time and then it stays fixed..... I think. Not sure how long you have before your post becomes fixed.

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Ah I see, yeah that time has come and gone for the original post.