6 Essential Italian Conversation Phrases (no more awkward silences!)

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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
Come si dice questo in italiano? = How do you say this in Italian?

Come = how

Si dice = one says

Questo = this

In italiano = in Italian

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

Che cosa = what

Vuol = wants

Dire = to say

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

Scusa, non ho capito = Sorry, I didn't understand (informal)

Non ho capito. Che cosa vuol dire? = I didn't understand. What does it mean?

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

Potrebbe = could you (formal)

Ripetere = repeat

Per favore = please

Puoi = can you (informal)

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

Potrebbe parlare più lentamente per favore? = could you speak slower please (formal)

Potrebbe = could you (formal)

Parlare = speak

Più = more

Lentamente = slowly

Per favore = please?

Puoi parlare più lentamente per favore? = Can you speak slower please? (informal)

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

Possiamo = can we

Parlare = speak

In italiano = in Italian

Vorrei = I'd like to

Imparare = learn

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

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

Vi = You plural

Vogliamo = we want

Invitare = to invite