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Following the popularity of the Italian Lessons we have set up a new site dedicated just to Italian Lessons! Please click here to go to them - this lesson plus much more is available.
Italy Magazine has, over several issues, put together a language course aimed at providing readers with a good foundation on Italian. With the redesign of the Italy Magazine website we thought it would be a good chance to get people started on the course again. Every couple of days we will post a lesson on the site, as well as some homework and tests. We invite you all to join in on the course, by posting questions in the comment box of each lesson and we will do our best to answer them.
We inaugaurate the course with the very essentials of the Italian language.
Short Lesson 1
Essentials
(with Fabrizio Ulivieri.)
Sì | Yes |
No | No |
Per favore/ per piacere | Please |
(Un caffè, per favore!) | (A coffee, please) |
Prego | Please |
(Siediti | (Sit down, please!) |
Prego ! | You are welcome! |
(Grazie!, | (Thank you!, You are welcome!) |
No, grazie | No, thank you |
Scusa! | (direct form) Sorry! |
Scusi! | (polite form) Sorry! |