135: 8 Easy Ways to Sound Like a Local in Italy

Going to Italy soon? These 8 basic Italian phrases will help you do lots of practical things and speak like a local!

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Today's Italian words:

Prendo un caffè = I’ll have a coffee (lit. I take a coffee)

Prendo una margherita = I’ll have a margherita (lit. I take a margherita)

Lo stesso = The same

Prendo lo stesso = I’ll have the same (lit. I take the same)

Questo = This

Quello = That

Salve = Hello (anytime of day, semi-formal and formal)

Sono… = I’m

Sono Matteo = I’m Matteo

E tu? = And you?

Permesso! = Can I move past? / Can I come in? (lit. permission)

Posso? = May I? (lit. I can)