Italian Language Study Guide: Expressions and Vocabulary

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Avere un sogno nel cassetto

To have a dream in the drawer (idiom meaning to have a secret wish).

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Vorrei + infinitive

I would like to... (e.g., Vorrei viaggiare = I would like to travel)

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Mi piacerebbe + infinitive

I would like to... (e.g., Mi piacerebbe andare in Italia = I would like to go to Italy)

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Hai un sogno nel cassetto?

Do you have a dream/secret wish?

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Sì, andare in Italia.

Yes, to go to Italy (implied: I would like to go).

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Sarebbe meglio...

It would be better...

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Sarebbe una buon'idea...

It would be a good idea...

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Non sarebbe meglio...?

Wouldn't it be better...?

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Mi piacerebbe fare il giro del mondo.

I would like to take a trip around the world.

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Non sarebbe meglio laurearti prima?

Wouldn't it be better to graduate first?

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Sono d'accordo. Sarebbe proprio bello.

I agree. That would be great.

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Come si fa...?

Use 'Come si fa...?' to ask how to do something.

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Come si fa per arrivare a Napoli?

How do you get to Naples?

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Come si fa a vivere con 500 dollari al mese?

How can one live on $500 a month?

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Si prende l'autostrada.

You take the highway.

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Non si può.

You can't / It's not possible.

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Cosa si fa?

What do people do?

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Cosa si fa nel weekend?

What do people do on weekends?

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Si esce, si va al cinema, si mangia fuori.

People go out, go to the movies, eat out.

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Sapere + infinitive

to know how to do something.

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Sai cantare?

Do you know how to sing?

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Potere + infinitive

to be able/willing to do something.

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Puoi cantare qualcosa?

Can (would) you sing something?

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l'anziano

elderly person

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aumentare

to increase

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il divorzio

divorce

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la droga

drugs

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l'ecologia

ecology

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l'economia

economy

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l'emigrazione

emigration

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la fame

hunger

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il governo

government

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la pandemia

pandemic

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la povertà

poverty

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il razzismo

racism

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la solitudine

loneliness

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la violenza

violence

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le tasse

taxes

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aumentare → l'aumento

to increase → the increase

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calare → il calo

to decrease → the drop

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crescere → la crescita

to grow → the growth

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drogarsi → la droga

to take drugs → drugs

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immigrare → l'immigrazione

to immigrate → immigration

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morire → la morte

to die → death

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nascere → la nascita

to be born → birth

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sognare → il sogno

to dream → dream

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la guerra

war

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la vittoria

victory

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il compositore

composer

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la Costituzione

constitution

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la patria

homeland

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il santo

saint

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la poesia

poetry

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il quadro

painting

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il romanzo

novel

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Dante Alighieri → la Divina Commedia

The Divine Comedy

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Alessandro Manzoni → I Promessi Sposi

The Betrothed

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Leonardo da Vinci → La Gioconda, L'Ultima Cena

Mona Lisa, Last Supper

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Alessandro Volta → electric battery

(la pila elettrica)

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Giuseppe Garibaldi → Italian unification

(Spedizione dei Mille)

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undicesimo

11th

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dodicesimo

12th

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tredicesimo

13th...

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il Duecento

the 1200s

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il Trecento

the 1300s

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a.C.

avanti Cristo = B.C. (Before Christ)

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d.C.

dopo Cristo = A.D. (After Christ)

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79 d.C.

79 A.D.

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al mare

to the beach

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in montagna

to the mountains

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all'estero

abroad

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Rimini, Portofino, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Parigi, Madrid, Londra

Cities

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alta stagione

high season (e.g., 15-21 agosto, 1-7 gennaio)

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bassa stagione

low season (e.g., 1-7 giugno, 22-29 settembre)

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Mezza pensione

half board (2 meals)

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Pensione completa

full board (3 meals)