Comments on: Travel Tip Tuesday: A Quick Phrase Guide for Visiting Italy http://my-bellavita.com/2009/05/26/travel-tip-tuesday-a-quick-phrase-guide-for-visiting-italy/ Living and Traveling in Calabria, Italy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pierre http://my-bellavita.com/2009/05/26/travel-tip-tuesday-a-quick-phrase-guide-for-visiting-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5559 Pierre Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:13:07 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1905#comment-5559 Congratulations on a fine blog and some truly handy posts. Been most interesting to browse and I'll certainly be back for more. Keep up the good work!   <strong><em>Grazie mille.</em></strong>   Congratulations on a fine blog and some truly handy posts. Been most interesting to browse and I’ll certainly be back for more. Keep up the good work!
 
Grazie mille.
 

]]> By: Alex http://my-bellavita.com/2009/05/26/travel-tip-tuesday-a-quick-phrase-guide-for-visiting-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5543 Alex Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:43 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1905#comment-5543 Good basic Italian tips. Another useful phrase is: 'posso avere' - pohsso avairah - 'Can I have' - just tack on what you want, and you are away! Posso avere una birra - beer Posso avere un panino - sandwich Posso avere del vino rosso - some wine red Posso avere del acqua - some water For those travelling in two or more, try 'possiamo avere' - can we have.....? Alex   <strong><em>Great additions! Thank you, Alex.</em></strong>   <abbr><em>Alex’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogFromItaly/~3/8f3CGRErOqE/" rel="nofollow">Swine Flu in Italy - Update 3</a></em></abbr> Good basic Italian tips.

Another useful phrase is: ‘posso avere’ – pohsso avairah – ‘Can I have’ – just tack on what you want, and you are away!

Posso avere una birra – beer
Posso avere un panino – sandwich
Posso avere del vino rosso – some wine red
Posso avere del acqua – some water

For those travelling in two or more, try ‘possiamo avere’ – can we have…..?

Alex
 
Great additions! Thank you, Alex.
 
Alex’s last blog post..Swine Flu in Italy – Update 3

]]> By: Brandi http://my-bellavita.com/2009/05/26/travel-tip-tuesday-a-quick-phrase-guide-for-visiting-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5532 Brandi Tue, 26 May 2009 18:42:33 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1905#comment-5532 I love these! I never realize how close Italian is to Spanish. I think I could get by there well enough.   <em><strong>Then come on over, girl! I know your mom has been talking about it.</strong></em>   I love these! I never realize how close Italian is to Spanish. I think I could get by there well enough.
 
Then come on over, girl! I know your mom has been talking about it.
 

]]> By: Sonia P http://my-bellavita.com/2009/05/26/travel-tip-tuesday-a-quick-phrase-guide-for-visiting-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5530 Sonia P Tue, 26 May 2009 10:06:03 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1905#comment-5530 don't forget the most important phrase..."dov'e' il bagno?" and the response usually is..."la in fondo (a destra or a sinistra)" i've been using Italianpod.com to learn Italian and it's been the most useful so far. (b/c now I can actually have a conversation with la mia suocera)   <strong><em>Oooh, good one. And congrats on speaking with your MIL.</em></strong>   <abbr><em>Sonia P’s last blog post..<a href="http://mysweetmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/05/2-years-down-48-more-to-go.html" rel="nofollow">2 years down... 48 more to go!!</a></em></abbr> don’t forget the most important phrase…”dov’e’ il bagno?” and the response usually is…”la in fondo (a destra or a sinistra)” i’ve been using Italianpod.com to learn Italian and it’s been the most useful so far. (b/c now I can actually have a conversation with la mia suocera)
 
Oooh, good one. And congrats on speaking with your MIL.
 
Sonia P’s last blog post..2 years down… 48 more to go!!

]]> By: nyc/caribbean ragazza http://my-bellavita.com/2009/05/26/travel-tip-tuesday-a-quick-phrase-guide-for-visiting-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5529 nyc/caribbean ragazza Tue, 26 May 2009 09:26:47 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1905#comment-5529 When you walk into a store/bar etc. say "Buon Giorno" (good day) unless it's late, then it's "Buona Sera" (good evening). Visitors might hear "salve" (sal vey) a lot from salespeople in Rome. It's not as formal as Buon giorno but not as casual as ciao.   <strong><em>Good one with the buona sera, etc. I hate that time when it is like 2:00 PM ... some say giorno, some say sera, almost no one here says "pomeriggio!" </em></strong>   <abbr><em>nyc/caribbean ragazza’s last blog post..<a href="http://sistergirltales.blogspot.com/2009/05/champions-league-final-in-rome-god-help.html" rel="nofollow">The Champions League Final in Rome - God help us.</a></em></abbr> When you walk into a store/bar etc. say “Buon Giorno” (good day) unless it’s late, then it’s “Buona Sera” (good evening).

Visitors might hear “salve” (sal vey) a lot from salespeople in Rome. It’s not as formal as Buon giorno but not as casual as ciao.
 
Good one with the buona sera, etc. I hate that time when it is like 2:00 PM … some say giorno, some say sera, almost no one here says “pomeriggio!”
 
nyc/caribbean ragazza’s last blog post..The Champions League Final in Rome – God help us.

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