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Today's Italian words:
Congratulazioni = Congratulations
Il caffè = (the) coffee
I tassisti = (the) taxi drivers
Attenzione = Beware / be careful (lit. attention)
Il vocabolario = Vocabulary
La grammatica = Grammar

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Today's Italian words:
Nessun problema = No problem
Non c’è problema = No problem (lit. there is no problem)
Fare una foto = To take a photo (lit. to do a photo)
Ci puoi fare una foto? = Can you take a photo of us? (informal)
Ci può fare una foto? = Can you take a photo of us (formal)
Siamo in due = There are two of us
Uno spritz = A spritz
Uno studente = A student
Uno scontrino = A receipt
Prendo uno spritz = I’ll have a spritz (lit. “I take a spritz”)
Fa caldo = It’s hot

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Today's Italian words:
Non ho capito = I didn’t understand
Ho capito = I understood
Capisco l’italiano = I understand Italian
Capisco un po’ di italiano = I understand a bit of Italian
Piano, per favore = Slowly, please
Può ripetere, per favore? = Can you repeat, please? (formal)
Puoi ripetere, per favore? = Can you repeat, please? (informal)

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Today's Italian words:
Mia nonna era di… = My grandmother was from… (+ town)
Mio nonno era di… = My grandfather was from… (+ town)
I miei nonni erano di… = My grandparents were from (+ town)
Era di Roma = S/he was from Rome
Erano di Napoli = They were from Naples
Erano calabresi = They were Calabrian
I miei parenti = My relatives
I miei genitori = My parents
I miei cugini = My cousins

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Today's Italian words:
Ciao = Bye (informal)
Arrivederci = Goodbye (formal)
Ci sentiamo = Speak soon (lit. each other we hear)
Ci sentiamo dopo = Speak to you later (lit. each other we hear later)
Buona serata! = Have a nice evening
A presto = See you soon (lit. till soon)
A dopo = See you later (lit. till later)
A domani = See you tomorrow (lit. till tomorrow)
Ti scrivo dopo = I’ll send you a message later (lit. to you, I write later)

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Today's Italian words:
Impossibile = Impossible
Importante = Important
Normale = Normal
Errore = Mistake
Il vocabolario = (the) vocabulary
La grammatica = (the) grammar
La pronuncia = (the) pronunciation
Anno = Year (remember to make the “n” long!)
Sono di New York = I’m from New York
E tu? Di dove sei? = And you? Where are you from? (informal)