Questions - How much/many

Dove?


Alcune domande - Some Questions

Questions Literal translation Domanda
Where is ~ ?Where is-it ~ ?Dov'è ~ ?
Where is-it ?Dov'è?
Where can I ~ ?Where I-can ~ ?Dove posso ~ ?
Where do you come from?Of where he/she/you-is?Di dov'è?
Where do you go for ~?Where he/she/you-go for ~?Dove va per ~ ?
 
Where is the train station?Where oneself he/she/you-finds the station iron-road?Dove si trova la stazione ferroviaria?
Where is the airport?Dov'è l'aereoporto?
Where can I buy a ticket?Where I-can buy a ticket?Dove posso comprare un biglietto?
Where can I validate my ticket?Where I-can validate the my ticket?Dove posso convalidare il mio biglietto?
Where is the platform for the train for Rome?Dov'è la piattaforma per il treno per Roma?
Is there ~ near here?C’e ~ qui vicino
Where do I sit?Dove mi siedo?

Parole di Risposta - Words for Answers

"It-is" is simply "è" in Italian. So you will perhaps hear "è" and then a word from the table below.

SpaceSpazio
herequatherelà
rightdestraleftsinistra
over, abovesopraunder, belowsotto
inside, intodentrooutside, out offuori
topcimabottomfondo
middlela metàcentrecentro
    
towardsversobeyondaltre
throughattraversoaroundattorno
acrossattraverso
    
in frontdavantibehinddietro
oppositedi fronte
betweentra
near/byvicinofarlontan{o,a}
    
closevicin{o,a}farlontan{o,a}
Place Posto
path/trailsentiero
roadstrada
avenueviale
wayvia

Fare Risposte - Making Answers

Directions Literal translation Indicazioni
very near herehere vicinityqui vicino
5 minutes on footto five minutes to he/she/you-walka cinque minuti a piede
ten kilometers awayto ten kilometersa dieci chilometri
 
we are herewe-are heresiamo qui
this wayof heredi qua
that wayof theredi là
 
straight on.sempre dritto
turn to the right.gira a destra
turn to the left.gira a sinistra
take the first on the right.prendi la prima a destra
 
go on ….Continua …
till the end of the ....fino alla fine della ...
to the the traffic lights.fino al semaforo
you have to take the bus (number) ….devi prendere l’autobus (numero)

La Note - The Notes

When an Italian preposition, in the table below, is followed by one of the Italian forms of "the" they come together to form a new word.

prepositionPreposizione ArticleArticoli
at/toathe(m)il
fromdathe(m starts z or s+consonant)lo
ofdithe (f starts with consonant)la
ininthe(mf starts aeiou)l'
onsuthes! (mp)i
thes! (mp starts aeiou or z or s+consonant)gli
thes! (fp)le

Put the two words together like this example "inl'" then;

  • Any "l" in the middle is replaced by "ll"
  • "in" is replaced by "ne"
  • "di" is replaced by "de"

So "inl'" becomes "nell'" which is correct.

The deravations of "in" and "on" are the most often used. For a full explaination see The Articles page. Be aware that Italians are very forgiving of foreigners who don't join the words in this way and also foreigners who don't use the right form of the article "the".