Master how to ask for a word in Italian with the key pattern
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| Let’s look at some more examples. |
| Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers. |
| Come si dice "book" in italiano? |
| Si dice "libro". |
| Come si dice "book" in italiano? |
| Come si dice "pen" in italiano? |
| Si dice "penna". |
| Come si dice "pen" in italiano? |
| Come si dice "bag?" |
| Si dice "borsa". |
| Come si dice "bag?" |
| Come si dice "pencil" in italiano? |
| Si dice "matita". |
| Come si dice "pencil" in italiano? |
| Come si chiama questo? |
| Si chiama "libro". |
| Come si chiama questo? |
| Did you notice how I used a different sentence pattern? |
| Come si chiama questo? |
| "What do you call this?" Come si chiama questo? |
| This literally means, "What [does] one call this?" but it translates as "What do you call this?" |
| To create this pattern, |
| simply replace dice, "says," with chiama, "calls." Chiama. Chiama. |
| After this replace the English word with questo, "this." Questo. Questo. |
| Recall, in Italiano, in Italian, may be omitted if understood from context. |
| Come si chiama questo? |
| "What [do] you call this?" |
| Come si chiama questo? |
| This is a very useful pattern for using Italian to learn Italian. |
| Do you remember the response, |
| "You call [it a] book." |
| Si chiama "libro". |
| Again, simply replace dice, "says," with chiama, "calls." Chiama. |
| Si chiama "libro". "You call [it a] book." |
| Si chiama "libro". |
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