Italian - italiano

Standard Italian vocabulary, numerals and quotations for comparison with other languages


Italian, Sardinian and Romanian are the modern Romance languages closest to Latin. Sardinian pronunciation preserves older Latin features that have been lost in the other Romance languages. Romanian grammar distinguishes three genders, masculine, feminine and neuter, and three cases, nominative/accusative, vocative and genitive/dative. Italian is the language spoken in the Latin homeland, Italy. In 1,500 years or so, the words used have changed remarkably little, especially the feminine ones. The pronunciation has changed somewhat, but not as much as in some of the other Romance languages. Italian has supplied many words to other languages, especially in the field of music and food. Italian words in English include tempo, trio, solo, soprano, concerto, piano, sonata, inferno, vendetta, malaria, volcano, casino, studio, broccoli, macaroni, spaghetti and umbrella.

1. fratello    brother        1. sì    yes        1. Quanto costa?    How much is that?
2. sorella    sister        2. no    no        2. Dove devo pagare?    Where do I pay?
3. figlio    son        3. per favore    please        3. Capire    To understand
4. figlia    daughter        4. grazie    thank you        4. Capisco    I understand
5. padre    father                  5. Non capisco    I don’t understand
6. madre    mother        1. domenica    Sunday        6. So    I know
          2. lunedì    Monday        7. Non so    I don’t know
1. primavera    spring        3. martedì    Tuesday          
2. estate    summer        4. mercoledì    Wednesday        1. (io) sono    I am
3. autunno    autumn        5. giovedì    Thursday        2. (tu) sei    you are (informal)
4. inverno    winter        6. venerdì    Sunday        (Lei) è    you are (formal)
          7. sabato    Saturday        3. (lui) è    he is
1. cavallo    horse                  (lei) è    she is
2. cane    dog        1. città    town        (esso) è    it is
3. gatto    cat        2. villaggio    village        1. (noi) siamo    we are
4. vacca    cow        3. via    street        2. (voi) siete    you are (plural)
5. toro    bull        4. piazza    square          
6. maiale    pig        5. ponte    bridge        3. (loro) sono    they are
7. pecora    sheep        6. casa    house          
8. lupo    wolf        7. giardino    garden          
9. topo    mouse        8. chiesa    church          
10. uccello    bird        9. scuola    school        1. uno, una    one (msc., fem.)
11. oca    goose        10. stazione    station        2. due    two
12. pesce    fish                  3. tre    three
                    4. quattro    four
1. pane    bread        1. nero    black        5. cinque    five
2. mela    apple        2. bianco    white        6. sei    six
3. noce    nut        3. azzurro    blue        7. sette    seven
4. sale    salt        4. verde    green        8. otto    eight
5. pepe    pepper        5. giallo    yellow        9. nove    nine
6. miele    honey        6. rosso    red        10. dieci    ten
7. latte    milk                  11. undici    eleven
8. burro    butter        1. vedere    to see        12. dodici    twelve
9. formaggio    cheese        2. udire    to hear        13. tredici    thirteen
10. acqua    water        3. mangiare    to eat        20. venti    twenty
11. vino    wine        4. bere    to drink        30. trenta    thirty
12. birra    beer        5. cantare    to sing        100. cento    a hundred
                      
1. montagna    mountain        1. nome    name        1. mano    hand
2. mare    sea        2. scrivere    to write        2. piede    foot
3. lago    lake        3. libro    book        3. cuore    heart
4. fiume    river        4. parlare    to speak        4. sangue    blood
5. vecchio    old        5. giorno    day        5. testa    head
6. nuovo    new        6. notte    night        6. occhio    eye
7. nave    ship        7. settimana    week        7. orecchio    ear
8. treno    train        8. mese    month        8. dente    tooth
9. autobus    bus        9. anno    year        9. capelli    hair
10. porto    harbour        10. e, ed    and        10. dormire    to sleep
                      
1. gennaio    January        7. luglio    July        1. sole    sun
2. febbraio    February        8. agosto    August        2. luna    moon
3. marzo    March        9. settembre    September        3. stella    star
4. aprile    April        10. ottobre    October        4. vento    wind
5. maggio    May        11. novembre    November        5. pioggia    rain
6. giugno    June        12. dicembre    December        6. neve    snow
                    7. ghiaccio    ice
1. freddo    cold        1. caldo    hot        8. fuoco    fire
2. piccolo    small        2. grande    large        9. pietra    stone
3. sottile    thin        3. spesso    thick        10. argento    silver
4. agro    sour        4. dolce    sweet          
                      
1. bocca    mouth        1. dare    to give        1. sordo    deaf
2. lingua    tongue        2. comprare    to buy        2. profondo    deep
3. parola    word        3. sedere    to sit        3. pieno    full
4. lingua    language        4. leggere    to read        4. giovane    young
5. fiore    flower        5. mercato    market        5. buono    good
6. sapone    soap        6. porta    door        6. re    king


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Perché Dio ha tanto amato il mondo, che ha dato il suo unigenito Figlio, affinché chiunque crede in lui non perisca, ma abbia vita eterna.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3,16

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1 Non giudicate, acciocché non siate giudicati; 2 perché col giudicio col quale giudicate, sarete giudicati; e con la misura onde misurate, sarà misurato a voi.

1 Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use. Matthew 7

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Tutte le cose dunque che voi volete che gli uomini vi facciano, fatele anche voi a loro.

In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you Matthew 7,12

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Ama il tuo prossimo come te stesso.

Love others as much as you love yourself. Matthew 22,39

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9 Padre nostro che sei nei cieli, sia santificato il tuo nome; venga il tuo regno, 10 sia fatta la tua volontà, come in cielo così in terra. 11 Dacci oggi il nostro pane quotidiano, 12 rimetti a noi i nostri debiti, come noi li rimettiamo ai nostri debitori 13 e non ci indurre in tentazione, ma liberaci dal male.

9 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Matthew 6


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Italian is spoken in:

Roma
Milano
Napoli
Torino
Verona
Venézia
Génova
Bologna
Bari
Messina
Palermo
Catánia

Some Approximate Pronunciations

Italian as in is pronounced as in UK English
c(e)-, c(i)- cesso, cinque ch chess, chin
ch(e)-, ch(i)- che, chissà c, k cave, kiss
g(e)-, g(i)- generale, girare ge-, gi- general, giraffe
gh(e)-, gh(i)- ghepardo, ghisa g get, gift
gl luglio lli million
gn bagno ni opinion
gu guasto goo "goo-asto"
h- hanno [silent] honour
qu quando qu quack
vowel + s + vowel casa z or s grows or gross
sc pesca -ce c- police car
sc(e), sc(i) scelto, scipito sh shelf, ship
sch schermo sc scare
z zia ts cats



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