What are the most useful phrases in Italian?

It is generally understood in Corsica by Corsican speakers (in fact, many linguists classify it as an Italian dialect), spoken by large expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia, and included under the languages covered by the European Charter for Regional or Minority languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Romania, although Italian is neither a co-official nor a protected language in these countries. Italian, Italiano or lingua Italiana is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. Italian is, by most measures together with Sardinian, the closest language to Latin, from which it descends via Vulgar Latin. Italian is the national, or de facto national, official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is a major European language. It is one of the official languages of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and one of the working languages of the Council of Europe. It is the second most widely spoken native language in the European Union with 67 million speakers (15% of the EU population) and it is spoken as a second language by 13.4 million EU citizens (3%). Including Italian speakers in non-EU European countries (such as Switzerland, Albania and the United Kingdom) and on other continents, the total number of speakers is approximately 85 million.

1. Yes. – Si. 
2. No. – No.  
3. Please. – Per favore. 
4. Thank you. – Grazie. 
5. You’re welcome. – Prego. 
6. Excuse me. – Mi scusi. 
7. I am sorry. –  Mi dispiace. 
8. Good morning. – Buon giorno. 
9. Good evening. – Buona sera. 
10. Good night. – Buona notte. 
11. Do you speak English? – Parla inglese? 
12. I’m sorry, I don’t speak Italian very well. – Mi dispiace, ma non parlo bene l’italiano. 
13. What is your name? – Come si chiama, Lei? 
14. How are you? – Come sta? 
15. I don’t understand. – Non capisco. 
16. Excuse me, what did you say? – Scusi, che cosa ha detto? 
17. Could you speak more slowly? – Può parlare lentamente? 
18. I understand perfectly. – Capisco benissimo. 
19. The weather is lovely today, isn’t it? – Bella giornata oggi, vero? 
20. I’m American/Canadian/English – Sono americano/canadese/inglese 
21. Where are you from? – Lei di dov’è? 
22. I don’t speak Italian very well – Non parlo italiano molto bene 
23. Could you say that again please? – Potrebbe ripetere, per favore? 
24. Please write that down for me – Potrebbe scrivermelo?  
25. I’m sorry – Mi scusi 

In modern Italy, people communicate mostly in regional dialects, although standard Italian is the only written language. It is estimated that about half of Italy’s population does not speak standard Italian as a native language. Like all Romance languages, Italian has a fairly uncomplicated sound system. Italian has 7 vowel phonemes, i.e., sounds that make a difference in word meaning. Italian has 24 consonant phonemes, i.e., sounds that can differentiate word meaning. It can further help you learn other Romance languages. 

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