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Credits
Italian Phrasebook Rough Guides Reference
Compiled by Lexus with Michela Masci Director: Andrew Lockett
Lexus series editor: Sally Davies Editors: Kate Berens, Tom Cabot,
Layout: Ajay Verma Tracy Hopkins, Matthew Milton,
Picture research: Rhiannon Furbear Joe Staines
Publishing information
First published in 1995
This updated edition published August 2011 by
Rough Guides Ltd, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
Email: [email protected]
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The publishers and author have done their best to ensure the
accuracy and currency of all information in the Rough Guide Italian
Phrasebook; however, they can accept no responsibility for any loss or
inconvenience sustained by any reader as a result of its information or advice.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from
the publisher except for the quotation of brief passages in reviews.
© Lexus, 2011
Travel tips © Lucy Ratcliffe
264 pages
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
978-1-84836-731-9
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CONTENTS
How to use this book ..............................................................4
Basics ...............................................................................7
Scenarios .............................................................................17
English–Italian ...................................................................... 49
Italian–English ......................................................................145
Menu reader: Food ..............................................................229
Menu reader: Drink ..............................................................253
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How to use this book
The Rough Guide Italian Phrasebook is a highly practi-
cal introduction to the contemporary language. It gets
straight to the point in every situation you might encoun-
ter: in bars and shops, on trains and buses, in hotels and
banks, on holiday or on business. Laid out in clear A–Z
style with easy-to-find, colour-coded sections, it uses key
words to take you directly to the phrase you need – so if you
want some help booking a room, just look up “room” in the
dictionary section.
The phrasebook starts off with Basics, where we list
some essential phrases, including words for numbers,
dates and telling the time, and give guidance on pro-
nunciation, along with a short section on the different
regional accents you might come across. Then, to get you
started in two-way communication, the Scenarios section
offers dialogues in key situations such as renting a car,
asking directions or booking a taxi, and includes words
and phrases for when something goes wrong, from getting
a flat tyre or asking to move apartments to more serious
emergencies. You can listen to these and download them
for free from www.roughguides.com/phrasebooks for use
on your computer, MP3 player or smartphone.
Forming the main part of the guide is a double diction-
ary, first English–Italian, which gives you the essential
words you’ll need plus easy-to-use phonetic transliterations
wherever pronunciation might be a problem. Then, in the
Italian–English dictionary, we’ve given not just the phrases
you’ll be likely to hear (starting with a selection of slang
and colloquialisms) but also many of the signs, labels and
instructions you’ll come across in print or in public places.
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Scattered throughout the sections are travel tips direct from
the authors of the Rough Guides guidebook series.
Finally, there’s an extensive Menu reader. Consisting of
separate food and drink sections, each starting with a list
of essential terms, it’s indispensable whether you’re eating
out, stopping for a quick drink or looking around a local
food market.
Buon viaggio!
Have a good trip!
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BASICS
Pronunciation
In this phrasebook, the Italian has been written in a system of
imitated pronunciation so that it can be read as though it were
English, bearing in mind the notes on pronunciation given below:
ay as in may
ow as in now
e as in get
y as in yes
g always hard as in goat
Letters given in bold type indicate the part of the word to be
stressed. When double consonants are given in the pronunciation
such as j-j, t-t and so on, both consonants should be pronounced,
for example formaggio formaj-jo, biglietto beel-yet-to.
Abbreviations
adj adjective m masculine (nouns with il, lo)
f feminine (nouns with la) mpl masculine plural
fpl feminine plural
Notes
In the English–Italian section, when two forms of the verb are
given in phrases such as: ‘can you…?’ puoi/può…?, the first is the
familiar form and the second the polite form (see the entry for you
in the dictionary).
In other cases when two forms are given, as in expressions like:
‘a few’ alcuni/alcune, the first form is masculine and the second
feminine.
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