Italian All-in-One For Dummies (28 page)

abbastanza
(ahb-bah-
stahn
-zah) (
enough
)

il bagno
(il
bah
-nyoh) (
bathroom
)

Come ti trovi. . . ?
(
koh
-meh tee
troh
-vee. . . ?) (
How do you like. . . ?
[used only in certain situations, like a job or new city])

consigliare
(kohn-see-
lyah
-reh) (
to recommend; to advise
)

Da quanto tempo?
(dah
kwahn
-toh
tehm
-poh?) (
For how long?
) (
Since when?
)

ditta
(
deet
-tah) (
company; firm
)

gemello/a
(jeh-
mehl
-loh/lah) (
twin
[masculine/feminine])

partita
(pahr-
tee
-tah) (
game
)

Talking About Your Family

Italian has specific rules for using possessive adjectives with family members. For singular family members, you
don't
use the article, but plural family members
do
take the article, as in these examples:

mia sorella
(no definite article) (
mee
-ah soh-
rehl
-lah) (
my sister
)

le
mie sorelle
(with definite article) (leh
mee
-eh soh-
rehl
-leh (
my sisters
)

Want to talk about more relatives? Use this list as your guide:

marito
(mah-
ree
-toh) (
husband)

moglie
(
mohl
-yeh) (
wife
)

figlio
(
feel
-yoh) (
son
)

figlia
(
feel
-yah) (
daughter
)

figli
(
feel
-yee) (
children
)