THE word for please in Italian is per favore. It is pronounced per fah-voh-ray

In Italy, you may hear another word for “please” – prego. But it’s a different please. Let’s say you opening a door and, being a gentleman, you want the lovely lady right behind you to pass through first. You would say prego and in that context it means, “please, go ahead.”

Prego – pronounced preh-goh – is an Italian word that serves many purposes. It can, depending on the situation, also be used to mean “you’re welcome,” for instance. When walking into an Italian shop, its keeper will commonly ask prego, meaning “can I help you?”.

However, as a beginner in the language it is best to use per favore when making a request.

Now you know the word for please in Italian.

ITALIAN is a very beautiful foreign language, the romance language of romance languages, the lingering last breath of classical Latin. The history of Italian makes for interesting reading – and explains why it’s a tricky tongue to master! Nevertheless, having a basic vocabulary can help you communicate, so here’s a list of common Italian words.

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Italian words

This list of Italian words are all nouns. In Italian, nouns are either masculine or feminine and therefore take a masculine or feminine article. There isn’t much rhyme or reason to whether a noun is masculine or feminine, so you just have to learn them. Also, there are six definite articles, all of which mean ‘the’! They are il, lo, la, i, gli and le. There are three indefinite articles – un, uno, una – which translate into ‘a’ or ‘an’. Other romance languages, such as Spanish or French, have a plural indefinite article, but not Italian.

Italian words

TO say I love you in Italian, say Ti amo.

Ti amo is pronounced tee ah-moh.

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Now you know how to say I love you in Italian.

WE say it every day, dozens of times a day, if not more – hello. So does everyone else on this big, blue marble in the sky, in thousands of different languages. (Incredibly, experts of linguistics, the scientific study of languages, don’t agree on how many languages are spoken!) In this article, we are going to show you how to say hello in different languages – but just some of the main ones!

Spanish – Hola or buenos días

French – Bonjour

Italian – Bon giorno

German – Guten Tag

Japanese – Ohayo gozaimasu (pronounced oh-ha-yoh goh-zah-ee-mahss) or konnichiwa

Portuguese – Bom dia

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Swedish – Hej (pronounced hey)

Dutch – Goedendag

Russian – Privet (pronounced pree-vyet)

Hebrew – Shalom

Greek – Yia sou (pronounced yah soo)

Chinese (Mandarin) – Nĭ hăo (nee how)

Irish – Dia duit (pronounced gee-ah ditch)

Czech – Dobré ráno

Finnish – Hyvää päivää

Arabic – Asslam alykom

Danish – Hej (pronounced hey)

Swahili – Habari

Turkish – Merhaba selam

Hindi – Namaste

Slovenian – Zivijo (pronounced gee-vee-oh)

Now that you know how to say hello in different languages, remember that different cultures have different customs. In the Western world, shaking hands is common, while in the East, a slight bow may be more appropriate. If you are going to travel, be sure to learn the customs of the area so as not to offend. When in doubt, go for a formal greeting or nod and smile. That is universally understood.