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.
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
| English | Italian | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| telephone | il telefono | teh-LEH-foh-noh |
| train | il treno | TREH-noh |
| word | la parola | pah-ROH-lah |
| bathroom | il bagno | BAH-nyo |
| bank | la banca | BAHN-kah |
| hotel | l'hotel (masc.) | |
| bus | l'autobus (masc.) | |
| man | l'uomo (masc.) | WOH-moh |
| woman | la donna | DOH-nah |
| boy | il ragazzo | rah-GAH-tzoh |
| girl | la ragazza | rah-GAH-tzah |
| water | l'acqua (fem.) | AH-kwah |
| wine | il vino | VEE-noh |
| house | la casa | KAH-zah |
| room | la stanza | STAHN-zah |
| door | la porta | POR-tah |
| pen | la penna | PEH-nah |
| pencil | a matita | mah-TEE-tah |
| chair | la sedia | SEH-dee-ah |
| table | il tavolo | TAH-voh-loh |
| light | la luce | LOO-cheh |
| breakfast | la colazione | koh-lah-TZYO-neh |
| lunch | il pranzo | PRAHN-zoh |
| dinner | la cena | CHEH-nah |
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