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These 50 words cover ~40% of everyday Italian
Pronouns(11)
mi
me, to me, myself
/mi/
lo
him, it (direct object); the
/lo/
si
oneself, himself, herself, themselves
/si/
io
I
/ˈio/
questo
this
/ˈkwesto/
tutto
everything, all
/ˈtutto/
ci
us, there, here
/tʃi/
tu
you (informal singular)
/tu/
lei
she, her; you (formal)
/lɛi/
lui
he, him
/ˈlui/
noi
we, us
/noi/
Articles(6)
la
the (feminine singular)
/la/
il
the (masculine singular)
/il/
un
a, an (masculine)
/un/
una
a, an (feminine)
/ˈuna/
le
the (feminine plural); to her
/le/
i
the (masculine plural)
/i/
Core Verbs(7)
è
is
/ɛ/
ha
has
/a/
ho
I have
/ɔ/
sono
I am; they are
/ˈsono/
essere
to be
/ˈɛssere/
avere
to have
/aˈvere/
fare
to do, to make
/ˈfare/
Common Nouns(1)
cosa
thing, what
/ˈkɔza/
Adjectives(1)
mio
my, mine
/ˈmio/
Adverbs(11)
non
not
/non/
come
how, like, as
/ˈkome/
no
no
/nɔ/
più
more, most, plus
/pju/
qui
here
/kwi/
dove
where
/ˈdove/
bene
well, good
/ˈbɛne/
ora
now; hour
/ˈora/
anche
also, too, even
/ˈanke/
quando
when
/ˈkwando/
molto
very, much, a lot
/ˈmolto/
Prepositions(9)
di
of, from
/di/
a
to, at, in
/a/
per
for, in order to
/per/
in
in, into
/in/
con
with
/kon/
da
from, by, since
/da/
del
of the (masculine singular)
/del/
al
to the, at the (masculine singular)
/al/
su
on, upon, about
/su/
Connectors(4)
che
that, which, who
/ke/
e
and
/e/
ma
but
/ma/
se
if, whether
/se/