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How do you say "How do you say.....?"

Alice-G

Alice-G

I want a standard way of saying 'How do you say...........?' I have written down "Come sei dice......" but I can't find the lesson where some examples were given, and this one doesn't seem to make sense grammatically.
Maria-DiLorenzi

Maria-DiLorenzi

Ciao Alice, this is correct. The question "how do you say.." is translated as "come si dice.." Example: come si dice "amore" in italiano? how do you say "love" in Italian? come si dice "leggere" in italiano? how do you say "to read" in Italian? I hope this helps. Ciao
Alice-G

Alice-G

Grazie Maria Adesso capisco. Alice
Peter-P1

Peter-P1

Very useful! I can see myself asking, "come si dice (insert English word) in italiano" of my bilingual friends quite often. For example, "Come si dice 'very useful' in italiano", per favore?
Maria-DiLorenzi

Maria-DiLorenzi

You are correct Peter, this is a very useful sentence! "Very useful" in Italian is "molto utile". Easy no?

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