Ciao, Grazie and Prego~

[pastapasta_i_love_pasta]

Feliciano uses a sprinkling of Italian words in his daily conversations with people. While most of it is understandable, perhaps there's a word that he said in his excitement that isn't easily translated back into English. So this is a glossary of Italian words that he uses that will increase as my own vocabulary gets better.

Buongiorno: Good morning, but used till 1pm (formal)
Buanaserra: Good afternoon/evening, used after 1pm (formal)
Buananotte: Good night (formal)
Arrivederci: Goodbye (formal)
Ciao: Hello / Goodbye (informal)
Ci vediamo: See you later
Pronto: Hello on the phone, like the Japanese "moshimoshi"
Mi chiamo: My name is
(Come) tu ti chiami: What is your name
Pomodoro / pomodori: Tomato / tomatoes
Spaghetti, farfelli, fetuccine, ravioli, etc: Different types of pasta
Ve/ Va benne / Molto benne: Va benne means "good", molto benne means "very good", and ve is a verbal tic North Italy has that's a short form of Va benne.
Grazie: Thank you
Prego: You're welcome
A Centro In the city centre, which is where he lives in Venice (Venezia)

Disclaimer: I'm not a proficient speaker in Italian. I'm just a beginner so my grammar and spelling will be off some time or another. I do not intend to offend any Italians/people who know Italian, and if I've done something wrong please let me know here! Grazie for your time and patience.

Comments

[pastapasta_i_love_pasta]

I actually can't find the accento on my keyboard so that's why I don't type it out. It makes it annoying when I have Italian homework and I have to copy paste all my accentos from this list my instructor gave me. I've also tried to put in a special key command for it, and it just didn't work. This list I put up is also something I put up a long time ago when I was just starting out in Italian, and you're right about the grammar and spelling issues. I know I've improved from back then, but you're correct that there are a lot of rules in Italian that I need to remember and get used to (I have never appreciated the lack of words with gender in English until I started Italian!).

I'll stop the Italian for now, at least until I get better in the language. That might take ages, but I'd rather not alienate fluent/native Italian speakers. Thanks once again for mentioning this to me, it really helps me out.