🇮🇹 Italian
Italiano • Latin
Pattern: “Do you speak …?” (questions + politeness)
A reusable question pattern for travel and conversation.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Swap the language word: English → French → Spanish (etc.).
- Watch formality (formal vs informal ‘you’) — it often changes the verb form too.
Parli inglese?
Do you speak English? (informal)
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
Dove abiti?
Where do you live?
Perché?
Why?
Come ti chiami?
What’s your name? (tu)
Come si chiama?
What’s your name? (Lei)
Parlo un po' d'italiano.
I speak a little Italian.
Sono qui.
I am here.
Drills
Build the pattern
Do you speak English? (informal)
Your sentence
Click tokens below to build the sentence.
Tokens
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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