Italian phrase: Come si dice…? (How do you say…?)

One of the most… Useful travel phrases What you can learn when preparing to travel to Italy how do you say…? meaning is how do you say…?

If in English you want to talk about people in general rather than specific individuals, there are many options:

• one > “Go to the market alone.”
• you > “You can eat a lot of delicious food.”
• them > “In England, they speak English.”
• people > “In Italy, people speak Italian.”

In Italian, you can use an impersonal pronoun to express the impersonal nature of the phrase and. Let's see how these English phrases sound in Italian:

• and Go to the market. = Go to the market alone.
• and They can eat a lot of good things. = You can eat a lot of delicious food.
• in England, and speak English. = In Britain, they speak English.
• In Italy, and Speak Italian. = In Italy, people speak Italian.

Today's phrase uses the impersonal andso the translation can be any of the following:

• how do you say…?
• how to say…?
• What do they say…?
• What do people say…?

Of course, since we're talking about how to speak Italian, it makes sense to complete the phrase with …in Italian meaning is in Italian.

Another common impersonal phrase is It is said meaning is It is said / people say so. Take a look at the following example:

Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.