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Italian phrase book - The questions

The easiest way to ask a question is to simply add a question mark to the end of the statement.
You can also put the subject at the end of the sentence. Il ragazzo mangia la pizza becomes Mangia la pizza, il ragazzo? Is the boy eating the pizza?

Or add non è vero to the end of the statement. This literally translates as "it is not true", and can have several meanings in English, such as isn't it/he/she, aren't you/they, doesn't it/he/she, don't you/they, etc. Sei una studentessa, non è vero? You're a student, aren't you?

Or, if you're speaking to a Sardinian, you can put the verb at the end of the sentence. Parla francese? can become Francese parla? Does he/she speak French?

Who Chi kee
Whose Di chi dee kee
What Che cosa keh koh-sah
Why Perché pehr-keh
When Quando kwahn-doh
Where Dove doh-veh
How Come koh-meh
How much Quanto kwahn-toh
Which Quale kwah-leh



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