Italian Greetings & Basics Vocabulary
The 40 beginner words (A1–A2) for greetings & basics, with their English translations and part of speech, across 2 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.
The 40 beginner words (A1–A2) for greetings & basics, with their English translations and part of speech, across 2 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.
| English | Italian | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| family | famiglia | noun | A1 |
| friend | amico | noun | A1 |
| goodbye | arrivederci | interj | A1 |
| hello | ciao | interj | A1 |
| here | qui | adv | A1 |
| house | casa | noun | A1 |
| no | no | interj | A1 |
| please | per favore | interj | A1 |
| sorry | scusa | interj | A1 |
| thank you | grazie | interj | A1 |
| there | lì | adv | A1 |
| yes | sì | interj | A1 |
| excuse me | scusi | interj | A2 |
| English | Italian | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| age | età | noun | A1 |
| all | tutto | det | A1 |
| always | sempre | adv | A1 |
| and | e | conj | A1 |
| answer | risposta | noun | A1 |
| because | perché | conj | A1 |
| birthday | compleanno | noun | A1 |
| but | ma | conj | A1 |
| every | ogni | det | A1 |
| inside | dentro | adv | A1 |
| many | molti | adj | A1 |
| name | nome | noun | A1 |
| never | mai | adv | A1 |
| often | spesso | adv | A1 |
| or | o | conj | A1 |
| outside | fuori | adv | A1 |
| phone | telefono | noun | A1 |
| some | alcuni | det | A1 |
| together | insieme | adv | A1 |
| usually | generalmente | adv | A1 |
| address | indirizzo | noun | A2 |
| noun | A2 | ||
| enough | abbastanza | adv | A2 |
| few | qualche | adj | A2 |
| help | aiutare | verb | A2 |
| so | quindi | conj | A2 |
| understand | capire | verb | A2 |
Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch
These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The greetings & basics packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.
The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.
