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Scene illustrating a Italian-language basic colors conversation

Key Phrases

Avete questa maglietta in altri colori?

Do you have this T-shirt in other colors?

Il blu è chiaro o scuro?

Is the blue light or dark?

Può pagare alla cassa, prego.

You can pay at the register, please.

Skills You'll Learn

Asking if a product is available in other colors

Chiedere se un prodotto è disponibile in altri colori

Describing color shades (light/dark)

Descrivere le tonalità di colore (chiaro/scuro)

Completing a purchase and saying goodbye politely

Concludere un acquisto e salutare educatamente

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you're in a clothing shop in Italy. You like a T-shirt and want to ask what other colors it comes in.

Buongiorno! Scusi, avete questa maglietta in altri colori?

Good morning! Excuse me, do you have this T-shirt in other colors?

Buongiorno! Sì, c'è in bianco, nero, rosso e blu.

Good morning! Yes, it comes in white, black, red and blue.

Il blu è chiaro o scuro?

Is the blue light or dark?

È blu scuro. Vuole vederla?

It's dark blue. Would you like to see it?

Sì, grazie. C'è anche in verde?

Yes, thank you. Does it come in green too?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

🙋‍♂️

Scusi

SKOO-zee

Excuse me

🇮🇹 Scusi is the polite form to get a shop assistant's attention. With friends you'd say scusa.

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Avete questa maglietta?

ah-VEH-teh KWEH-stah mahl-YET-tah

Do you have this T-shirt?

💬 Avete means "do you (all) have", addressing the shop as a whole rather than one person. It's the natural way to ask about stock: Avete questo in rosso? "Do you have this in red?"

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🎨↔️

In altri colori

een AHL-tree koh-LOH-ree

In other colours

💬 altro changes its ending to match the noun: altri colori, altre taglie "other sizes".

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👕🎨❓

Avete questa maglietta in altri colori?

ah-VEH-teh KWEH-stah mahl-YET-tah een AHL-tree koh-LOH-ree

Do you have this T-shirt in other colors?

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👕

La maglietta

lah mahl-YET-tah

The T-shirt

💬 gl in maglietta sounds like the 'lli' in million: (mah-LYET-tah). The g itself is silent.

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C'è in bianco, nero, rosso e blu.

cheh eh een BYAHN-koh NEH-roh roh-sso eh bloo

It comes in white, black, red and blue.

💬 c'è "there is" plus in and a colour is the everyday way to say what colours something comes in. Swap the colour to ask: c'è in rosso?.

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✅⚪⚫🔴🔵

Sì, c'è in bianco, nero, rosso e blu.

see cheh eh een BYAHN-koh NEH-roh roh-sso eh bloo

Yes, it comes in white, black, red and blue.

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Il blu

eel bloo

The blue one

💬 Put il before a colour and it becomes "the blue one", with no word for "one" needed. Same with il nero, il rosso.

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☀️❓🌑

Chiaro o scuro?

KYAH-roh oh SKOO-roh

Light or dark?

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