
Basic colors: Asking about tshirt color options
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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.
See breakdown →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?"
See breakdown →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".
See breakdown →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?
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.
See breakdown →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?.
See breakdown →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.
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.
See breakdown →Chiaro o scuro?
KYAH-roh oh SKOO-roh
Light or dark?
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