Basic measurements: Describing your body measurements to the nurse
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Key Phrases
Quanto è alto, più o meno?
How tall are you, more or less?
Peso circa settantacinque chili.
I weigh about seventy-five kilos.
Salga sulla bilancia, per favore.
Please step onto the scale.
Skills You'll Learn
Describing one's own height in meters
Descrivere la propria altezza in metri
Expressing one's own weight in kilos
Esprimere il proprio peso in chili
Responding to instructions during a medical visit
Rispondere a istruzioni durante una visita medica
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at a doctor's office in Italy for a check-up. The doctor wants to know your height and weight.
Buongiorno, Ms. Smith . Si accomodi, prego.
Good morning, Ms. Smith. Please, have a seat.
Buongiorno. Grazie.
Good morning. Thank you.
Quanto è alto, più o meno?
How tall are you, more or less?
Sono alto un metro e ottanta.
I'm one meter eighty tall.
E quanto pesa?
And how much do you weigh?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Si accomodi, prego.
see ahk-KOH-moh-dee PREH-goh
Please, have a seat.
💬 Si accomodi is the polite form you hear from staff, doctors and shop assistants. Between friends it would be accomodati.
See breakdown →Quanto è alto?
KWAHN-toh eh AHL-toh
How tall are you?
💬 Italian asks "how high is he/she" with è "is", and the polite "you" uses that same form. Alto changes to alta when asking a woman.
See breakdown →Più o meno
pyoo oh MEH-noh
More or less
Quanto è alto, più o meno?
KWAHN-toh eh AHL-toh pyoo oh MEH-noh
How tall are you, more or less?
🇮🇹 Italy uses metres, so answer in centimetres or as un metro e settanta "one metre seventy". Feet and inches will leave the nurse guessing.
See breakdown →Sono alto.
SOH-noh AHL-toh
I'm tall.
💬 Alto matches the speaker. A woman says Sono alta.
See breakdown →Un metro e ottanta
oon MEH-troh eh ot-TAN-tah
One meter eighty
💬 Height is given as metres plus centimetres joined by e "and". Swap the number for your own height: un metro e sessantacinque "one sixty-five".
See breakdown →Sono alto un metro e ottanta.
SOH-noh AHL-toh oon MEH-troh eh ot-TAN-tah
I'm one meter eighty tall.
E quanto pesa?
eh KWAHN-toh PEH-zah
And how much do you weigh?
💬 Pesa is the polite "you weigh". The same verb gives peso "I weigh", so you can answer by swapping the ending.
See breakdown →Peso
PEH-zoh
I weigh
💬 Peso also works as a noun meaning "weight". Only the context tells you which one you're hearing.
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