Basic shapes: Discussing the shape of elements in a chart
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Key Phrases
Scusa, hai un minuto?
Sorry, do you have a minute?
Non capisco questo grafico.
I don't understand this chart.
Tutto chiaro adesso?
Is everything clear now?
Skills You'll Learn
Politely asking for someone's attention
Chiedere educatamente l'attenzione di qualcuno
Describing and interpreting a chart
Descrivere e interpretare un grafico
Confirming understanding of an explanation
Confermare la comprensione di una spiegazione
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at work in an office in Italy. You don't understand a sales chart, so you ask a coworker to explain what the shapes mean.
Ciao! Scusa, hai un minuto?
Hi! Sorry, do you have a minute?
Certo, dimmi.
Sure, go ahead.
Non capisco questo grafico. Cosa sono i cerchi?
I don't understand this chart. What are the circles?
I cerchi sono i clienti nuovi.
The circles are the new customers.
E i quadrati?
And the squares?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Scusa
SKOO-zah
Excuse me
💬 Scusa ends in -a when you're on first-name terms with someone. With someone you'd address formally, it becomes Scusi.
See breakdown →Hai un minuto?
eye oon mee-NOO-toh
Do you have a minute?
Scusa, hai un minuto?
SKOO-zah eye oon mee-NOO-toh
Sorry, do you have a minute?
🇮🇹 This is how you'd casually interrupt a colleague you're on friendly terms with. To approach a manager or a stranger, say Scusi, ha un minuto? instead.
See breakdown →Certo
cher-toh
Sure
Dimmi
DEEM-mee
Tell me
💬 di' "tell" plus mi "me" join into one word, and the m doubles. The same thing happens in fammi "let me" / "make me" and dammi "give me".
See breakdown →Certo, dimmi.
cher-toh DEEM-mee
Sure, go ahead.
🇮🇹 Dimmi is the everyday way to invite someone to speak. Shop and bar staff often greet you with Mi dica, the formal version, meaning "what can I get you?"
See breakdown →Non capisco
nohn kah-PEE-skoh
I don't understand
Questo grafico
KWEH-stoh GRAH-fee-koh
This chart
💬 In the plural, grafico becomes grafici, and the c softens to a ch sound: (GRAH-fee-chee).
See breakdown →Non capisco questo grafico.
nohn kah-PEE-skoh KWEH-stoh GRAH-fee-koh
I don't understand this chart.
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