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How to Say ‘I'm staying home with some friends.’ in Italian

Resto a casa con degli amici.

REH-stoh ah KAH-zah kohn DEH-lyee ah-MEE-chee

[REH-stoh ah KAH-zah kohn DEH-lyee ah-MEE-chee]

Phrase Breakdown

Resto a casa

REH-stoh ah KAH-zah

I'm staying home

Link 'resto a' smoothly. Stress falls on RE-sto and CA-sa.

Example

Domani resto a casa.

Tomorrow I'm staying home.

Words in this phrase

Resto

[REH-stoh]

I stay

First person of 'restare', to stay or remain.

Example

Stasera resto in ufficio.

Tonight I'm staying at the office.

[ah]

Used with time expressions.

Example

Ci vediamo a quest'ora domani.

See you at this time tomorrow.

casa

[KAH-zah]

home

Literally 'home'; in company culture it suggests comfort, belonging, and ease.

Example

Dire "casa" sul lavoro suggerisce fiducia e appartenenza.

Saying "home" at work suggests trust and belonging.

con degli amici.

kohn DEH-lyee ah-MEE-chee

with some friends.

Says who you're with. Practise the 'gli' sound: tongue flat against the palate.

Example

Ceno con degli amici.

I'm having dinner with some friends.

Words in this phrase

con

[kohn]

with

A preposition meaning with, often used to describe manner or attitude.

Example

Nell'espressione Con sincerità, Con spiega il modo in cui le persone si comportano.

In the expression 'Con sincerità,' 'Con' explains the way people behave.

degli

[DEH-lyee]

some

Partitive article for masculine plural nouns starting with a vowel, s+consonant or z; often like 'some' or left untranslated.

Example

Ho degli amici a Roma.

I have some friends in Rome.

amici

[ah-MEE-chee]

friends

Plural of amico, friend.

Example

Esco con gli amici.

I'm going out with friends.

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