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How to Say ‘Can you take me to Piazza Navona, please?’ in Italian

Mi porta a Piazza Navona, per favore?

mee POR-tah ah Pee-ah-tzah nah-VOH-nah pehr fah-VOH-reh

[mee POR-tah ah Pee-ah-tzah nah-VOH-nah pehr fah-VOH-reh]

💬 Usage Tip: Mi porta a... is a handy frame for any destination. Swap in what you need: Mi porta alla stazione? "Can you take me to the station?"

Phrase Breakdown

Mi porta

mee POR-tah

Will you take me

This is the polite 'Lei' form of 'portare' (to take or bring). Stress the first syllable of POR-ta.

Example

Mi porta all'aeroporto?

Will you take me to the airport?

Words in this phrase

[mee]

Reflexive/object pronoun; with 'scusi' forms 'excuse me'.

Example

Mi scusi, signore.

Excuse me, sir.

porta

[POR-tah]

take / bring (you take)

Formal 'you' form of 'portare', to take someone somewhere.

Example

Mi porta all'aeroporto?

Will you take me to the airport?

a Piazza Navona,

ah Pee-ah-tzah nah-VOH-nah

to Piazza Navona,

In 'piazza', the double 'z' sounds like 'ts': PYAT-tsa. Navona is stressed on the middle syllable: na-VO-na.

Example

Andiamo a Piazza Navona.

Let's go to Piazza Navona.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

"A" is a simple preposition used in many fixed expressions and combinations.

Example

Magari ci vediamo davanti a un caffè la prossima settimana.

Maybe we’ll meet over a coffee next week.

Piazza

[Pee-ah-tzah]

Square

An open area in a city, often used for public gatherings.

Example

La Piazza San Marco è il cuore di Venezia.

St. Mark's Square is the heart of Venice.

Navona

[nah-VOH-nah]

Navona

Name of a famous baroque square in Rome.

Example

Piazza Navona è bellissima.

Piazza Navona is very beautiful.

per favore?

pehr fah-VOH-reh

please?

Stress the middle syllable: fa-VO-re. Let your voice rise at the end, because it's a question.

Example

Un caffè, per favore.

A coffee, please.

Words in this phrase

per

[pehr]

please / for

Part of the polite expression per favore, used when requesting something.

Example

Dico «per» favore alla fine della frase.

I say “please” at the end of the sentence.

favore

[fah-VOH-reh]

favor / please

Used with per to make a polite request: please.

Example

Il menù, per favore, grazie.

The menu, please, thank you.

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