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How to Say ‘You'll get a text message’ in Italian

Le arriva un SMS

leh ar-REE-vah oon EH-seh-EM-meh-EH-seh

[leh ar-REE-vah oon EH-seh-EM-meh-EH-seh]

💬 Usage Tip: Literally "to you arrives a text". Here Le is the polite "to you", so the text is what arrives, not something you do.

Phrase Breakdown

Le arriva

leh ar-REE-vah

You will receive (lit. to you arrives)

'Le' is the formal 'to you'. Link it into 'arriva': 'lear-RI-va', with a rolled double 'r'.

Example

Le arriva una email.

You'll receive an email.

Words in this phrase

[leh]

to you (formal)

Formal indirect pronoun meaning 'to you', used politely with strangers like customers.

Example

Le porto il caffè.

I'll bring you the coffee.

arriva

[ar-REE-vah]

arrives

Third person singular of 'arrivare', to arrive.

Example

Il treno arriva alle otto.

The train arrives at eight.

un SMS

oon EH-seh-EM-meh-EH-seh

a text message

Read 'SMS' as Italian letter names: 'esse-emme-esse'.

Example

Ti mando un SMS.

I'll send you a text.

Words in this phrase

[oon]

a / an

An indefinite article meaning 'a' before a masculine singular noun.

Example

È stato un incontro molto utile.

It was a very useful meeting.

SMS

[EH-seh-EM-meh-EH-seh]

text message

A short phone text message, read as letters.

Example

Ti mando un SMS stasera.

I'll send you a text tonight.

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