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How to Say ‘Can I hear his voice?’ in Italian

Posso sentire la sua voce?

POHS-soh sen-TEE-reh lah SOO-ah VOH-cheh

[POHS-soh sen-TEE-reh lah SOO-ah VOH-cheh]

💬 Usage Tip: sentire covers both hearing and feeling, so context tells you which. You "hear" a voice with sentire, not with ascoltare "listen".

Phrase Breakdown

Posso sentire

POHS-soh sen-TEE-reh

Can I hear

'Posso' (I can) is followed by an infinitive. Hold the double 's' in 'posso'. Say 'sentire' as sen-TEE-reh.

Example

Posso sentire la musica?

Can I hear the music?

Words in this phrase

Posso

[POHS-soh]

can I / may I

A polite way to ask permission to say or ask something.

Example

Posso chiedere se avete un menu speciale?

May I ask if you have a special menu?

sentire

[sen-TEE-reh]

To hear

Perceive sound or listen to something.

Example

È bello sentire musica.

It is nice to hear music.

la sua voce?

lah SOO-ah VOH-cheh

his/her voice?

'Voce' is feminine, so it takes 'la sua'. Say 'voce' as VOH-cheh. Raise your intonation at the end for a question.

Example

Mi piace la sua voce.

I like her voice.

Words in this phrase

[lah]

the

The feminine singular definite article, used before nouns like 'cultura.'

Example

"La" cultura di questa impresa mi interessa molto.

"The" culture of this company interests me a lot.

sua

[SOO-ah]

his

Possessive; here refers to a male third person's thing.

Example

Conosco la sua famiglia.

I know his family.

voce

[VOH-cheh]

voice

The sound a person makes when speaking.

Example

Ha una voce bellissima.

She has a beautiful voice.

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