Ordering a coffee: The size of coffee you want.
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Key Phrases
Buongiorno
Good morning
Quanto costa?
How much does it cost?
Ecco a Lei
Here you are
Skills You'll Learn
Ordering a coffee in Italian
Ordinare un caffè in italiano
Inquiring about prices
Chiedere il prezzo
Expressing gratitude politely
Esprimere gratitudine in modo cortese
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are in an Italian café, ordering a coffee. The barista assists you through the ordering process, asking about your preferences for size and add-ins like milk or sugar, and informs you of the cost of your order.
Buongiorno! Vorrei un caffè, per favore.
Good morning! I would like a coffee, please.
Certo! Che taglia preferisci?
Sure! What size do you prefer?
Quali taglie avete?
What sizes do you have?
Abbiamo piccolo, medio e grande.
We have small, medium, and large.
Prendo un caffè grande, grazie.
I'll have a large coffee, thank you.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buongiorno
Bwon-jor-no
Good morning
Vorrei
Vor-ray
I would like
💬 [Vorrei] is a softer way to ask for something than a plain [voglio]. You can reuse it with other orders too: [Vorrei un tè] or [Vorrei un cornetto].
See breakdown →Un
Oon
A
Caffè
Caf-feh
Coffee
💬 Watch the accent in [caffè]: it shows the stress falls at the end ((kaf-FEH)). Many café-related words in Italian keep that final stress, like [tè] and [città].
See breakdown →Un caffè
Oon caf-feh
A coffee
Per
Pehr
For
Favore
Fah-vo-reh
Please
Per favore
Pehr fah-vo-reh
Please
🇮🇹 [Per favore] is polite, but in a busy Italian bar people often keep it brief and friendly: [Buongiorno, un caffè] is already normal. Tone matters as much as the words here.
See breakdown →Certo!
Cher-to
Sure!
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