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How to Say ‘And how many people work on the project?’ in Italian

E quante persone lavorano al progetto?

eh KWAHN-teh pehr-SOH-neh lah-VOH-rah-noh ahl proh-JET-toh

[eh KWAHN-teh pehr-SOH-neh lah-VOH-rah-noh ahl proh-JET-toh]

💬 Usage Tip: Starting a question with E "and" is a natural way to move on to a follow-up question. It works like English "And how...?"

Phrase Breakdown

E quante persone

eh KWAHN-teh pehr-SOH-neh

And how many people

'Quante' is feminine plural to agree with 'persone'. Say 'qu' like 'kw': KWAN-te.

Example

Quante persone vengono?

How many people are coming?

Words in this phrase

[eh]

and

A conjunction used to connect ideas or qualities.

Example

Nella frase E collaborativa, E aggiunge una seconda qualità positiva dell'azienda.

In the phrase 'E collaborativa,' 'E' adds a second positive quality of the company.

quante

[KWAHN-teh]

how many

Feminine plural form of 'quanto', agreeing with a feminine plural noun.

Example

Quante pizze volete?

How many pizzas do you want?

persone

[pehr-SOH-neh]

people

Refers to people in general; in company culture, often coworkers or employees.

Example

Dire Le persone si aiutano mostra che le persone nell'azienda collaborano.

Saying 'Le persone si aiutano' shows that people in the company cooperate.

lavorano al progetto?

lah-VOH-rah-noh ahl proh-JET-toh

work on the project?

Stress LA- in 'lavorano'. Let your voice rise at the end for the question.

Example

Chi lavora al progetto?

Who works on the project?

Words in this phrase

lavorano

[lah-VOH-rah-noh]

(they) work

Third person plural of 'lavorare', to work.

Example

I miei colleghi lavorano a Roma.

My colleagues work in Rome.

[ahl]

on the

'a' + 'il'; with 'lavorare' it means working on something.

Example

Lavoro al nuovo sito.

I'm working on the new website.

progetto

[proh-JET-toh]

project

A planned piece of work with a goal; masculine noun.

Example

Il progetto finisce a marzo.

The project ends in March.

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