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How to Say ‘Could you leave me a name and a phone number?’ in Italian

Mi lascia un nome e un numero di telefono?

mee LAH-shah oon NOH-meh eh oon NOO-meh-roh dee teh-LEH-foh-noh

[mee LAH-shah oon NOH-meh eh oon NOO-meh-roh dee teh-LEH-foh-noh]

💬 Usage Tip: lascia is the polite "you" form, which looks just like the "he/she" form. With a friend it would be Mi lasci...?.

Phrase Breakdown

Mi lascia un nome

mee LAH-shah oon NOH-meh

Can you leave me a name

'Lascia' is the formal 'Lei' form of 'lasciare'. 'Sci' sounds like 'shee': LA-sha.

Example

Mi lascia un messaggio?

Can you leave me a message?

Words in this phrase

[mee]

to me

Indirect object pronoun meaning to me; used to express personal reaction.

Example

Nella frase Mi fa piacere, Mi indica la persona che prova la sensazione.

In the phrase 'Mi fa piacere,' 'Mi' indicates the person feeling the emotion.

lascia

[LAH-shah]

leave

Formal 'you' form of lasciare, to leave or give.

Example

Mi lascia la sua email?

Will you leave me your email?

[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.

nome

[NOH-meh]

Name

A word or set of words by which a person is known.

Example

A che nome è fatta la prenotazione?

Under what name is the reservation made?

e un numero

eh oon NOO-meh-roh

and a number

Link 'e' and 'un' together: e-un-NU-me-ro.

Example

Mi serve un nome e un numero.

I need a name and a number.

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.

[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.

numero

[NOO-meh-roh]

number

A sequence of digits, like a phone number.

Example

Qual è il tuo numero?

What's your number?

di telefono?

dee teh-LEH-foh-noh

phone?

This completes 'numero di telefono'. Let the pitch rise at the end for the question.

Example

Qual è il suo numero di telefono?

What is your phone number?

Words in this phrase

[dee]

Preposition linking nouns, often translated as of.

Example

Che tipo di ruolo è disponibile?

What kind of role is available?

telefono

[teh-LEH-foh-noh]

telephone

Masculine noun for a phone.

Example

Il telefono è sul tavolo.

The phone is on the table.

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