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How to Say ‘Do you need a high chair for the children?’ in Italian

Le serve un seggiolone per i bambini?

leh SEHR-veh oon sed-joh-LOH-neh pehr ee bahm-BEE-nee

[leh SEHR-veh oon sed-joh-LOH-neh pehr ee bahm-BEE-nee]

🇮🇹 In Italy: Children are very welcome at Italian dinners, even late ones. Staff will often offer a high chair without being asked.

Phrase Breakdown

Le serve un seggiolone

leh SEHR-veh oon sed-joh-LOH-neh

Do you need a high chair

This is a formal question. Remember the double 'g' in 'seggiolone'.

Example

Le serve un seggiolone, signore?

Do you need a high chair, sir?

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.

serve

[SEHR-veh]

is needed / do you need

From 'servire'; 'mi/le serve' means 'I/you need' (literally 'it serves me/you').

Example

Ti serve aiuto?

Do you need help?

[oon]

a, an

The masculine singular indefinite article used before many nouns.

Example

È "un" bel momento per tifare.

It is a good moment to cheer.

seggiolone

[sed-joh-LOH-neh]

high chair

A tall chair for babies to eat at the table.

Example

Avete un seggiolone libero?

Do you have a free high chair?

per i bambini?

pehr ee bahm-BEE-nee

for the children?

Your intonation rises at the end of the question.

Example

Avete giochi per i bambini?

Do you have toys for the children?

Words in this phrase

per

[pehr]

for

A preposition used to explain purpose or reason.

Example

Sono qui per conoscere nuove aziende.

I am here to get to know new companies.

[ee]

the

Plural masculine definite article used before plural masculine nouns.

Example

Nella frase I responsabili, I introduce il gruppo dei manager.

In the phrase 'I responsabili,' 'I' introduces the group of managers.

bambini

[bahm-BEE-nee]

children

Plural of 'bambino', young kids.

Example

I bambini mangiano la pasta.

The children eat pasta.

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