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

Le serve un seggiolone?

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

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

💬 Usage Tip: In Italian, the thing needed does the work of the verb: the high chair "is needed by you". With more than one, the verb changes: Le servono due seggioloni? "Do you need two high chairs?"

Phrase Breakdown

Le serve

leh SEHR-veh

Do you need

This is the formal 'Lei' form. Literally it means 'is it useful to you'.

Example

Le serve aiuto?

Do you need help?

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?

un seggiolone?

oon sed-joh-LOH-neh

a high chair?

Double the 'g' and stress 'lo': sed-jo-LO-ne.

Example

Il bambino è nel seggiolone.

The child is in the high chair.

Words in this phrase

[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?

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