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How to Say ‘You need the badge.’ in Italian

Ti serve il badge.

tee SEHR-veh eel BEJ

[tee SEHR-veh eel BEJ]

💬 Usage Tip: Italian flips this around: literally "the badge serves to you". The needed thing controls the verb, so with a plural you say ti servono le chiavi "you need the keys".

Phrase Breakdown

Ti serve

tee SEHR-veh

You need

'Servire' literally means 'to be useful to'. So 'ti serve' is 'it's needed by you', which means 'you need'.

Example

Ti serve una penna?

Do you need a pen?

Words in this phrase

[tee]

to you

Indirect object pronoun meaning to you in expressions like interessare.

Example

Ti interessa? questa opportunità?

Does this opportunity interest you?

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?

il badge.

eel BEJ

the badge.

This is an English word used in Italian offices for an ID or access card. It's pronounced roughly like English 'badge'.

Example

Ho dimenticato il badge.

I forgot my badge.

Words in this phrase

[eel]

the

Masculine singular definite article used before a masculine singular noun.

Example

Nella frase Il tempo personale, Il introduce il concetto di tempo privato.

In the phrase 'Il tempo personale,' 'Il' introduces the concept of private time.

badge

[BEJ]

badge, ID card

English loanword for the access card used at work.

Example

Ho dimenticato il badge.

I forgot my badge.

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