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How to Say ‘Sorry, Marco, can you repeat the date?’ in Italian

Scusa, Marco, puoi ripetere la data?

SKOO-zah MAR-koh PWOY ree-PEH-teh-reh lah DAH-tah

[SKOO-zah MAR-koh PWOY ree-PEH-teh-reh lah DAH-tah]

🇮🇹 In Italy: Many Italian offices use tu between colleagues, even across ages, so Scusa and puoi are normal here. With a senior manager or an outside client, start with Scusi and può until they invite tu.

Phrase Breakdown

Scusa, Marco,

SKOO-zah MAR-koh

Sorry, Marco,

'Scusa' is the informal 'excuse me' or 'sorry'.

Example

Scusa, Giulia, hai tempo?

Sorry, Giulia, do you have time?

Words in this phrase

Scusa

[SKOO-zah]

sorry

Feeling regret or penitence.

Example

Devo dire scusa per il ritardo.

I must say sorry for the delay.

Marco

[MAR-koh]

Marco

A common Italian male first name.

Example

Marco è mio cugino.

Marco is my cousin.

puoi ripetere

PWOY ree-PEH-teh-reh

can you repeat

A polite request. Stress ri-PE-te-re.

Example

Puoi ripetere la domanda?

Can you repeat the question?

Words in this phrase

puoi

[PWOY]

you can

Informal 'you' form of potere (can).

Example

Puoi aiutarmi?

Can you help me?

ripetere

[ree-PEH-teh-reh]

repeat

Infinitive verb meaning to say or do again.

Example

Devo ripetere la domanda.

I have to repeat the question.

la data?

lah DAH-tah

the date?

End with rising intonation.

Example

Cambiamo la data?

Shall we change the date?

Words in this phrase

[lah]

the

The feminine singular definite article, used before nouns like 'cultura.'

Example

"La" cultura di questa impresa mi interessa molto.

"The" culture of this company interests me a lot.

data

[DAH-tah]

date

Feminine noun for a calendar day.

Example

Qual è la data di oggi?

What is today's date?

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