Team meetings at work: Giving an update on your project

💬 After pensare, put di before the next action: pensi di finire. Italian often uses "think of finishing" where English says "think you'll finish".

💬 entro means "by" or "within" for deadlines: entro domani "by tomorrow", entro un'ora "within an hour". Don't use per here.

🇮🇹 Adding spero after a deadline is a common, soft way to commit without a firm promise. Colleagues will hear it as "probably, but no guarantees".

💬 delle is di + le merged, needed because ho bisogno is always followed by di. Note foto stays the same in the plural.

💬 però means "but" and the accent matters: stress the final o, as in (peh-ROH). It's a very common alternative to ma.

💬 Literally "I have need of". Follow it with a thing or an action: ho bisogno di aiuto "I need help", ho bisogno di parlarti "I need to talk to you".

💬 le here means "them" and stands for le foto, so it goes before the verb. The person you ask takes a: chiedo a Giulia. Italian uses the present tense chiedo for things you'll do soon.

💬 Say the double g firmly, held a beat longer: (OHJ-jee).

💬 Literally "a thousand thanks". mille never changes shape, whoever you're thanking.

💬 a te is the informal "to you"; with someone you address formally it becomes grazie a Lei.

🇮🇹 A standard friendly sign-off at the end of a morning meeting or call. It has no real English match, so people say it even when everyone keeps working together.