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How to Say ‘Maybe it's mild food poisoning.’ in Italian

Forse è un'intossicazione leggera.

FOHR-seh eh oon een-tos-see-kah-TSYOH-neh led-JEH-rah

[FOHR-seh eh oon een-tos-see-kah-TSYOH-neh led-JEH-rah]

💬 Usage Tip: Una shortens to un' before a feminine word starting with a vowel. Masculine words take un with no apostrophe: un antibiotico "an antibiotic".

Phrase Breakdown

Forse è

FOHR-seh eh

Maybe it's

'Forse' means 'maybe'. Link it smoothly to 'è': FOR-se-è.

Example

Forse è stanco.

Maybe he's tired.

Words in this phrase

Forse

[FOHR-seh]

maybe

Adverb expressing possibility or uncertainty.

Example

Forse piove stasera.

Maybe it will rain tonight.

[eh]

it is / is

Verb 'to be' used to identify or emphasize something important.

Example

È proprio questo il punto forte dell'azienda secondo molti dipendenti.

This is exactly the company's strong point according to many employees.

un'intossicazione

oon een-tos-see-kah-TSYOH-neh

a poisoning

A long word, so break it into syllables: u-nin-tos-si-ca-ZIO-ne.

Example

È un'intossicazione alimentare.

It's food poisoning.

Words in this phrase

un'

[oon]

a / an

Indefinite article before feminine words starting with a vowel.

Example

Ho un'idea.

I have an idea.

intossicazione

[een-tos-see-kah-TSYOH-neh]

poisoning

Feminine noun; often food poisoning.

Example

Ha un'intossicazione alimentare.

He has food poisoning.

leggera.

led-JEH-rah

mild.

Feminine to agree with 'intossicazione'. Say it as led-JE-ra.

Example

La borsa è leggera.

The bag is light.

Words in this phrase

leggera

[led-JEH-rah]

mild, light

Feminine of 'leggero'; not serious or heavy.

Example

È una cena leggera.

It's a light dinner.

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