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Wednesday
Oct172007

useful everyday italian expressions

Eccovi guys, a smorgasbord of useful everyday Italian expressions, flashcardized.

Che bello!
Shows enthusiastic approval of something.

Uffa!
Shows you're annoyed, bored, angry or fed up with a situation. Kind of like, "Aargh!"

Che ne so!
Use it when you have no idea about something. Like, "How should I know!"

Ti sta bene!
Serves you right!

Non te la prendere.
Don't get so upset.

Che macello!
What a mess!

Non mi va.
I don't feel like it.

Mi raccomando!
Way of adding urgency to a request, sort of like, "Please, I beg you!"

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