Unit 83 Guidebook: identify common objects
KEY PHRASES
Identify common objects
Cosa c'è nella scatola?
What is in the box?
What is in the box?
È un pezzo di torta.
It is a piece of cake.
It is a piece of cake.
Dove sono i miei occhiali?
Where are my glasses?
Where are my glasses?
Hai la patente?
Do you have your driver's license?
Do you have your driver's license?
Apri la busta.
Open the envelope.
Open the envelope.
TIP
Cosa?
You've already come across cosa, which means what.
Cosa dicono i libri?
What do the books say?
What do the books say?
Cosa c'è sullo schermo?
What is there on the screen?
What is there on the screen?
But when you're not asking a question, the word cosa simply means thing.
Ho la stessa cosa.
I have the same thing.
I have the same thing.
Non hai mai tempo per le cose importanti.
You never have time for the important things.
You never have time for the important things.
TIP
Vroom, vroom!
Macchina is the most common way to say car in Italian.
La macchina è senza benzina.
The car is out of gas.
The car is out of gas.
Automobile is another way to say car in Italian. Keep in mind, though, that automobile sounds a bit more formal than macchina.
L'automobile ha un motore nuovo.
The car has a new engine.
The car has a new engine.
Macchina also can just mean machine in general, depending on context.
una macchina
a machine
a machine