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Learning the Italian Questions displayed below is vital to the language. Italian questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ...
In Italian there are 4 ways of asking a question to get a yes or no answer, and they are the following:
-Verb : Unlike English, the auxiliaries do and does are not used. Ha del tempo libero? (Does she/he have free time?)
-Pronoun + verb: Only the intonation makes the sentence interrogative: Lei/lui ha del tempo libero? (Does she/he have free time?)
-Verb +...+ pronoun. The pronoun goes last Ha del tempo libero lei/lui? (Does she have free time?)
-Finally you can also make a question by adding a tag question to the end of a statement. Lei ha del tempo libero, vero/non è vero?
Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Italian Questions |
|---|---|
| Questions | Domande |
| how? | quanto |
| what? | che cosa? |
| who? | chi? |
| why? | perché? |
| where? | dove? |
Notice the structure of the Questions in Italian.
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Italian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Italian vocabulary.
| English Questions | Italian Questions |
|---|---|
| where is he? | dove si trova? |
| what is this? | che cosa è questo? |
| why are you sad? | perché sei triste? |
| how do you want to pay? | Come vuoi pagare? |
| can I come? | posso venire? |
| is he sleeping? | (lui) sta dormendo? |
| do you know me? | mi conosci? |
| do you have my book? | Avete il mio libro? |
| how big is it? | quanto è grande? |
| can I help you? | posso aiutarti? |
| can you help me? | puoi aiutarmi? |
| do you speak English? | parlate inglese? |
| how far is this? | quanto è lontano/distante? |
| what time is it? | Che ora è? |
| how much is this? | quanto costa? |
| what is your name? | Come ti chiami? |
| where do you live? | dove vivi? |
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