Collins Dictionaries - Easy Learning Italian Conversation

When making arrangements with someone, use Le va bene…?or, more informally, Ti va bene…?( Is it okay by you if…? ) to ask someone if something suits them. vacomes from the verb andare. For more information on andare, see here.

To ask somebody if they would prefer something, use Preferisce…?or, more informally, Preferisci…?( Would you prefer it…? ) which are from the present tense of the verb preferire. You can also use the conditional Preferirebbe…or Preferiresti…. For more information on –ireverbs like preferireand on the conditional, see hereand here.

If you want to confirm an arrangement with somebody, you can use Siamo d’accordo…?or Allora d’accordo…?( Are we agreed…? ).

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D’accordois used to accept offers or to agree: Ci andiamo insieme? – D’accordo!( Shall we go together? – OK! ).

When you want to say that you have to do something in Italian, you use devo( I have to ) followed by the infinitive. devocomes from the verb dovere( to have to ). For more information on dovere, see here.

When you want to say that you should or ought to do something, use dovrei( I should ) and then the verb in the infinitive. To find out more about the infinitive, see here.

To ask what someone has to do or when or why they have to do it, put cosa( what ), quando( when ) or perché( why ) at the beginning of the sentence, before deveor, more informally, devi( do you have to? ). deveand devicome from the verb dovere( to have to ). For more information on dovere, see here.

To say that you don’t have to do something, you can use non sono obbligato(or obbligata) a( I’m not obliged to ).

To say what you mustn’t do, you can use non devo( I mustn’t ) and then the verb in the infinitive.