to ask the price of...

 

To ask the price of one thing:

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Quanto è...?

Quanto costa...?

 

To ask the price of more than one thing:

Quanto sono...?

Quanto costano...?

 

What the shopkeeper might say:

“What would you like?”:

Prego?

Cosa voleva?

Dica!

Desidera?

 

“Anything else?”:

Altro?

Basta così?                        (literally: is that enough?)

Va bene così?                       

 

“Here you are...”

Ecco...

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You might say:

Mi dà.....                        Give me....

Avete...?                        Do you have...?

Vorrei....                        I would like...

Prendo...                        I would like...

 

Mi piace                        I like it

Mi piacciono                        I like them

 

“How much does it come to?”

Quant’è?

Quanto viene?

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una cartolina                    a postcard

i francobolli                      stamps

un biglietto                       a ticket

una mappa                       a map

una piantina                     a city map

una guida                         a guidebook

in tutto                              all together, in all

di resto, il resto             change

è chiuso                         it’s closed

È chiuso?                        Are you closed?  Is it closed?

È aperto?                        Are you open?  Is it open?