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Let’s look at some more examples.
Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.
Come si dice "book" in italiano?
Si dice "libro".
Come si dice "book" in italiano?
Come si dice "pen" in italiano?
Si dice "penna".
Come si dice "pen" in italiano?
Come si dice "bag?"
Si dice "borsa".
Come si dice "bag?"
Come si dice "pencil" in italiano?
Si dice "matita".
Come si dice "pencil" in italiano?
Come si chiama questo?
Si chiama "libro".
Come si chiama questo?
Did you notice how I used a different sentence pattern?
Come si chiama questo?
"What do you call this?" Come si chiama questo?
This literally means, "What [does] one call this?" but it translates as "What do you call this?"
To create this pattern,
simply replace dice, "says," with chiama, "calls." Chiama. Chiama.
After this replace the English word with questo, "this." Questo. Questo.
Recall, in Italiano, in Italian, may be omitted if understood from context.
Come si chiama questo?
"What [do] you call this?"
Come si chiama questo?
This is a very useful pattern for using Italian to learn Italian.
Do you remember the response,
"You call [it a] book."
Si chiama "libro".
Again, simply replace dice, "says," with chiama, "calls." Chiama.
Si chiama "libro". "You call [it a] book."
Si chiama "libro".

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