148: Bathroom in Italian: The Words You Really Need to Know!

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

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Summary

Where’s the bathroom? This might be the most important Italian phrase of them all! Learn how to say it and understand the reply.

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Today's Italian words:
Scusi, dov’è il bagno? = Excuse me, where’s the bathroom?
Scusi, dov’è la toilette? = Excuse me, where’s the bathroom? (French sounding word)
Di là = Over there
In fondo al corridoio = At the end of the corridor
A destra = To the right
A sinistra = To the left
Non c’è la carta igienica = There’s no toilet paper
È occupato = There’s someone in there / I’m in here (lit. “it’s occupied”)

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0:00.0	If there is one phrase you definitely need in Italy, it's, where's the bathroom?
0:06.4	When my friends and family come to Italy, they nearly always ask us how to say this,
0:10.2	because it's one of those expressions that you don't want to get caught without.
0:14.1	So in this episode, you'll learn how to ask this simple but important question and pronounce it correctly.
0:20.7	We'll also help you understand the reply and what to say in those awkward situations,
0:25.6	like when there's no toilet paper. Ciao all and benvenuiti.
0:42.3	Hi everyone and welcome to Learn Italian with Joy of Languages.
0:46.3	Today we are talking about the thing that everyone needs but language teachers probably don't talk about enough.
0:53.3	The toilet. I'm one of those people who
0:56.3	is always looking for one. Yes, you are a nightmare on long car journeys and day trips.
1:03.7	And this means that I really know that today's phrases, which you probably won't find in your
1:08.3	textbook, will come in very handy when you need to go in Italy.
1:13.7	But first, we have a little favor to ask.
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1:27.9	grow so that we can keep making free lessons like this.
1:32.0	Grazie.
1:33.2	Let's listen to a conversation, which is similar to one that we might have in any bar in
1:38.0	Italy.
1:39.0	Matteo has just been to the bathroom.
1:41.2	He went before I did.
1:42.2	So I started by asking him the all-important
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