3 Italian Ways to Say Please (and When to Use Them)
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
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Summary
Do Italians say please? Learn the 3 most authentic ways to be polite in Italian.
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Today's Italian words:
Per piacere = Please (lit. to please)
Per favore = Please (lit. for favour)
Sì, grazie! = Yes please! (in Italian, we don’t say "per favore" after "sì")
Due biglietti, per favore = Two tickets, please (lit. for favour)
Un cappuccino, per piacere = A cappuccino, please (lit. to please)
Può portare il conto? = Can you bring the bill?
Potrebbe portare il conto? = Could you bring the bill?
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| 0:00.0 | Ciao. We are now in January, January, which is a great time to start or get back into learning |
| 0:07.2 | Italian with a bit of new year motivation. We're re-releasing this episode that we hope will be |
| 0:12.7 | helpful if you're going to Italy this year or any time you want to be able to improve your |
| 0:17.1 | ability to get by in Italian. This way, we can make sure you still get an Italian lesson while we're busy welcoming |
| 0:23.4 | new students to our online Italian school. |
| 0:25.9 | If you'd like to learn more about how to join us next term, click the link in the description. |
| 0:32.2 | Did you know that Italian has several ways to say, please? |
| 0:35.7 | Of course, there's the standard, per favor, but there are a couple of other really common ones that Italians use all the time. |
| 0:42.9 | Using them will help your Italian sound really natural. |
| 0:46.1 | Today you'll learn three essential ways to say please in Italian, |
| 0:49.8 | the ones you'll really use and hear every day in Italy. |
| 1:10.0 | Music the ones you'll really use and hear every day in Italy. Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages. Should we get straight into the dialogue, Matteo? |
| 1:12.6 | Please. |
| 1:13.6 | It's a conversation we have quite often. |
| 1:16.6 | Listen out for any phrases that you think could mean please. |
| 1:21.6 | Uff, oh mal di stomacro. |
| 1:25.6 | Allura, not to get the pizza, for pacer. Okay. Oh, my stomach. All right. All right....pregn't |
| 1:28.3 | Pisa. |
| 1:29.3 | Okay. |
| 1:30.3 | What do you get? |
| 1:33.3 | A margarita, |
| 1:34.3 | thanks. |
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