Italian for real-life situations

Italian at the comune: how to register your residenza and understand what they ask

Registering your residenza at the comune is the step that unlocks almost everything in Italy: your carta d'identità, a family doctor, and SPID. The whole appointment happens in Italian, at the anagrafe counter, and revolves around your address, your ID, and your lease. These 26 phrases cover the whole counter.

Italian to get your codice fiscale: what to say at the Agenzia delle Entrate

The codice fiscale is the first document anyone arriving in Italy needs: without it you can't open a bank account, sign a lease, or get a phone plan. It's free and issued on the spot. The appointment is short and revolves around three things: your ID, the form, and spelling out your name. These 27 phrases cover the whole counter.

Italian at the questura: the postal kit, fingerprints, and your permesso di soggiorno

Applying for a permesso di soggiorno starts at the post office, with the kit postale, and ends at the questura, with fingerprints. You have eight working days from your arrival in Italy to file the kit, and the post office receipt already counts as proof of legal stay. These 26 phrases cover both steps.

Italian at the pharmacy: how to ask for medicine and describe your symptoms

In Italy the pharmacist genuinely advises you, and a lot of medicines are kept behind the counter, so you need to describe your symptom out loud. One formula covers most of it: 'ho mal di' plus the body part. These 25 phrases cover everything from a simple request to a doctor's prescription.

Italian for renting an apartment: viewing, lease, and the hidden fees

Renting in Italy has three vocabulary traps: spese condominiali charged on top of the rent, the type of lease that defines your rights, and the cauzione (deposit). Asking the right questions at the viewing avoids a surprise of hundreds of euros a month. These 26 phrases cover everything from the viewing to getting the keys.