Gianna walks into Hotel Roma. Enzo, the receptionist, greets her and welcomes her to the hotel. How does he say "Good evening! Welcome to Hotel Roma!" in Italian?
Buonasera means "good evening," and benvenuta is the feminine form of "welcome" — used here because Gianna is a woman.
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Enzo has welcomed Gianna. Now it's her turn to speak. How does she tell him she has a reservation?
Ho una prenotazione means "I have a reservation" — ho is "I have" and prenotazione is "reservation."
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Gianna has told Enzo she has a reservation. He then asks Come si chiama? What is he asking her?
Come si chiama? is the formal Italian way to ask someone's name — it literally means "How do you call yourself?"
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Enzo asks Gianna for her name. How does she respond in Italian?
Mi chiamo means "my name is" — literally "I call myself." It's the standard reply to Come si chiama?
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Enzo needs a moment to look up Gianna's reservation. He says Un momento, per favore. What does this mean?
Un momento means "one moment" and per favore means "please" — a polite way to ask someone to wait briefly.
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Enzo finds Gianna's reservation in the system and says Sì, eccola. What does he mean?
Eccola means "here it is" — the feminine form, used because it refers to la prenotazione (the reservation), which is feminine in Italian.
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Enzo has found the reservation. Gianna wants to know how many nights she's booked for. How does she ask "For how many nights?" in Italian?
Per quante notti? means "For how many nights?" — quante is the feminine form of "how many," matching notti (nights), which is feminine.
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Enzo confirms the booking details: three nights, checking out on Thursday. How does he say "Three nights. You leave on Thursday." in Italian?
Tre notti means "three nights" and parte means "you leave" (from the verb partire). Giovedì is Thursday.
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Enzo has confirmed the dates. Gianna agrees by saying Sì, esatto. What does she mean?
Esatto means "exactly" or "that's right" — a handy word for confirming that something is correct.
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Now Enzo needs to check Gianna's ID. How does he ask "May I see your passport?" in Italian?
Posso vedere means "may I see" and il suo passaporto is the formal way to say "your passport." Posso is a polite way to make a request.
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Enzo has asked to see Gianna's passport. She hands it over saying Certo, eccolo. What does she mean?
Certo means "of course" and eccolo means "here it is" — the masculine form, used because passaporto is masculine in Italian.
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