Grocery shopping: Paying the bill
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Key Phrases
Buongiorno
Good morning
La carta fedeltà
The loyalty card
Ecco i contanti
Here is the cash
Skills You'll Learn
Making polite requests
Fare richieste con cortesia
Understanding payment-related vocabulary
Comprendere il vocabolario relativo ai pagamenti
Responding to offers
Rispondere a offerte
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are at a local store in Italy, about to pay for your purchases. You interact with a cashier who asks if you have a loyalty card and if you need any bags, to which you politely decline as you brought your own. After a friendly exchange, you make your payment in cash and receive your change and receipt.
Buongiorno, vorrei pagare, per favore.
Good morning, I would like to pay, please.
Certo, ha la carta fedeltà con lei?
Certainly, do you have the loyalty card with you?
Sì, eccola.
Yes, here it is.
Perfetto. Vorrebbe anche dei sacchetti?
Perfect. Would you also like some bags?
No, grazie. Ho la mia borsa.
No, thank you. I have my own bag.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buongiorno
Bwon-jor-no
Good morning
Vorrei
Vor-rei
I would like
💬 [Vorrei] is a polite way to say "I'd like," softer than a direct [voglio] ("I want"). You can reuse it with lots of things: [Vorrei un caffè] or [Vorrei pagare].
See breakdown →Pagare
Pa-ga-re
To pay
Per
Pehr
For
Favore
Fa-vo-re
Favor
Per favore
Pehr Fa-vo-re
Please
🇮🇹 [Per favore] is perfectly polite, but in shops Italians also often just use a warm tone and [grazie]. It can sound a bit more pointed than English "please" if you overuse it in every sentence.
See breakdown →Certo
Cher-to
Certainly
Ha
Ah
Do you have
💬 [Ha] can mean "has" or, in a question like at a checkout, "do you have...?" Italian often uses the same verb where English needs "do": [Ha la carta?] = "Do you have the card?"
See breakdown →La
Lah
The
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