Restaurant reservations: Number of guests
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Key Phrases
Vorrei
I would like
A che nome?
Under what name?
Buona giornata
Have a nice day
Skills You'll Learn
Making a restaurant reservation
Fare una prenotazione al ristorante
Providing information for a reservation
Fornire informazioni per una prenotazione
Expressing gratitude
Esprimere gratitudine
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are calling a restaurant in Italy to make a dinner reservation. You will be speaking with a staff member who will ask for details like the number of people, name, and preferred time for the reservation.
Buongiorno, vorrei fare una prenotazione per il ristorante.
Good morning, I would like to make a reservation for the restaurant.
Buongiorno! Per quante persone?
Good morning! For how many people?
Per quattro persone, per favore.
For four people, please.
Perfetto. A che nome?
Perfect. Under what name?
A nome di Emily Smith .
Under the name Emily Smith.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buongiorno
bwawn-JOR-noh
Good morning
Vorrei
vohr-RAY
I would like
💬 [Vorrei] is softer than a plain [voglio] for requests, so it's the natural choice when booking or ordering. You can reuse it with lots of nouns: [Vorrei un tavolo] or [Vorrei una prenotazione].
See breakdown →Fare
FAHR-ay
To make
Una prenotazione
OO-nah preh-noh-taht-SEE-oh-neh
A reservation
Fare una prenotazione
FAHR-ay OO-nah preh-noh-taht-SEE-oh-neh
To make a reservation
💬 Italian uses [fare] for things English often says with [make] or [do], including [fare una prenotazione]. The same pattern shows up in [fare una domanda] and [fare colazione].
See breakdown →Per il
pehr ehl eell
For the
Ristorante
ree-STOH-rahN-teh
Restaurant
Per il ristorante
pehr ehl eell ree-STOH-rahN-teh
For the restaurant
Per quante
pehr KWAN-teh
For how many
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