Language info
Grammar

 

  • If you say you have a cough, a temperature or the flu, you say ho and then the ailment, for example Ho la tosse (literally 'the cough', and not 'a cough' as in English).

 

  • To say that you've got a specific ache you say Ho mal di... directly followed by the name for the part of the body.   Ho mal di pancia    Ho mal di testa.

 

  • To say that something hurts you say Mi fa male..., followed by the part of the body that hurts. Mi fa male la caviglia   Mi fa male il ginocchio.

 


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