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Describe your house in Italian. Com’รจ la tua casa? How is your house? Learn how to describe your house in Italian. Impariamo!

| La mia casa รจ piuttosto grande. | My house is quite big. |
| Ha due piani e un giardino. | It has two floors and a garden. |
| Al pianoterra ci sono la cucina, il salotto, lo studio e un bagno. | On the ground floor there is the kitchen, living room, study and a bathroom. |
| Al primo piano ci sono le camere da letto e un altro bagno. | On the first floor are the bedrooms and another bathroom. |
| Il salotto รจ grande e luminoso. | The living room is large and bright. |
| La cucina non รจ molto grande, ma ci sono tutti gli elettrodomestici: il frigorifero, il forno, la macchina da caffรจ e anche la lavastoviglie. | The kitchen is not very large, but all household appliances are present: Refrigerator, oven, coffee maker and also the dishwasher. |
| Abbiamo due bagni, uno al pianoterra, piccolo e per gli ospiti, e uno al primo piano, grande e con la doccia. | We have two bathrooms, one on the ground floor, small and for guests, and one on the first floor, large and with shower. |
| Nello studio c’รจ una grande libreria, abbiamo molti libri perchรฉ ci piace molto leggere. | There is a big bookshelf in the study, we have a lot of books because we love to read. |
| Sopra ci sono le camere da letto. Tutte hanno un bel balcone. | Upstairs there are the bedrooms. All of them have a nice balcony. |
| Il giardino รจ piccolo, ma molto grazioso, ed รจ pieno di piante e fiori. A mio marito piace fare giardinaggio. | The garden is small but very pretty, and it is full of plants and flowers. My husband likes to garden. |
| Mi piace la mia casa! | I like my house very much! |
Let’s learn important vocabulary and expressions you need to be able to describe your house.
| Abito / Vivo… | I live … |
| in una casa | in a house |
| in un appartamento | In an apartment |
| in un appartamento condiviso | in a shared apartment |
| dai miei genitori | at my parents |
| da solo | alone |
| con mia moglie | mio marito | i miei figli | with my wife | my husband | my children |
| con il mio ragazzo | la mia ragazza | with my boyfriend | girlfriend |
A che piano abiti?
Abito al terzo piano.
Learn the floors and the numbers!
| al pianoterra | on the ground floor |
| al primo piano | on the first floor |
| al secondo piano | on the second floor |
| al terzo piano | on the third floor |
| al quarto piano | on the forth floor |
| al quinto piano | on the fifth floor |
Other useful words: sopra above and sotto below.
Don’t forget the rule of c’รจ and ci sono: c’รจ is followed by one thing,ci sono by several.
| In cucina c’รจ il frigorifero. | In the kitchen there is the refrigerator. |
| In cucina ci sono il frigorifero e la lavastoviglie. | In the kitchen there are the refrigerator and the dishwasher. |
Learn more about c’รจ and ci sonohere
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