Italian for English speakers Clothes · Lesson 6

I am looking for

Use Cerco... in Italian — Cerco un asciugamano di cotone per il viso (I'm looking for a cotton face towel) — with di for material.

Conversation

  1. Yennifer Yennifer

    Ciao, cerco un asciugamano di cotone per il viso.

    Hi, I am looking for a cotton face towel.

    Tip: <cerco> = I look for/ I am looking for <cerchi> = you look for/ you are looking for

  2. Rose Rose

    Va bene questo?

    What about this?

  3. Yennifer Yennifer

    No. è troppo grande

    No. It is too big

  4. Rose Rose

    Allora quello rosso?

    The red one then?

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you say 'I'm looking for ...' in Italian?

Cerco + noun: cerco un libro, cerco le chiavi (keys). From the verb cercare.

What does di cotone mean?

'Made of cotton'. Pattern: noun + di + material. Camicia di cotone, borsa di pelle (leather bag).

Common Italian fabrics?

Il cotone (cotton), la lana (wool), il lino (linen), la seta (silk), la pelle (leather), il poliestere (polyester).

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