Alright, how would you say “I have intention”?
Ho intenzione
(o lon-ton-syon)
The word for “of” in Italian is:
di
(dee)
So, how would you say “I have intention of”?
Ho intenzione di
(o in-ten-tzee-oh-nay dee)
Saying “I have intention of…” is actually one way of saying “I’m planning to…” in Italian.
With this in mind, how would you say “I’m planning to book a table” / “I’m planning to reserve a table” (literally “I have intention of to reserve a table”)?
Ho intenzione di prenotare un tavolo.
(o in-ten-tzee-oh-nay dee pray-no-tar-ray oon tav-oh-loe)
Okay, once more, what was “for this evening” in Italian?
per questa sera
(pair kwest-er sair-er)
Now, how would you say “I’m planning to book a table for this evening” / “I’m planning to reserve a table for this evening” (literally “I have intention of to reserve a table for this evening”)?
Ho intenzione di prenotare un tavolo per questa sera.
(o in-ten-tzee-oh-nay dee pray-no-tar-ray oon tav-oh-loe pair kwest-er sair-er)
And what was “a room” in Italian?
una camera
(oon-a cam-air-a)
How would you say “I’m planning to book a room for this evening”?
Ho intenzione di prenotare una camera per questa sera.
(o in-ten-tzee-oh-nay dee pray-no-tar-ray oon-a cam-air-a pair kwest-er sair-er)
“To go back” in Italian is literally “to return”, which in Italian is:
ritornare
(ree-torn-are-ay)
So, how would you say “I’m planning to go back”?
Ho intenzione di ritornare.
(o in-ten-tzee-oh-nay dee ree-torn-are-ay)
And again, how would you say “in Italy”?
in Italia (een eet-al-yer)
“To Italy” is said in exactly the same way as “in Italy”. Try it! How would you say “to Italy”?
in Italia (een eet-al-yer)
And how would you say “I’m planning to go back (literally “to return”) to Italy”?
Ho intenzione di ritornare in Italia.
(o in-ten-tzee-oh-nay dee ri-torn-are-ay een eet-al-yer)
“In May” in Italian is:
a maggio
(a madge-oh)
With this in mind, how would you say “I’m planning to go back to Italy in May”?
Ho intenzione di ritornare in Italia a maggio.
(o in-ten-tzee-oh-nay dee ri-torn-are-ay een eet-al-yer a madge-oh)
To recap, in Italian, if you want to say “I’m planning to…” you can simply use “I have intention of…”.
It’s an extremely useful expression and actually is just one of a number of such expressions that work in more or less the same way.
For example, if you want to say “I feel like…” or “I fancy…” in Italian, you will literally say “I have want of…” which in Italian is:
Ho voglia di
(o vol-ya dee)
Knowing this, how would you say “I feel like going back to Italy in May / I fancy going back to Italy in May” (literally “I have want of to return to Italy in May”)?
Ho voglia di ritornare in Italia a maggio.
(o vol-ya dee ri-torn-are-ay een eet-al-yer a madge-oh)
What is “September” in Italian?
settembre
(se-tem-bray)
So, how would you say “in September”?
a settembre
(a se-tem-bray)
And how would you say “I feel like going back to Italy in September / I fancy going back to Italy in September” (literally “I have want of to return to Italy in September”)?
Ho voglia di ritornare in Italia a settembre.
(o vol-ya dee ri-torn-are-ay een eet-al-yer a se-tem-bray)
Do you remember how to say “in Rome”?
a Roma
(a roam-er)
“To Rome” in Italian is said in exactly the same way – how would you say “to Rome”?
a Roma
(a roam-er)
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