Survival Phrases 3 - Urgent Situations

In this lesson you’ll learn how to deal with a variety of urgent situations, from getting medical help to finding a bathroom.

	Italian	English
	Può aiutarmi?	Can you help me?
	Mi sono perso(a).	I'm lost.
	Sono ferito(a).	I'm injured.
	Sono malato(a).	I'm sick.
	Lei è ferita.	She is injured.
	Lui è malato.	He is sick.
	Ho bisogno di un medico	I need a doctor.
	Devo andare all'ospedale.	I have to go to the hospital.
	Dov'è il bagno? → È lì.	Where is the bathroom? → It's there.
	C'è un telefono? → Sì, ce n'è uno qui .	Is there a telephone? → Yes, there's one here.

Exercises

You might have noticed that some words have alternative endings, indicated with parentheses (eg. sono ferito(a)). When using an adjective (like ferito) to describe a person, you often have to change the ending of the word depending on whether you’re talking about a man or a woman. In this case, ferito (ending with an o) is used for a man and ferita (ending with an a) is used for a woman.

With the phrase sono ferito, I’m injured, you’re talking about yourself, so if you are a man you would say sono ferito, but if you’re a woman you would say sono ferita. Whenever the ending of a word changes like this based on the gender of the person it refers to, we will indicate the feminine version using parentheses.

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