Can you tell me how to say.. I know "come si dice" but I want it this way also. grazie

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Ah, ok.
It's

Mi puoi dire come si dice...?
Puoi dirmi come si dice...?

OR

[ More polite form using the conditional tenses ]

Postresti dirmi come si dice...?
Mi potresti dire come si dice...?

OR

[ Polite form using the conditional tenses and the third person singular instead of the second person singular ] - Mostly used with people you don't know ]

Potrebbe dirmi come si dice...?
Mi potrebbe dire come si dice...?

;)

3

I'll make it a bit clearer.

There are cases in which "Passato Prossimo" correspond to "Present Perfect", but, mostly due to the fact that in modern Italian "Passato Remoto" is less and less used, they're often used in different ways...

Some examples:

"I have lived in Italy for 6 months"
[ Present Perfect ]

"Vivo in Italia da 6 mesi"
or
"E' da sei mesi che vivo in Italia"
[ Present ]

"Last week I went to the cinema"
[ Simple Past ]

"La scorsa settimana sono andato al cinema"
[ Passato Prossimo ]

1

Do you mean the literal translation of "How to say..." ?
It's "come dire...". :)

1

"Can you tell me how to say" I know that one way to say this is, "come si dice" but I also wanted to know how to say "Can you tell me how to say" not sure about what you have put here "come dire"

1

Ho capito.. :)

0

capisco grazie amica mio

0

Di nulla. :)

BTW, it's "amico". ;)
And "capisco" is used in different contexts.
"Ho capito" is better. ;)

0

sorry about my little typo i do know about the mas/fem usage of amico...lol but I am not sure about why capisco was not correct. Can you please explain to me why? Is it because I have to use the present perfect verb usage instead of the present? :)

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"Capisco" is used like "I see..." in English

E.G.:

A: "Sai, non sto molto bene, ultimamente..."
B: "Capisco... Mi dispiace..."

A: "You know, I'm not feeling very well, lately..."
B: "I see... I'm sorry..."

Note: "Ho capito" is "Passato Prossimo". In modern italian, except in some cases, it has nothing to do with "Present Perfect".