Airport & Customs

1. Per favore mostri il suo passaporto

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   Italian follows SVO word order

2. Qual è lo scopo della sua visita?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Qual è" = what is; qual is the truncated form of quale and takes no apostrophe

3. Quante notti prevede di restare?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Quante" = how many

4. Ha qualcosa da dichiarare?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "Ha" = do you have

5. Il mio bagaglio non è ancora arrivato

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "Non ancora" = not yet

6. Questo è un bagaglio a mano

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Mano" = hand

7. Sono in transito

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   "In" = in

8. Dove si trova il gate?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Dove" = where

9. Quando inizia l'imbarco?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Quando" = when

10. Dove si trova il negozio duty-free?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    The English term is used

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