Personal budget
Bilancio personale
- Talk about your personal finances.
Master Italian vocabulary for managing a personal budget, including terms like "reddito" (income), "spese" (expenses), and "risparmiare" (to save). This B1 lesson focuses on practical financial expressions for everyday conversations.
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Understanding Personal Budgeting in Italian
This B1-level lesson focuses on managing and discussing your personal budget in Italian. You'll learn essential vocabulary and phrases related to everyday finances, enabling you to talk about income, expenses, savings, and financial planning in a practical context.
Key Vocabulary and Expressions
- Entrate – income, earnings
- Uscite – expenses, outgoings
- Risparmiare – to save money
- Bilancio personale – personal budget
- Spese fisse – fixed expenses
- Spese variabili – variable expenses
- Conto corrente – current account
- “Quanto guadagni ogni mese?” – “How much do you earn each month?”
- “Devo controllare le mie spese mensili.” – “I need to check my monthly expenses.”
Lesson Highlights
You will practice forming sentences to describe your budget, ask questions about costs, and explain how you manage your finances. This includes using useful verbs and nouns connected to money management, such as pagare (to pay), spendere (to spend), and risparmiare (to save).
Comparing English and Italian Budgeting Terms
Unlike English, Italian often uses plural forms to refer collectively to expenses: le spese (expenses) rather than just "expense." Also, Italian distinguishes between spese fisse (regular, recurring bills) and spese variabili (expenses that fluctuate monthly), a nuance less commonly expressed explicitly in English.
Useful phrases include:
- “Ho un bilancio limitato questo mese.” – "I have a limited budget this month."
- “Cerco di risparmiare per le vacanze.” – “I try to save for the holidays.”
- “Devo pagare la bolletta della luce.” – “I have to pay the electricity bill.”
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