Do people in Italy speak english?

Question

I mean generally, do they speak much english?

Answer 1

not really..italian

Answer 2

maybe

Answer 3

I'm italian and I speak  fluent english because I've been travel abroad many years but generally I can say the level of english speaking in italy is low,by the way you shouldn't have any problem in hotel,train station ,airport and wherever you asking information to younger, so don't worry if you come in italy you'll enjoy..still a beatiful country

ciao bella!!!!

Answer 4

In the cities, most people whose work brings them into contact with tourists speak English, ranging from fluently to a lot of mime and guesswork. (But if you try your phrase-book Italian on them, they're so delighted, no matter how execrable your pronunciation, you feel like you've been given a gold star!)

Answer 5

well the official language is ITALIAN.....but alot of people do speak english

Answer 6

Ya there must be janu

Answer 7

we learn it at school for 10-13 years

Answer 8

well i ' m iatalian i and i do..but i have to admit that english s spoken(in a very poor way)in the most tourist place(especially in the north of the country) like rome, florence, venice and so on..any way i suggest u to take with u phrase book!!perhaps u ll fall in love with our language even if it s more difficult comapred with english. enjoy it

Answer 9

Luckily a lot of Italians speak English.I guess most hotels and tourist places would employ English speaking people.However,English is a widely spoken second language in most European countries so it is most likely that the younger generation will speak English anyway.

Answer 10

Italians speak English but very little of them speak it properly

Answer 11

Well, i'm italian, i speak a fluent english because i've been going once a week to an english teacher since i was 16.. so, for 5 years...

But well, it's true  say ingthat no many italians speak english...

In the rest of Europe, where all speak english (except on France, Spain) they have movies, tv, all in english language, with the subititles in their own language,,,, while Italy, France, Spain and Germany, they have tv, movies, all speaked in our language.

So, the best way to speak a fluent english is just study it hard.

But if you go in some touristic places you'll find lot of people speaking english... expecially shop's owner, restaurant, hotel exc exc...

ciao

Answer 12

usually Italian speak English... in places where there is much tourism they are very good at it, in other places the majority don't speak English very well