The 100 most common Italian words

Ranked by how often they're really used, each with its English translation. In the course, every one of them gets a picture and a funny sentence to help it stick.

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The 100 most common Italian words
Rank	Word	Translation
1	che	that
2	il	the
3	la	the
4	in	in
5	non	not
6	un	a
7	una	a
8	si	oneself
9	con	with
10	da	from
11	ma	but
12	ha	has
13	come	how
14	più	more
15	dei	of the
16	se	if
17	mi	me
18	anche	also
19	questo	this
20	ci	there
21	su	on
22	io	I
23	ti	you
24	era	was
25	quando	when
26	tutti	everyone
27	cosa	thing
28	fatto	done
29	prima	before
30	loro	they
31	parte	part
32	perché	why
33	anni	years
34	così	so
35	poi	then
36	quello	that
37	sempre	always
38	me	me
39	chi	who
40	ancora	still
41	molto	very
42	senza	without
43	mai	never
44	altri	others
45	ora	now
46	mio	my
47	quanto	how much
48	tempo	time
49	dove	where
50	vita	life
51	già	already
52	secondo	second
53	bene	well
54	lavoro	work
55	modo	way
56	dai	come on!
57	noi	we
58	casa	house
59	persone	people
60	qui	here
61	te	you
62	volta	time
63	dire	to say
64	tu	you
65	giorno	day
66	mondo	world
67	stesso	same
68	cose	things
69	grande	big
70	caso	case
71	oggi	today
72	tanto	so much
73	città	city
74	fine	end
75	quale	which
76	viene	comes
77	storia	history
78	tre	three
79	tuo	your
80	fino	until
81	foto	photo
82	meglio	better
83	visto	seen
84	meno	less
85	però	but
86	so	I know
87	momento	moment
88	deve	must
89	forse	maybe
90	oltre	beyond
91	troppo	too much
92	vero	true
93	durante	during
94	gente	people
95	legge	law
96	fuori	out
97	poco	a little
98	insieme	together
99	punto	point
100	tipo	type

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