43: Capeesh?! The other -ire verbs in Italian

You know "capeesh?!" from gangster movies? Turns out it's not Italian! Learn how Italians really use the verb "capire" (understand) + other -ire verbs.

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Today’s Italian Words and Phrases

Capisco il francese = I understand French

Ma non lo parlo = But I don’t speak it.

Capisco = I understand

Pulisco = I clean

Finisco = I finish

Perché lo capisci ma non lo parli? = Why do you understand it but you don’t speak it? (literally: why it understand, but not it you speak?)

Capisci = You understand

Pulisci = You clean

Finisci = You finish

Non mi capiscono = They don’t understand me

Capiscono = They understand

Puliscono = They clean

Finiscono = They finish

Capisce = He/she understands; You understand (formal)

Pulisce = He/she cleans; You clean (formal)

Finisce = He/she finishes; You finish (formal)

Capiamo = we understand

Puliamo = we clean

Finiamo = we finish

Capite = you all understand (plural you)

Pulite = you all clean (plural you)

Finite = you all finish (plural you)