When to use it
Use it at the ticket office of a train station. If you also need the way back, ask for "andata e ritorno".
“I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.” · The sentence in English
"I would like a one-way ticket to Naples" is a polite request. "Would like" is softer than "want". "One-way" is a compound adjective, and "to Naples" uses the English name of the city.
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- would
- auxiliary verbwill · form: conditional · with "like" it makes a polite request
- like
- verblike · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "would like" means "want", said politely
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- one-way
- adjectivecompound adjective; a ticket only for going, not for coming back
- ticket
- nounnoun
- to
- prepositionpreposition of direction
- Naples
- proper nounproper noun; the English name of Napoli
“Vorrei un biglietto di sola andata per Napoli.” · The sentence in Italian
"Vorrei un biglietto di sola andata per Napoli" starts with "vorrei", the conditional of "volere", the normal polite way to ask for something in Italian. "Di sola andata" means only for going. "Per" is used for the destination.
- Vorrei
- verbvolere · tense: present conditional · person: first · number: singular · "I would like"; the polite way to ask for something
- un
- determinerindefinite article, masculine: "a"
- biglietto
- nounmasculine noun: "ticket"
- di
- prepositionpreposition: "of"
- sola
- adjectiveadjective: "only", "single"
- andata
- nounfeminine noun: "outward journey"; "sola andata" means "one-way"
- per
- prepositionpreposition: "to", "for"
- Napoli
- proper nounproper noun: "Naples"
What changes from one language to the other · English × Italian
English needs two words, "would like", where Italian has one, "vorrei". English says "one-way"; Italian says "di sola andata". English uses "to" for the destination and Italian uses "per". City names change: Napoli in Italian, Naples in English.
Example conversation
— Vorrei un biglietto di sola andata per Napoli.
— I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.
— Prima o seconda classe?
— First or second class?