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

You know that bit in gangster movies when the mobster yells "capeesh?!", right before whacking his business partner around the head with a wrench and throwing him in a garbage truck?

As a fan of the Sopranos and Goodfellas, "capeesh?" was one of the few Italian words Katie knew before she moved to Italy.

But it turns out, it’s not actually Italian!

Learn how Italians really use the verb capire, (to understand) and some other handy -ire verbs including pulire (to clean) and finire (to finish)

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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)