What is 'Do you know Italian' when translated from English to Italian?

Answer 1

The singular Conosci l'italiano? and the plural Conoscete l'italiano? informally and the singular Conosce l'italiano? and the plural Conoscono l'italiano?formally are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "Do you know Italian?" The choice depends upon whether the audience is of one (cases 1, 3) or more (cases 2, 4) and whether that audience counts in (cases 1, 2) or outside (cases 3, 4) the speaker's close group of family, friends, and peers. The respective pronunciations will be "ko-NO-shee LEE-ta-LYA-no" and "KO-no-SHEY-tey LEE-ta-LYA-no" informally and "ko-NO-shey LEE-ta-LYA-no" and "ko-NO-sko-no LEE-ta-LYA-no" formally in Italian.