What is 'You don't speak Italian' when translated from English to Italian?

Answer 1

The singular Non parli italiano and the plural Non parlate italiano informally and the singular Non parla italiano and the plural Non parlano italiano formally are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "You don't speak Italian." The choice depends upon whether the audience is of one (cases 1, 3) or more (examples 2, 4) and whether that audience is within the speaker's close group of family, friends, and peers (instances 1, 2) or outside that group as senior in age, rank or status or as a stranger (samples 3, 4). The respective pronunciations will be "non PAR-lee EE-ta-LYA-no" and "non par-LA-tey EE-ta-LYA-no" informally and "non PAR-la EE-ta-LYA-no" and "non PAR-la-no EE-ta-LYA-no" formally in Italian.