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Formal and Informal Register (Registro Formale e Informale)·Polite Requests and Modals — Advanced
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Rule reminder

Italian has a scale of politeness for requests: vuoi/puoi (neutral) < potresti/vorresti (polite conditional) < potrebbe/vorrebbe (formal conditional, Lei) < Le sarebbe possibile... (very formal). Higher formality = more polite.

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Which is the most politely formal way to ask a stranger for directions?

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