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When an Italian person asks for something, he/she always uses "grazie (thanks)". We usually use "per favore (please)" when we ask a favor/help. Prego=you are welcome
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So, you' d rather use "grazie" instead of "per favore" to ask politely for a favour in Italian?
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Okay, that feels/sounds better now. Thank you! I just couldn't imagine a situation in that I would use this phrase.
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"A lemonade please" would be translated into "una limonata, prego" by me. In the original phrase I would have used a full stop: (waiter) Una limonita, (me) Grazie.
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I believe that using "prego" when asking for something is very formal. And "A lemonade, thanks" is not so unusual for asking for things even in English. See forsilvia's answer below.
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difficult, in real life you could catch it as please, but indeed this would create confusion when writing
In British English the translation would be, ¨A lemonade, please¨ if you are asking for it. ¨Thank you¨ comes when you are given it.
In Australia we sometimes use "thanks" instead of "please" prior to receiving an item. This must be common in Italy also?
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I guess, in spanish we say thank you before receiving something too.
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Shouldn't it just be "lemonade" or "a glass of lemonade"?
'Please' definitely needs to be added as a correct alternative to 'thanks'.
