Simple stuff like numbers, who, when, where, what, what does it cost, the bill,etc. I've only been in Italy for ten days but got my little book and had a lot of help in Casale from me amici and it gets me in trouble on occasion but mostly it's been good. The gal in the market today spoke no english, was Polish, but spoke Italian and I got what I wanted. Guess that's the best you can hope for.