We just learned that in Italian, We are surprised is somo sorpresi.
Let's learn about some of the things we see every day.
To say this house is big in Italian you say Questa casa è grande.
We can break it up into four words:
This - Questa - sounds like koo-ay-stah /?/
house - casa - sounds like kah-sah /?/
is - è - Sounds like ay-ee /?/
big - grande - Sounds like g-dah-n-day /?/
So all together Questa casa è grande sounds like Koo-ay-stah kah-sah ay-ee g-dah-n-day.

(from: wikipedia - accademia della crusca)
In German:
Das Haus ist groß
In Spanish:
Esta casa es grande
In French:
Cette maison est grande