LESSON NOTES

Italiano in tre minuti S4 #1 Italian Self Introductions

CONTENTS
2 2 2 2 3 Italian English Vocabulary Sample Sentences Grammar

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ITALIAN
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Ciao, sono Consuelo. Piacere di conoscerti. Buongiorno, sono Consuelo Innocenti. Piacere di conoscerla.

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ENGLISH
1.

Hi, Im Consuelo. Nice to meet you. Good morning, Im Consuelo Innocenti. Nice to meet you.

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VOCABULARY
Italian ciao piacere conoscere buon giorno English hello, hi, bye pleasure to know good morning, good day, good afternoon C lass greeting expression noun verb greeting expression

SAMPLE SENTENCES
Ciao mamma! "Hi, mom!" Ciao, Laura. "Hello, Laura."

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E' stato un piacere "It was a pleasure."

Ho avuto il piacere di incontrare tuo fratello. "I had the pleasure of meeting your brother."

Conosci qualche cantante italiano? "Do you know any Italian singers?"

Ieri sera ho conosciuto un attore molto importante. "Yesterday evening, I met a very important actor."

Conosci il mio amico Mario? "Do you know my friend Mario?" Buon giorno Signor Martini. "Good morning, Mr. Martini."

Buon giorno signore. "Hello, sir." Buon giorno, Luca. "Good day, Luca."

GRAMMAR
The Focus of This Lesson Is on Self-Introductions.

In this lesson, you're going to learn how to introduce yourself in Italian. There are only two sentences to use for introductions, but first it is important to clarify that in Italian there is a difference between formal and informal language. Italians introduce themselves in an informal situation referring to tu ("you") as follows: Ciao, sono [add the name]. And then they say Piacere di conoscerti. For Example:
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Ciao, sono Consuelo. Piacere di conoscerti. "Hi, I'm Consuelo. Nice to meet you."

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The same sentence in formal speech, talking to a person referring to Lei, the Italian courtesy form of "you," changes into Buongiorno, sono [add your full name]. Piacere di conoscerla. For Example:
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Buongiorno, sono Consuelo Innocenti. Piacere di conoscerla. "Good morning, I'm Consuelo Innocenti. Nice to meet you."

We have substituted ciao for the formal greeting buongiorno, Italian for "good morning." Sono Consuelo has not been changed; sono stands in both cases for "I am." However, during a formal self-introduction, we also say our last name. Consuelo Innocenti are the first and the last names, respectively. In the sentence Piacere di conoscerla, we have switched conoscerTI into conoscerLA since conoscerla refers to Lei, the Italian formal courtesy form for you.

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