‘Where are you from?’ How do ask this question in Italian? You have two options: Di dove sei? (informal) or Di dov’è? (formal). How do answer it? Italians do not used the construction ‘I am from +country of origin’, but Io sono + the adjective of nationality: Io sono italiano (“I am […]

Titles are generally used when addressing people in a formal way. You can use signore  for a man or signora for woman followed by the surname. Some professionals are usually addressed by their professional titles such as professore / professoressa, dottore / dottoressa, ingegnere, and avvocato. [table id=13 /] Titles ending […]

As said in a previous chapter the formal the word lei can be written with the capital letter for the formal pronoun (you formal), but this is an artificial distinction less and less common. In everyday situations such as newspaper interviews, and dialogues in fictional writing, the formal pronoun is in fact written […]

Now is time to introduce someone else such a friend, a family member, your professor, a person that lives next to you, etc. There are two major forms depending on the person your are talking to. In fact you must you Ti presento if you are introducing someone to a friends, to […]

Now is the time for you to ask someone else to introduce themselves. As you already know, Italian has informal and formal ways to speak depending on who you are talking to. If the person you are meeting for the first time is a child or a young person you […]