CIAO! SALVE! BUONGIORNO! BUONASERA! ARRIVEDERCI!
Be careful: In Italian there are two forms of address: formal and informal.
The formal is used to show respect and should be used when you speak Italian with professors, clerks, waiters, bank tellers. We say “formale” or “dare del LEI” = formal or “Lei” form.
With friends, family, children, we use the “informale” or “dare del TU” = “tu” form.
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. “TU” Form |
. “LEI” Form (or you polite) |
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| Hi | Ciao |
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| Hello | Salve | Salve |
| Good morning |
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Buon giorno |
| Good evening | Buona sera | |
| Good night | Buona notte | Buona notte |
| Bye (bye) | Ciao (ciao) | |
| Goodbye | Arrivederci | |
| Thank you and goodbye | Grazie e arrivederci | |
| See you (tomorrow/presto) | Ci vediamo (domani/presto) orA domani! |
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Usually Italian people say “Buonasera” after 1.00 or 2.00 p.m. but in Rome we often say “buonasera” after the sunset.
Ciao, a presto (see you soon)! 🙂
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