Did you know that "Ciao" is used both for saying hello and goodbye?

I saluti italiani – Italian Greetings 🫡


Greetings >

Ciao – Hi / Bye

Buongiorno – Good morning

Buon pomeriggio – Good afternoon

Buonasera – Good evening

Buonanotte – Good night

Salve – Hello


Goodbyes >

Arrivederci – Goodbye

A presto – See you soon

A domani – See you tomorrow

Ci vediamo – See you


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Italians have over 250 hand gestures 🤌
Their hands do the talking as much as their words

It’s a language of passion, humor, and drama 🎭

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Presentarsi – Introducing Yourself

Mi chiamo ....... – My name is ........

Io sono ........ – I am ...........

Come ti chiami? – What’s your name?

Piacere – Nice to meet you
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Sono italiano / italiana. – I’m Italian (male/female)

Sono libico / libica. – I’m Libyan (male/female)

Di dove sei? – Where are you from?
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How Are You?

Come stai? – How are you? (informal)

Come sta? – How are you? (formal)

Come va? – How is it going?

Sto bene, grazie. E tu? – I’m fine, thanks. And you?

Tutto bene. – everything is okay.

Non c’è male. – Not bad.

sto male – feeling sick

Così così. – So-so/نص نص.
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the ending (we will take about it more later) but keep in mind
-o → masculine
-a → feminine

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Let your ears get used to la lingua italiana

I giorni della settimana - Days of the week

Did you know the days of the week in Italian are named after planets?

Lunedì (Monday) → Luna (Moon)

Martedì (Tuesday) → Marte (Mars)

Mercoledì (Wednesday) → Mercurio (Mercury)

Giovedì (Thursday) → Giove (Jupiter)

Venerdì (Friday) → Venere (Venus)

And two exceptions:

Sabato (Saturday) → from Hebrew Shabbat (day of rest)

Domenica (Sunday) → from Latin Dominica (day of the Lord)

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