Greetings and introductions

Introduce yourself and ask a person’s name and origin in Italian.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Giulia

Ciao! Mi chiamo Giulia. Come ti chiami?

Hi! My name is Giulia. What is your name?

Luca

Mi chiamo Luca. Piacere.

My name is Luca. Nice to meet you.

Giulia

Piacere mio. Di dove sei?

The pleasure is mine. Where are you from?

Luca

Sono di Roma.

I am from Rome.

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

How do you ask somebody’s name?

Come ti chiami?Di dove sei?Come stai?Dove abiti?

Say: “Ciao! Mi chiamo ____. Sono di ____.”

Use your real details and finish with “Piacere.”

Use it with someone