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133: Hello In Italian. Are you using it right?

Learn Italian with Joy of Languages

Joy of Languages

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Hello in Italian is “ciao”. But do you know how to use it the right way? Learn how to say hello in Italian and feel at ease when greeting people in Italy.

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Today's Italian words:
Pronto? = Hello? (on the telephone)
Buondì, vuoi un caffè? = Good morning/good day, do you want a coffee?
Uè, ciao! Sono al mercato = Hey, hello! I’m at the market
Salve, buongiorno. Avete le arance? = Hello, good morning. Do you have oranges?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Italians are generally friendly and very easy to approach, especially if you can use some Italian

0:05.9

with them. Of course, you want to start in the right way and you probably already know that

0:10.7

hello is chow in Italian. But it turns out there are quite a few different ways to say hello

0:17.1

in Italian and sometimes it can be tricky to use them like Italians do. So in this lesson,

0:22.6

you'll learn the different ways and how to use them.

0:39.5

Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian. Ciao to all and benvenuti.

0:43.6

Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages.

0:44.6

Hello.

0:49.4

Before we talk about the different ways to say this in Italian,

0:51.3

could we ask you a quick favor?

0:53.7

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0:56.4

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0:59.3

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1:03.0

Grazie.

1:04.3

Today, we're talking about something that is typically Italian,

1:08.6

buying seasonal fruit and vegetables at the market.

1:12.6

Mateo is usually in charge of going to the market because he cooks, so he also buys the ingredients.

1:18.6

True.

1:19.6

I really like going to the market.

1:25.6

If I phone Mateo and I find out he's at the market, I always ask him to buy something.

1:31.6

All so true. And you're always overly optimistic that they'll have it.

1:37.4

Let's listen to the conversation. How many ways of saying hello can you hear?

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