Great is one of those little words you use all the time. Learning how to say it in Italian helps you have warm and friendly conversations.

For example, you might use it to say a plan sounds great or as a reply when someone shares good news and you want to show that you're pleased for them.

But the tricky part about great in Italian is that there's not just one word for it that you can use all the time.

There are different words to use depending on the situation.

So in this episode you'll hear exactly how and when to say it in Italian.

Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages. In today's episode, you learn the natural ways Italians say great.

It might seem like a simple topic, but even advanced learners can actually get this wrong because they don't always use the word for great the way that Italians do.

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So starting with one simple word for great that you can use in Italian.

Grande.

Grande.

And you can use this as a way of saying great to compliment someone if they tell you good news or did something well.

Or even just to show that you're pleasantly surprised about something.

It's a word for great that you would use in informal situations.

So for example, let's say in Italian tells you that they're trying to learn your

language or they actually tell you something more surprising, for example, that they come from

the same small town that your grandparents are from. You could say...

Grande. And you might actually already know this word as meaning big in Italian.

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