89: How to answer COME STAI in Italian (and 3 common mistakes to avoid)

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🗓️ 28 February 2023

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Summary

How should you reply when someone asks “Ciao, come stai?”. Learn how to avoid simple mistakes when answering this classic Italian conversation opener.

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Today's Italian words:
Come stai= How are you?
Bene, bene= well, well
Bene, grazie= well, thank you
Tutto bene= everything’s well

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0:00.0	Ciao Mateo.
0:01.6	Ciao, Matteo.
0:02.7	Come stay?
0:04.5	Bien.
0:05.8	But Matteo, you mean
0:07.9	bene?
0:08.9	Oh yeah.
0:09.8	Well, I knew that, of course.
0:12.1	It must be because I was in Spain the other week.
0:15.5	There, they say,
0:16.9	bien, when someone asks you, how you are.
0:20.7	Well, Diana, a teacher in our online Italian school,
0:24.2	was actually telling me that it's quite a common mistake amongst students.
0:29.1	There are quite a few mistakes like this when answering the question,
0:32.5	comest I, that students should watch out for, even at quite high levels.
0:38.5	Well, let's do an episode about that.
0:42.1	In this episode, you'll learn how to answer comestai, like the natives do,
0:46.8	and avoid three common mistakes.
0:48.9	Music So, Matteo, what other mistakes do students typically make with this question?
1:06.3	Well, maybe I let you explain this one.
1:09.9	Okay.
1:17.4	We'll talk about those mistakes soon, but let's start by seeing some examples of how natives reply first.
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