‘Tu’ and ‘Lei’ - How to navigate informal and formal Italian | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.01

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🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Coffee Break Italian Show! Have you ever wondered whether to use 'tu' and 'Lei' when addressing someone in Italian? By the end of this episode, you'll sound more like a native speaker in your conversations!

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0:00.0	Salve a tutti e benvenuti a coffee break italiana!
0:05.3	This is the Coffee Break Italian show.
0:08.2	Io sono Mark.
0:09.2	Io sono Francesca.
0:10.8	Come stai Francesca?
0:11.7	Benissimo, grazie tu, Mark.
0:13.7	Benissimo, benissimo.
0:15.1	In questi mesi episodi di coffee break italiana show,
0:18.4	we're going to be helping you take your Italian to the next level.
0:22.2	You're going to be working on different elements of the Italian language
0:25.6	improving your confidence all the time.
0:27.8	Si, so, if you're listening to this podcast,
0:31.3	make sure you subscribe to the podcast feed
0:35.2	or if you're watching the video version subscribe to our channel on YouTube.
0:41.3	Allora, Mark, qual è l'argomento di oggi?
0:45.0	L'argomento di oggi, so the topic for today.
0:47.8	Today we're talking about formality and when to use two versus lei.
0:52.9	Molto importante e utile.
0:55.3	Allora, siamo pronti.
0:57.0	Sì, cominciamo.
1:03.2	So Francesca, what is formality?
1:05.6	In English, we don't really have this idea of a different form of you,
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