Your boss wants you to sit in on a meeting with the people from your office in Italy. This could mean a big promotion for you, and possibly even a transfer to live in Italy for a while. Your wife is already packing her bags and planning the shopping trips to Milan. Before this goes any further though, you need to learn how to say some basic Italian phrases quickly. Your wife suggests, “how much does this cost,” and “does this come in black,” in Italian. However, as important as those phrases might be in Italian, you remind her you have to get the promotion first! So, you opt for learning some more useful greetings in Italian such as, “my name is…,” and “pleased to meet you.” Maybe you can get her to learn how to introduce herself in Italian with you if you tell her she might run into Prada or Fendi!
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32 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S1 #1 - The Importance of Introductions in Italian!”
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Have you have ever introduced yourself in Italian? If not, why not try here and now!
Wednesday at 1:00 am
Si.
i’ve introduced myself before in italian 
But i’ll try here too
Ciao!
Mi chiamo Jacqueline.
Io sono Dominicana.
Mi piace molto la cultura, la lingua e la musica italiana.
Wednesday at 8:29 am
Buonasera!
Mi chiamo Tor Erik. Sono norvegese, e vengo della bella città di Bergen, la città natale del compositore Edvard Grieg. Studio la musica qui al conservatorio, ma oltre la musica, il mio più grande passatempo è il studiare delle lingue. Ascolto già da lungo tempo il “Pod Giapponese 101″, ma ora non vedo l’ora di seguire anche le lezione qui al Italianpod. Spero di apprendere molto!
Wednesday at 9:47 am
Dear Jacqueline, welcome again!
Sono contento che ti piaccia la cultura italiana!
I am happy that you like Italian culture!
Erik!
Benvenuto!
Ora in Norvegia fa molto freddo?
Now in Norway is it very cold?
Cercheremo di insegnarti il più possibile.
We will try to teach you as much as possible.
Saluti a tutti
Wednesday at 12:28 pm
Ciao Marco, Ciao Cinza!
Piacere di conoscerLa!
Mi chiamo James.
Wow! Cutting and pasting…I mean, typing this out is so much easier than saying it aloud.
Wednesday at 6:19 pm
Mi chiamo Max. My Italian name is Massimo.
Thursday at 8:07 am
Ciao! Io sono João Paulo (in italiano sarebbe Giovanni Paolo
)
Sono brasiliano, studente di amministrazione (management). Mi piacciono le lingue, ovvio!!!
A presto!
Saturday at 8:26 am
Ciao a tutti!! Mi chiamo Hyunwoo!!
Piacere di conoscerLa! 
Nice lesson. I laughed a lot at “What is Peter?” 
question:
In what Marco said,
“sete” is situation?
Saturday at 3:10 pm
Hyunwoo, haha. Me too. That was funny!
What is Peter?
Saturday at 7:17 pm
Hehe I am happy you liked the “Piter” part.
Dear Hyunwoo Sun, I am sorry but I don’t understand your question.
“sete” means thirst in Italian, so maybe it is a different word you heard in the lesson.
:???:
Saturday at 7:27 pm
Marco, hehe Grazie!! for the answer. I thought I heard something like ’sete’ and somehow thought it meant ’situation’ but I guess I misunderstood something
Wednesday at 10:41 pm
Ok, let’s give this a try!
Ciao a tutti,
mi chiamo Sandrine. Sono svizzera e vivo adesso in Ginevra.
Piacere di conoscerLa!
Oh, Marco & Cinzia, ancora grazie per la lezione odierna
(did I get that right?)
Tuesday at 12:43 pm
Dear Aria,
Near perfect Italian.
It is better to say Piacere di conoscervi in this case, because you are addressing many people. But it doesn’t happen very often, unless you are for example talking at a press conference.
Last phrase was perfect.
Brava!
Ciao
Marco
Wednesday at 2:05 pm
Ciao! Mi chiamo Alana.
Sono studente.
This is my first time studying Italian
Piacere di conoserti!!!!!!
-Alana
Thursday at 11:01 am
Ciao Alana,
Benvenuta - Welcome.
As you can see I used benvenuTA and not benvenuTO, because the name Alana end in A and so is usually a female name. If it is not so, please let me know and will answer with BenvenuTO.
Ciao
Marco
Monday at 1:55 pm
yes, benvenuta was right!!
i guess in italian you do not conjugate certain words for male and female specifically. rather you conjugate based on the whole subject, regardless of gender. thank you!
ciao,
Alana
Sunday at 2:27 am
Ciao a tutti!
Mi chiamo Rene. Il mio nomo italiano è Renato.
Sono americano e abito nel bel stato(?) Florida!
Il mio più grande passatempo è il studiare delle lingue.
Mi piace molto studiare l’italiano, il francese, lo spagnolo, etc.
Come Erik, anch’io ascolto il “Pod Giapponese 101″.
Sunday at 9:16 pm
Benvenuto Rene!
You can say: “della Florida!”
Continua a seguirci!
A presto,
Marco
Tuesday at 12:20 pm
Ciao!
Mi chiamo Marc. Total newbie from Geneva, Switzerland.
Even though Italian is sometimes similar to French, it’s not that easy to get started. But you guys make it simple, so it’s OK!
Tuesday at 10:46 pm
Ciao Codexus!
Thank you for the support!
I am sure you will have a lot of fun with us!
Ciao
Thursday at 6:09 pm
Ciao Marco-mi chiamo Gary e abito a Firenze-ma sono Americano. Ho una domanda-poso usare “per favore” uguale “per piacere”?
Friday at 10:48 am
Ciao Gary,
“per piacere” e “per favore” possono essere usati allo stesso modo.
“per cortesia” invece è più formale.
“per piacere” and “per favore” can be used in the same way.
“per cortesia” instead is more formal.
Friday at 3:59 pm
Ciao Gary!
tanto piacere e benvenuto!
Nice to meet you and Welcome!
Cosa fai a Firenze? Studi?
What do you do in Florence? Do you study?
Cinzia
Friday at 4:12 pm
A long time has passed since this lesson, but here’s a funny story using the vocab we learnt:
Last night, I was introduced to a mediterranean looking guy named “Bruno”. “Ciao! Mi chiamo Massimo!” I said loudly and warmly. “Excuse me?” he asked. I said again, loudly and clearly. I had to say it a few times before he understood. His face turned dark. “I’m from Spain. Pleased to meet you.”
Shot down! I am quite sure that I pronounced everything well enough to be understood, but unfortunately I forgot to ask Bruno where he was from….
Oops!
Monday at 9:54 am
Ciao Max,
I really enjoyed your adventure!!
Cinzia
Monday at 5:10 pm
Hahaha, I guess you have been studying very hard and really wanted to try out speaking in Italian.
Not ti preoccupare. Succede.
Don’t worry. It happens.
Continua a seguirci!
Tuesday at 11:25 am
Thanks for your support guys!
Thursday at 8:04 am
Ciao tutti, mi chiamo Amanda. Sono di New York. (Addesso e tropo freddo). Sono una professoressa di Latine, e vorrei studiare Italiano. There are many similarities so I have a nice foundation on which to learn Italian! Grazie, buona serata.
Monday at 10:10 am
Cara Amanda,
Benvenuta!
You will find many similarities especially with the vocabulary.
Buono studio!
Thursday at 5:52 am
Ciao. Mi chiamo Asunta. Piacere di conoscerti
Friday at 5:43 pm
Ciao. Io sono Dewi
i am from Indonesia
Dewi
Tuesday at 11:08 am
Ciao Dewi!!
Nice to meet you and welcome, piacere!!
Consuelo
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