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23 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #1 - Nice to Meet You!”
ItalianPod101.com says:
February 12th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Have you have ever introduced yourself in Italian? If not, why not try here and now! 
Jacqueline says:
February 13th, 2008 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.
Tor Erik says:
February 13th, 2008 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!
Marco says:
February 13th, 2008 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
James says:
February 13th, 2008 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. 
João Paulo says:
February 14th, 2008 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!
Hyunwoo Sun says:
February 16th, 2008 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?
Marco says:
February 16th, 2008 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.
:???:
Hyunwoo Sun says:
February 16th, 2008 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
Aria says:
February 20th, 2008 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?)
ItalianPod101.com says:
February 26th, 2008 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
Alana says:
February 27th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Ciao! Mi chiamo Alana.
Sono studente.
This is my first time studying Italian
Piacere di conoserti!!!!!!
-Alana 
Marco says:
February 28th, 2008 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
Alana says:
March 3rd, 2008 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
Rene says:
March 30th, 2008 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″.
Marco says:
March 30th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Benvenuto Rene!
You can say: “della Florida!”
Continua a seguirci!
A presto,
Marco
Codexus says:
April 1st, 2008 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!
Marco says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Ciao Codexus!
Thank you for the support!
I am sure you will have a lot of fun with us!
Ciao
Gary says:
April 10th, 2008 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”?
Marco says:
April 11th, 2008 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.
Cinzia says:
April 11th, 2008 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
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Function: introducing oneself | Topic: manners, self introduction | Politeness Level: informal
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