Sit on a bench in an Italian piazza, and sooner or later someone will start talking to you. This lesson gives you the questions locals ask a visitor, your answers, and how to ask them back.
دورك الآن
In a piazza in Lecce, an older man asks Karen È la prima volta in Italia? What does he want to know?
صحيحغير صحيح تمامًاتحقّق من الأحرف الكبيرة.يرجى التحقق من علامات التشكيل.
Whether it's her first time in Italy. la prima volta is the first time.
هل عرفت الإجابة؟
The main idea
The questions you'll hear
Di dov'è?
Where are you from?
È la prima volta in Italia?
Is this your first time in Italy?
Le piace l'Italia?
Do you like Italy?
Lei è di qui?
Are you from here?
In piace (PYAH-cheh), c before e or i sounds like the ch in chair. Di dov'è? is the Lei form of Di dove sei? A young person may ask you Di dove sei? and Ti piace l'Italia? instead.
Your answers
Sono di Chicago.
I'm from Chicago.
Sono qui per una settimana.
I'm here for a week.
Sì, è la prima volta.
Yes, it's my first time.
No, è la terza volta.
No, it's my third time.
Sono qui in vacanza.
I'm here on vacation.
Sono qui per lavoro.
I'm here for work.
In settimana, hold the double t a little longer. prima, seconda, terza are first, second, third: la terza volta, the third time.
Karen sits on a bench in Piazza Sant'Oronzo, and Signor Greco sits down next to her:
Greco:Buongiorno! Lei non è di qui, vero?
Good morning! You're not from here, are you?
Karen:No, sono americana, di Columbus, in Ohio.
No, I'm American, from Columbus, in Ohio.
Greco:È la prima volta in Italia?
Is it your first time in Italy?
Karen:No, è la seconda volta. Sono qui in vacanza per due settimane.
No, it's my second time. I'm here on vacation for two weeks.
Greco:E Le piace?
And do you like it?
Karen:Moltissimo! E Lei, è di qui?
Very much! And you, are you from here?
Greco:Sì, sono nato a Lecce.
Yes, I was born in Lecce.
Lecce is LET-cheh: cc before e is a long ch sound. Karen says sono americana; a man says sono americano. In the same way, Signor Greco says sono nato, and a woman says sono nata. vero? at the end is right?, isn't it?: Italians add it to check something they think is true.
Quick check
دورك الآن
An older woman asks Karen where she's from. Which question does she use?
صحيحغير صحيح تمامًاتحقّق من الأحرف الكبيرة.يرجى التحقق من علامات التشكيل.
Between adults who have just met, the Lei form: Di dov'è?
دورك الآن
Answer: Yes, it's my first time.
Sì, è la volta.
صحيحغير صحيح تمامًاتحقّق من الأحرف الكبيرة.يرجى التحقق من علامات التشكيل.
Sì, è la prima volta.
la prima volta: the first time.
دورك الآن
Put the words in order: I'm here for two weeks.
صحيحغير صحيح تمامًاتحقّق من الأحرف الكبيرة.يرجى التحقق من علامات التشكيل.
Sono qui per due settimane.
Sono qui, then how long: per due settimane.
دورك الآن
Karen is in Italy for work. What does she say?
صحيحغير صحيح تمامًاتحقّق من الأحرف الكبيرة.يرجى التحقق من علامات التشكيل.
per lavoro: for work.
دورك الآن
Signor Greco asks Di dov'è? È qui in vacanza? Answer with your city and why you're here.
صحيحغير صحيح تمامًاتحقّق من الأحرف الكبيرة.يرجى التحقق من علامات التشكيل.
Sono di Chicago. Sì, sono qui in vacanza.
Sono di Boston. No, sono qui per lavoro.
Sono di and your city, then in vacanza or per lavoro.
هل عرفت الإجابة؟
Take with you
Di dov'è?
Where are you from?
Lei è di qui?
Are you from here?
Sono qui per una settimana.
I'm here for a week.
È la prima volta in Italia?
Is this your first time in Italy?
Sì, è la prima volta.
Yes, it's my first time.
Sono qui in vacanza.
I'm here on vacation.
Sono qui per lavoro.
I'm here for work.
Le piace l'Italia?
Do you like Italy?
Where you're from, how long, and why: and then E Lei, è di qui?
نحن لا نستخدم ملفات تعريف ارتباط إعلانية تابعة لجهات خارجية أو وحدات بكسل للتتبّع عبر المواقع.
نستخدم ملفات تعريف الارتباط والتقنيات المشابهة للحفاظ على عمل التطبيق بسلاسة، وتحليل الأداء، وتحسين تجربة الاستخدام. يمكن إدارة التفضيلات في أي وقت.
