Lesson 1:
Greetings and Introductions

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In Italian, there is a formal and an informal way to introduce yourself.

If you’re meeting someone in a casual context you’ll say:

In a more formal context you’ll say:

Salve / Buon giorno/Buona sera	Hello/Good morning/Good evening
Mi chiamo …	My name is …
E Lei?	And you?

Keep in mind that the formal you ( Lei) is always capitalized in writing to avoid confusion with the feminine pronoun lei, meaning she.

Remember, you have two options to ask someone how he or she is doing:

Another expression you can use in both formal and informal contexts is: come va?, which literally means how’s it going?