How to greet people in Italy Super Easy Italian

Hello welcome to a new episode of Super Easy Italian Today we learn how to greet people in Italian but don't forget you can get materials To help you better understand this episode check out our transcriptions by joining our Patreon community You can find the link in the description Now we learn how to greet people in Italian Let's go We begin with the word we all know ciao used to greet people both when arriving and when leaving One thing not everyone knows about the word ciao is that it can't always be used In formal situations such as when checking into a hotel it's better to say good morning during the day or good evening in the evening Then when leaving if the situation is informal you can say hello and if it's formal you can say goodbye Then when it's time to sleep you can say good night Mom if all this is too complicated there's a very useful word: hello This word can be used in formal situations regardless of the time of day When you meet someone for the first time you can say nice to meet you Oh if it's a formal situation nice to meet you Alternatively if you don't want to worry about choosing between formal and informal you can simply say "pleasure" in any situation To say your name at school we learn to say mi chiamo my name is But when you meet someone it's much more natural simply to say I am rather than saying my name is When you meet a friend you can ask them how you're doing which is like saying how are you or how's it going which is like saying how's it going How are you In my part it's said how you are How are you How's it going If you want to ask the same question in a formal situation you can say how are you (formal) How are you Everyone has their own way of greeting friends It's cute though it's a youthful way of speaking shall we say Of course you're carefree No I always greet with "ciao " actually no— it 's "ciao" with a longer "o" sound than the rest Perhaps down south we use forms that are a bit more how should I put it closer to the dialectal That kind of "we " like "we " "we'll get together " which isn't used up here in the north Today we learned some new words and expressions in Italian If you're having trouble remembering Italian words and expressions we have a new beginner's course called Italian Base Camp and the first section is titled Remembering Things in Italian You can download it for free by clicking the link in the description Now we'd like to know what do you say when greeting your friends Leave us a comment Thanks for watching this episode goodbye