Ciao! How nice that you want to learn Italian with us. Meet the dogs Kira and Cody, the tomcat Romeo, the squirrel Scotty and the bear Bruno and learn how to introduce yourself!
Mi presento
Piacere! Pleased to meet you! Io sono Kira, e tu chi sei? I’m Kira, and who are you? To introduce yourself is easy. Just look at my introduction and learn how to introduce yourself:
Mi chiamo Kira
My name is Kira
Abito a Varese
I live in Varese
Sono italiana
I am Italian
Sono di Catania
I’m from Catania
Not difficult at all, is it? Try to form sentences!
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Forma delle frasi!
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Emma
Berlino
tedesca
Mi chiamo
Abito a
Sono
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Tocca a te!
Tocca a te!It’s your turn! I’m a little curious and would like to get to know you. Write your answers in the comments! (at the bottom of the post)
Come ti chiami?What’s your name? Dove abiti?Where do you live? Sei italiano/italiana? Are you Italian? Di dove sei?Where are you from?
Mi chiamo … Abito a … Sono … * Sono di …
* americano/americanaAmerican, inglese (f./m.) English, francese (f./m.)French. More about nationality words.
Molto bene! You start speaking Italian! 🙂
Remark: We are among friends, that’s why I use the informal form (dare del tu). But if you want to be formal (dare del Lei), , the questions are: Come si chiama? Dove abita? È italiano/a? Di dov’è?
Ci presentiamo
Ciao, io sono Cody, il fratello di Kira. Anch’io sono un cane. Sono di Vibo Valentia, ma abito a Varese insieme a mia sorella Kira. A presto!
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Hi, I’m Cody, Kira’s brother. I’m a dog too. I’m from Vibo Valentia, but I live in Varese with my sister Kira. See you soon!
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Cody abita a
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Uffa 🙁 Cody è di Vibo Valentia, ma abita a Varese.
Piacere! Sono Scotty lo scoiattolo e lui è Bruno l’orso. Sono svedese e parlo lo svedese, l’italiano, l’inglese e un po’ di tedesco. Bruno ed io siamo migliori amici e abitiamo a Bolzano. Ciao ciao!
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Nice to meet you. I am Scotty the squirrel and this is Bruno the bear. I am Swedish and speak Swedish, Italian, English and a little German. Bruno and I are best friends and live in Bozen. Bye!
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Scotty è italiano.
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Grande! Lui è svedese.
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Uffa 🙁 Lui è svedese.
Ciao! Io sono il gatto Romeo. Abito a Roma, sono nato qui. Roma mi piace tantissimo! Parlo l’italiano e… il romanesco!
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I am Romeo the cat. I live in Rome, I was born here. I like Rome so much! I speak Italian and… Roman!
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Romeo ___ a Roma.
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Guarda la cartina!
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To tell your name you can say mi chiamomy name is or sonoI am:
Mi chiamo Kira. My name is Kira.
Sono Kira. I am Kira.
City or country: A or IN?
Abito a + city: Abito a Londra.
Abito in + country: Abito in Inghilterra.
FURTHER REMARKS
In Italian, subject pronouns (io, tu, lui, …) are usually not expressed explicitly, except to make it clearer or to emphasise that it is about this specific person.
Sono Kira e abito a Varese. I am Kira and I live in Varese.
Io sono Kira e lui è Cody. I am Kira and he is Cody.
Instead of abitolive (meaning reside, dwell) you can say vivo live (in general sense) as well:
Abito a Londra. I live / reside in London.
Vivo a Londra. I live in London.
If you live in a small town that your listener probably does not know, you could say:
Abito a Wittenberg, vicino a Berlino.I live in Wittenberg, near Berlin.
Sono di is always followed by your home town, e.g. sono di Londra I am from London. But if you want to say that you are from England, then you have to use vengo daI come from: Vengo dall’Inghilterra I come from England. You can also use the expression vengo da with your home town. To sum up:
sono di
+ city
sono di Londra, di Berlino, di Roma
vengo da
+ city
vengo da Londra, da Berlino, da Roma
+ country (with article)
vengo dall’Inghilterra, dalla Germania, dall’Italia
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Collega domande e risposte.
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Mi chiamo Kerstin.
Sono di Berlino.
Abito a Brema.
No, sono tedesca.
Come ti chiami?
Di dove sei?
Dove abiti?
Sei italiana?
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Fantastico!
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Inserisci la preposizione giusta.
Abito ___ Monaco.
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Abito A + città (Monaco, Berlino, Milano,…)
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Inserisci la preposizione giusta.
Sono __ Vienna.
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Grande!
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Ascolta e rispondi: Dove abita Franz?
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Eccellente!
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“Ciao! Mi chiamo Franz e sono tedesco. Abito a Monaco.”