The Alphabet The Italian alphabet has 21 letters

The Alphabet The Italian alphabet has 21 letters: ABCDEFGHI LMNOPQRS TUVZ

Greetings Hello! - Ciao! (informal) Hi! - Salve! “Ciao” is an informal greeting, it is fine for friends, colleagues and young family members. Used between children, teenages and young people when meet. A general form of greeting people we don’t know and older people is “Salve!” “Ciao” is very common but a little informal to use in serious social situations.

Greetings These greetings are said at specific times of the day: Good morning! – Buongiorno! Good afternoon! – Buon pomeriggio! Good evening! – Buona sera! Goodnight! – Buona notte!

Greetings These words are said when you are leaving: Goodbye! – Arrivederci! Bye! – Ciao! See you soon! – A presto! See you later! – A dopo!

Key Words and Phrases please – per favore Yes - sì No - no How are you? – Come stai? Welcome benvenuto thank you grazie Are you okay? – Stai bene? Sorry - scusa Do you understand? – Hai capito?

Question and Answers What’s your name? Come ti chiami? My name is. . . Mi chiamo. . .

Question and Answers How are you? Come stai? I am. . . very well/fine/okay/alright/ not so good/ill. Sto… molto bene/così/ non troppo bene/male.

Question and Answers How old are you? Quanti anni hai? I am … years old. Ho. . . anni.

Question and Answers Do you have any brothers or sisters? Hai fratelli o sorelle? No. No Yes, I have … sister/s. Sì, ho. . . sorella/sorelle. Yes, I have. . . brother/s. Sì, ho. . . fratello/fratelli. Yes I have. . . sister/s and. . . brother/s. Sì, ho. . . sorella/sorelle e. . . fratello/fratelli.

Days of the Week Monday - lunedì Tuesday - martedì Wednesday - mercoledì Thursday - giovedì Friday - venerdì Saturday - sabato Sunday - domenica

Months of the Year January - gennaio July - luglio February - febbraio August - agosto March - marzo September - settembre April - aprile October - ottobre May - maggio November - novembre June - giugno December - dicembre

Numbers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 zero uno due tre quattro cinque sei sette otto zero one two three four five six seven eight dieci 11 undici 12 dodici 13 tredici 14 quattordici ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen 9 10 nove nine 15 16 17 18 19 20 quindici sediciassette diciotto diciannove venti fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty 10 20 30 40 50 dieci ten venti twenty trenta thirty cinquanta fifty 60 sessanta sixty 70 settanta seventy 80 ottanta eighty quaranta forty 90 novanta ninety 100 cento one hundred

Colours red yellow blue purple orange rosso giallo blu viola arancione black green pink brown white nero verde rosa marrone bianco