The Alphabet

The Italian alphabet has 21 letters:

ABCDEFGHI
LMNOPQRST
UVZ
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 – Welcome -
Yes - sì
per favore benvenuto

thank you -
No - no Sorry - scusa
grazie

How are you? – Do you

Are you okay? –
Come stai? understand? – Hai
Stai bene?
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/bene/così 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
9 10 11 12 13 14
nove dieci undici dodici tredici quattordici
nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen
15 16 17 18 19 20
quindici sedici diciassette diciotto diciannove venti
fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty

10 20 30 40 50
dieci venti trenta quaranta cinquanta
ten twenty thirty forty fifty
60 70 80 90 100
sessanta settanta ottanta novanta cento
sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred
Colours

red yellow blue purple orange

rosso giallo blu viola arancione

black green pink brown white

nero verde rosa marrone bianco