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Italian Essential Lesson 1

Lesson 1:
Greetings and Introductions

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Essential Greetings

You just learned some greetings:

ciao, salve	hello
buon giorno	good morning
buon pomeriggio	good afternoon
buona sera	good evening
buona notte	good night
buona giornata	have a good day
buona serata	have a good evening
arrivederci	good-bye (infml.)
arrivederLa	good-bye (fml.)
a presto	see you soon
a dopo	see you later

Did you notice that there are two expressions for good-bye, either arrivederci or arrivederLa?

Arrivederci is informal and used with family and friends.
ArrivederLa is formal and can be used in any other context.

Note: Very often people tend to use arrivederci in formal contexts, too.

Another informal—and very common—way to say good-bye is ciao, better if repeated twice: ciao ciao! (bye-bye!)