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Jul 2024
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146: How Are You in Italian: Local Phras...

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Asking “how are you” in the right way is the perfect opener to any Italian conversation. Learn how to do it just like a local!

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Today's Italian words:
Come stai? = How are you (informal)
Come sta? = How are you (formal); How is he? How is she?
Come va? = How’s it going?
Tutto bene? = Everything ok?
Come vanno le cose? = How are things? (lit. How, they go, the things)
Che mi racconti? = What’s new with you? (lit. What, me, you tell)
Come va con… = How’s …. going?
Come va con il lavoro? = How’s work going?

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