For this phrasebook, we use the polite form for all phrases, on the presumption that you’ll mostly be talking to people you don’t already know.
Hello.
Buon giorno. (bwohn JOHR-noh)
Hello. (informal)
Ciao. (chow)
How are you?
Come stai? (informal)(koh-meh STAI?), Come sta? (formal)(koh-meh STAI?)
Fine, thank you.
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