Saturday, May 20, 2006

Primo Dialogo(meetings and greetings part 2)

Lets start with a conversation between you(girl) & me, depicting how to greet someone when we meet and asking general questions, based on what we learnt so far and introducing some more useful words.English translation is given in brackets after each sentence.

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ME : buongiorno, signorina Simona (Goodmorning Miss Simona)
YOU: bunogiorno, come ti chiama(informal) or come si chiama(formal) ? (Goodmorning, What is your name)

ME : Mi chiamo Russo, come sta ? (My name is Russo, How are you ?)
YOU: Sto Bene, grazie, ? lei (formal) or ? tu (informal)? (I am fine, Thanks, and you?)
Me : Molto bene. (Very fine)

YOU : piacere di conoscerla (Pleased to meet you)
ME : Ci vediamo domani ! (see you tomorrow !)
YOU : Ci vediamo, ciao (see you later, bye)
ME : Arrivederci (Goodbye)
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Taking another example, you are new to italy, not much familiar with italian and want to ask something to me.

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YOU : Scusi, Signore! (Excuse me, Sir!)
ME : Si....Prego..........?(Yes ....Can I help you......?) or (yes please ......?)

YOU : Parla inglese ? (Do you speak English?)
ME : No. Mi dispiace.Non parlo inglese.(No.I am sorry.I dont speak English)

YOU : Va bene(Okay). Dove ? stazione?(Where is station)
ME : Sempre dritto. poi a destra.dopo il semaforo.(go straight.then right.after traffic lights)

YOU : E il telefono?(And the telefono)
ME : mi dispiace.Non lo so(I dont know)

YOU : Grazie mille(Thanks a lot)
ME : Prego. (you are welcome)
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New words we learnt here are :

Italiano .............. Italian
Rusoo ................. Russian
Tedesco ............... German
Cinese ................ Chinese
Giappanese ............ Japanese
Spagnolo .............. Spanish
Greco ................. greek
francese .............. french
inglese ............... English
portoghese ............ portuguese
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L'ascensore ........... The elevators
Bene .................. Good
Ma .................... But
Sempre Dritto ......... go straight (Sempre .... Always : Dritto .... Straight)
A Destra .............. To right
A Sinistra ............ To left
Poi ................... then
E ..................... and

molto bene ............ Much good
sto bene .............. I am well
no si bene ............ not well
malato ................ sick

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