Di dove sei?

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  • talking about where people come from
  • describing a place
  • giving your opinion
  • asking and saying why
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talking about where people come from
Dove? Where?
Di dove sei? Where are you from? informal
Di dove è? Di dov'e?
Where are you from? formal
Di dove siete? Where are you from? more than one person, informal
Io sono di...
Sono di...
I am from...
Io sono...
Sono...
I am...
... ligure | romano | bolognese
... Ligurian | Roman | from Bologna
Vivo qui. I live here.


describing a place
È una città qui vicino.
È una bella città.
It's a town near here.
It's a lovely town.
Ci sono...
There are...
Abbiamo...
We have...
... molti portici | monumenti
... many arcades | monuments
È bello...
È molto bello...
It's nice...
It's very nice...
... vivere a Bologna.
... passeggiare.
... living in Bologna.
... going for walks.
Oggi il tempo è meraviglioso.
Today the weather is superb.


giving your opinion
diciamo
let's say...
secondo me
in my opinion
dal punto di vista di from the point of view of


asking and saying why
Perché...? Why...?
Perché... Because...
È bella perché... It's nice because...
... ha un bel centro pieno di negozi. ... it has a lovely centre full of shops.
L'amo tantissimo per molte cose. I like it such a lot for many things.

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