“How are you?” in Italian
Welcome to my blog! I am Claudia and this is So Italian!
Today we are going to learn how to ask and answer how are you in Italian.
Of course there are different options, most of which use the word come (how).
One of the most frequently used is come stai?
Where stai is a declination of the verb stare* (scroll to the bottom to see the whole declination).
Another very common alternative is come va?
Declination of the verb andare. It corresponds to how is it going?
Its longer version would be come va la vita? (how is life going), but it is barely used. Another version is come vanno le cose? (how are things going).
Then we can say tutto bene?
Which is the shorter version of va tutto bene? (is everything ok?).
To this one you can just answer with a yes or a no.
Sì, tutto bene (Yes, everything is ok)
No, non proprio (No, not really).
Whereas the answers to the other questions can be:
(Sto/Va) bene, e tu/a te? (I am good and you?)
Insomma or Così così (So so)
Non (sto/va) molto bene (I am not very good)
(Sto/Va) male (I feel bad/Things are going badly).
You can omit the parts in brackets!
So, these were the most common questions and answers for how are you in Italian.
I hope it was helpful, let me know what you think!
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*Stare in Italian usually means to stay, in this case though it means to be
Stare - Presente indicativo
1st person singular: Io sto
2nd person singular: Tu stai
3rd person singular: Lui/Lei sta
1st person plural: Noi stiamo
2nd person plural: Voi state
3rd person plural: Loro stanno
Andare (To go) - Presente indicativo
1st person singular: Io vado
2nd person singular: Tu vai
3rd person singular: Lui/Lei va
1st person plural: Noi andiamo
2nd person plural: Voi andate
3rd person plural: Loro vanno
