What is your name?
Literally, what do you call yourself? Use with one person informally.
FREE BEGINNER LESSON 3 · ITALIAN
Italian: Nice to meet you
Introduce yourself and ask someone their name.
Informal · introductions. Learn the meaning, listen to the pronunciation, then practise in the interactive lesson.
Practise this lessonOpening vocabulary referenceUseful Italian phrases and their meanings
My name is Sara.
Replace Sara with your own name. Mi belongs with chiamo.
I am Giulia.
Sono can introduce who you are. Italian normally omits io here.
Nice to meet you.
A common brief response to an introduction.
How the sentence works
Mi chiamo introduces your name: literally, I call myself. Come ti chiami? asks a friend their name. Sono means I am; io is usually unnecessary. Piacere is the usual short response when meeting someone.
A short conversation in Italian
Hi! My name is Sara. What is your name?
I am Giulia.
Nice to meet you.
Words to recognise
I
you (informal singular)
the name
to be called
Listen to the whole phrase before focusing on each word. You can replay as often as you like, and the interactive lesson uses pictures and a short exchange to put the meaning in context.
Open the interactive lessonThe opening six teaching lessons are free, including the mini-tests after lessons three and six. A test accepts any answer and shows the score and corrections at the end. No typing or speaking aloud is required.
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