Top 4 Italian Ways to be Polite

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Set yourself apart from the pack by being polite. Learn the words and expressions you can use.
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@franc9111 22 күн бұрын

The last time I was in Italy - not long ago - a shopkeeper said this to me - Grazie lei (It was in the extreme North in Piemont). Another time we were staying in a flat at the top of a small appartment building in Rome near the Via Aurelia. I'm originally from the UK, but I live in France and all my family are French, so we were all coming down the stairs at the beginning of the day about to go out visiting the city and a very nice lady whom we met on the stairs said (in French) bonjour to us. I corrected her because we were about to spend a whole day out by saying - bonne journée. She immediately understood the nuance and replied to show that she had understood - Buona giornata.

@aguidetoitaly 22 күн бұрын

That’s a nice anecdote. Using the Lei form. A very good show of respect! Once I had a baker I developed a rapport with compliment me for saying buongiorno and using formality. He went on to say many visitors could benefit by being more polite. It’s wonderful when travelers understand this.

@samueljaramillo4221 5 күн бұрын

We visit Italy yearly and try to be as nice and polite as we can. You can learn a lot of Italian by purchasing an Italian phrase book. As Americans we are representing America and we act accordingly as polite Americans.

@aguidetoitaly 3 күн бұрын

Grazie! It’s terrific you make the effort. I agree that an impression can sometimes speak for an entire group. I always try to make a “bella figura.”

@spocksvulcanbrain 22 күн бұрын

Being polite is universal. It doesn't matter the country you're in.

@aguidetoitaly 22 күн бұрын

Absolutely. I agree 100%.

@ralphe5842 22 күн бұрын

I think it’s very important in Italy

@Arkelk2010 23 күн бұрын

Thank you. I have found around that world that polite expressions, even if that is the limit of one's knowledge in that language, work wonders. You come across and both polite and trying (in the good sense).

@aguidetoitaly 22 күн бұрын

Grazie mille! I appreciate you sharing your insights. I’ve also found this true outside of Italy and believe we can all learn a few courtesy words wherever we go. Bravo!

@pjesf 7 күн бұрын

Yeah I thought so, too until I arrived there. I had learned some Italian - enough to be polite but not enough to be conversant. What followed was a hugely inflated cab ride into Roma and 2 “Ticket Agents” who claimed to not understand English and sold us a ferry ticket after the last one had departed for Capri only to discover upon our return that they were speaking perfect English. I did not find them the least bit friendly. To be fair, it was during the GW Bush, Jr years when Americans were not popular abroad. EDIT: I was extremely careful about heeding to local customs as opposed to demanding that things operate as they do in the US

@pjesf 7 күн бұрын

During that trip I remember an American woman in a coffee shop demanding a table while snapping her fingers and saying, “Americano, honey. Americano”. I was horrified

@Arkelk2010 7 күн бұрын

@@pjesf I would have been also. No excuse for that.

@Arkelk2010 7 күн бұрын

@@pjesf I hope those crooks were the exception.

@Abby_walks 25 күн бұрын

Great stuff, 👍 grazie

@aguidetoitaly 24 күн бұрын

Grazie mille! Glad it’s helpful 😊

@paulpierron1815 20 күн бұрын

Nice!

@aguidetoitaly 20 күн бұрын

Grazie!

@mariateresamendez155 Күн бұрын

Oh, God, not SALVE !!! By italian standards it's what you say when you really DON'T want to say hello😬. Ciao is totally OK if you are addressing people way younger than yourself or know then so well they have given you "permission" to use it. Greetings from Bergamo 🇮🇹