Introductions in Italian

It’s time for a crash course in introductions in Italian! After this free audio lesson you’ll be able to recognize some common personal questions to use with Italian introductions. Even better, in most cases you’ll be able to reply using simple Italian phrases and numbers.

It’s useful to be able to talk about yourself and ask about others when you’re getting to know new people. And there may be times when you need to speak to an official person, or fill out a form.

Perhaps you’re booking into a hotel, or going for an interview. You’ll probably be asked some basic personal questions in Italian like “what is your nationality?” “what is your telephone number?” or “what is your date of birth?” These are all useful things to be able to talk about for everyday conversations as well, so how about we get started…

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All the questions below are expressed formally, so you’ll be addressed with "Lui" or "Lei” the formal form of “you”.

How to say common introductions in Italian

Here are some of the most common Italian questions to get you started. Further on in this lesson we will look at the pronunciation of these and more Italian introductions.

  • Come si chiama Lei? - What's your name?
  • Qual è il Suo numero di passaporto? - What is your passport number?
  • Qual è il Suo numero di cellulare? - What is your cell phone number?
  • Qual è il Suo numero di telefono? - What is your telephone number?
  • Qual è il Suo indirizzo? - What is your address?
  • È sposato Lei? / È sposata Lei? - Are you married?
  • Ha un coniuge? - Do you have a spouse?
  • Quanti figli ha? - How many children do you have?
  • Ha figli? - Do you have children?
  • Quanti fratelli ha? - How many siblings do you have?

Let's get started...

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Come si chiama Lei?
What's your name?
Qual è il Suo numero di passaporto?
What is your passport number?
Qual è il Suo numero di cellulare?
What is your cell phone number?
Qual è il Suo numero di telefono?
What is your telephone number?
Qual è il Suo indirizzo?
What is your address?
È sposato Lei? / È sposata Lei?
Are you married?
Ha un coniuge?
Do you have a spouse?
Quanti figli ha?
How many children do you have?
Ha figli?
Do you have children?
Quanti fratelli ha?
How many siblings do you have?
Ha fratelli?
Do you have siblings?
Qual è la Sua data di nascita?
What is your date of birth?
Quanti anni ha?
How old are you?
Di che nazionalità è Lei?
What's your nationality?
Da dove viene Lei / Di dove è Lei?
Where are you from?
Qual è il Suo indirizzo e-mail?
What is your email address?

Responding to Italian introductions

When you’re responding, you can follow the simple format below. Just insert the appropriate information in the brackets.

Mi chiamo [nome]
My name is [name]
Il mio numero di cellulare è [numero]
My cell phone number is [number]
Il mio numero di telefono è [numero]
My telephone number is [number]
Il mio indirizzo è [indirizzo]
My address is [address]
Sì, sono sposato
Yes, I'm married
No, non sono sposato
No, I'm not married
Sì, ho un coniuge / Sì, ho una coniuge
Yes, I have a spouse
No, non ho un coniuge / No, non ho una coniuge.
No, I don't have a spouse
Ho un figlio / Ho una figlia
I have a son / I have a daughter
Ho [numero] figli / Ho [numero] figlie
I have [number] children / I have [number] daughters
No, non ho figli / No, non ho figlie
No, I have no children / No, I have no daughters
Ho [numero] fratelli (male) / Ho [numero] sorelle (female)
I have [number] siblings
Sì, ho fratelli / Sì, ho sorelle
Yes, I have siblings (male / female)
No, non ho fratelli / No, non ho sorelle
No, I have no siblings (male / female)
Il mio compleanno è il [giorno] di [mese]
My birthday is on the [day] of [month]
Io ho [numero] anni
I am [number] years old
Io sono [nazionalità]
I am [nationality]
Io vengo da [nazione]
I'm from [country]
Il mio numero di passaporto è [numero]
My passport number is [number]

Yes and No

A couple of very useful words for you to know are “Yes” and “No”:

Sì
Yes
No
No

Filling out Forms

When filling out forms, you will commonly be asked for the following information:

Nome
Name
Nazionalità
Nationality
Sesso
Gender
Età
Age
Data di nascita
Date of birth
Indirizzo
Address
Numero di telefono
Telephone Number
Numero di cellulare
Cellphone Number
Numero di passaporto
Passport Number

That’s it for this lesson, well done!

If you want more lessons on Italian salutations then I recommend that you check out the following:

A presto!

Maria DiLorenzi and the Rocket Italian Team

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