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Identità e lavoro

Identity, jobs, languages and spelling

Identity and profession

Use to say who you are and what your job is: , , or . The article can be omitted in a plain profession statement, as in .

Ask for identity and for a job when using polite . With familiar , ask . A simple question can use normal sentence order and question intonation.

Use for languages: . Ask politely or familiarly. Use singular and plural .

To ask for a word or its spelling, learn , and . The last expression asks someone to say it letter by letter.

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FormExampleMeaning
/ I am an engineer
What do you do? (polite)
Which languages do you speak? (polite)
How do you say...?
How do you spell it?
  • Io sono di Amburgo.I am from Hamburg.

  • Lei parla tedesco?Do you speak German? (polite)

  • Sofia, che lavoro fa tua mamma?Sofia, what job does your mum do?

  • Sono un ingegnere.I am an engineer.

    Sono un'ingegnera.I am an engineer.

  • Quali lingue parli?Which languages do you speak?

  • Come si dice questa parola in italiano?How do you say this word in Italian?

  • Il mio cognome è Becker.My surname is Becker.

  • Sono il nuovo vicino.I am the new neighbour.

    Sono la nuova vicina.I am the new neighbour.

Spelling a name

The alphabet used for names is . The letters mainly occur in foreign words and names. Italian normally has twenty-one letters; these five are included when you spell names such as Becker.

For the name Becker, say the letter names . Ask when you want someone to spell a word. Practise spelling your own surname, then say the whole name again.

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