LESSON NOTES

Survival Phrases #2
You're Welcome!

CONTENTS

Dialogue - Informal Italian

Main
English
Dialogue - Formal Italian
Main
English
Vocabulary
Sample sentences
Grammar
Cultural insight

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DIALOGUE - INFORMAL ITALIAN
MAIN

1. Prego.

2. Di nulla.

3. Di niente.

4. Non c'é di che.

ENGLISH

1. You're welcome.

2. It's nothing.

3. It's nothing.

4. You're welcome.

DIALOGUE - FORMAL ITALIAN

MAIN

1. Prego.

2. Di nulla.

3. Di niente.

ENGLISH

1. You're welcome.

2. It's nothing.

3. It's nothing.

VOCABULARY

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Prego. You're welcome. exclamation

nulla nothing pronoun

niente nothing pronoun, indefinite pronoun

non not adverb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Prego. Buona serata. Non voglio nulla da te.

"You're welcome. Have a good evening." "I want nothing from you."

Niente di speciale. Non vedo niente.

"Nothing special." "I see nothing."

Niente per te! Non vengo con te.

"Nothing for you!" "I'm not going with you."

Non andare! No, non è di Londra.

"Don't go!" "No, she isn't from London."

GRAMMAR
In today’s lesson we’ll continue to learn more phrases that will help you with basic etiquette. Italians are
exceptionably hospitable, and phrases of gratitude and those related are used quite often. Though
during your trip in Italy, you may not get the chance to use Prego, the phrase for "You're welcome",
there’s a very good chance you'll hear it.

In Italian "You're welcome." is Prego. Let's break it down by syllable Pre-go.

You can also respond to someone that has thanked you by using two very similar expressions. They are
di nulla and di niente which both literally mean "it's nothing".

di nulla let's break it down by syllable di nul-la.

di niente let's break it down by syllable di nien-te.

Remember, both di nulla and di niente mean "it's nothing".

Another way of responding to a phrase of gratitude is non c'è di che which literally means "there is
nothing to it" but we can render into "You are welcome".

Let's break it down by syllable non c'è di che.

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Of the expressions we have seen, please keep in mind that Prego, di nulla and di niente can be used in
any situation, formal or informal, while non c'è di che is to be used only in informal situations.

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