Top 4 Italian Ways to be Polite
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
- Set yourself apart from the pack by being polite. Learn the words and expressions you can use.
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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.
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.
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).
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!
Nice!
Grazie!
Great stuff, 👍 grazie
Grazie mille! Glad it’s helpful 😊
Being polite is universal. It doesn't matter the country you're in.
Absolutely. I agree 100%.
I think it’s very important in Italy