This Week’s New Words:

ciao - hello, goodbye (familiar)

salve - hello

addio - goodbye

bene - well

egli - he (literary)

lui - he (common speech), him

ella - she (literary)

lei - she (common speech), her

esso - it (masculine)

essa - it (feminine)

essi - they (persons or things)

loro - them (persons or things), they (common speech, persons)

grazie - thank you

spiacente - I’m sorry

noi - us, we (plural)

signore - sir, mister, mr.

signora - madame, mrs.

signorina - miss

tu - you (informal)

voi - you (plural, formal and informal)

io - I

Numbers 1-10

0 zero

1 uno

2 due

3 tre

4 quattro

5 cinque

6 sei

7 sette

8 otto

9 nove

10 dieci

Pronunciation