Meeting the in laws again: Health and well-being
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Key Phrases
E come va il lavoro?
How's work going?
Sta molto meglio ora.
Everything is under control, luckily.
Stiamo tutti bene, grazie.
She's doing much better now.
Skills You'll Learn
Expressing well-being and control over situations
Esprimere il benessere e controllo delle situazioni
Discussing family and friends
Parlare di famiglia e amici
Making polite casual conversation
Fare conversazioni casuali e cortesi
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're catching up with an old friend in Italy. You discuss how you and your families have been doing, including updates on jobs, hobbies like yoga, and family well-being. There's also talk of organizing a dinner together to reconnect.
Ciao Emily Smith , come stai? È passato così tanto tempo!
Hello Emily Smith, how are you? It's been such a long time!
Ciao! Sto bene, grazie. E voi come state?
Hello! I'm good, thank you. And how are you all?
Stiamo tutti bene, grazie. Maria ha iniziato a fare yoga, e dice che si sente meglio ogni giorno.
We're all well, thank you. Maria has started doing yoga, and she says she feels better every day.
Che bello! Anche io ho provato lo yoga recentemente. È davvero rilassante.
That's great! I've also tried yoga recently. It's really relaxing.
E come va il lavoro? Spero che non sia troppo stressante.
And how's work going? I hope it's not too stressful.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Ciao!
Chow
Hi!
🇮🇹 [Ciao] is warm and informal. With in-laws, whether it fits depends a lot on the family — many use it, but some older relatives may prefer a more formal greeting at first.
See breakdown →Come
Koh-meh
How
Stai?
Sty
Are you?
💬 [Stai] is the [tu] form, used with one person you address informally. Swap the ending for other people: [come sta?] for one formal person, [come state?] for more than one person.
See breakdown →Come stai?
Koh-meh Sty
How are you?
💬 Italian uses [stare] here, not [essere]: [come stai?] is the normal way to ask how someone is. The same pattern works with other people too, like [come sta?] or [come state?].
See breakdown →È passato
Eh pahs-sah-toh
It has been
💬 In [è passato così tanto tempo], Italian says literally "so much time has passed," not "it has been." You can reuse [è passato / sono passati] with time words: [è passato un anno], [sono passati due mesi].
See breakdown →Così tanto tempo!
Koh-zee Tahn-toh Tehm-poh
So much time!
È passato così tanto tempo!
Eh pahs-sah-toh Koh-zee Tahn-toh Tehm-poh
It's been such a long time!
💬 Italian often says time "passes": [è passato così tanto tempo]. The same idea appears in [sono passati tre giorni] — literally "three days have passed."
See breakdown →Sto bene,
Stoh Beh-neh
I am well,
💬 [Sto bene] uses [stare], not [essere], for how you feel. Change the person by changing the verb: [sta bene], [stiamo bene].
See breakdown →Grazie.
Grah-tsyeh
Thank you.
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