In today’s show you’ll learn how to ask “how are you?”, and to answer the question yourself. Listen to the audio here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

come sta? – “how are you?” (formal version)
come stai? - “how are you?” (informal version)
sto bene, grazie - “fine, thank you”
non sto bene - “I’m not so good”

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