Asking cute stranger out to a date: Agreeing on a day, time and place

💬 Va bene literally means "goes well" and is the all-purpose "okay" or "works". Put a day or time in front to propose it: Domani va bene per te? "Does tomorrow work for you?"

💬 Just put the time of day right after the day, with no little word in between. Same with domenica sera "Sunday evening" and lunedì pomeriggio "Monday afternoon".

💬 lavoro means both "I work" and "job" or "work". Lavoro alone is "I work", while il mio lavoro is "my job".

💬 Italian drops "I": the -o ending on lavoro already says who's working. The time can also go first, as here, to stress when.

💬 Adding sì after a time picks out that part as the one that works. Swap in any other: La sera sì "The evening, yes".

💬 Clock times take alle "at the", because a + le merge, and le ore "the hours" is understood. Only one o'clock is different: all'una "at one".

🇮🇹 Italians often use the 24-hour clock, so you may hear alle sedici for 4 pm. When chatting face to face alle quattro is normal, and context makes the afternoon clear.

💬 conoscere is "to know" a place or person, being familiar with it. For knowing a fact Italian uses sapere: Sai dov'è? "Do you know where it is?"

💬 No "the" here: in piazza "in the square", just like in centro "downtown" and in città "in town".

🇮🇹 The main piazza is the natural meeting point in most Italian towns, and a bar there is an easy, public spot for a first date. An Italian bar is a café serving coffee and pastries as much as drinks.

💬 lo "it" comes before the verb, not after: lo conosco is literally "it I know". Same with la vedo "I see her/it".

💬 ci vediamo literally means "we see each other" and is the standard "see you". Swap the ending to fit: Ci vediamo dopo "See you later", Ci vediamo sabato "See you Saturday".

💬 "Your" needs "the" in front of it in Italian: il tuo numero, not tuo numero. Same with il mio numero "my number".

💬 A plain present-tense question is the normal way to make a casual request: mi dai literally means "you give me". It works the same way with Mi passi il sale? "Will you pass me the salt?"

🇮🇹 Asking for a number after agreeing on a date is normal, and it will almost always end up on WhatsApp. That's what nearly everyone in Italy uses to text.

💬 When "to you" and "it" meet before a verb, ti changes to te: te lo. Same with me lo dai? "will you give it to me?"

💬 A plus a day or time is a quick goodbye that names when you'll meet next. It works with any time: A domani! "See you tomorrow!", A dopo! "See you later!"

💬 allora at the end means "then" or "so" and wraps up the plan. It is one of Italians' favourite filler words, and at the start of a sentence it works like "so...".