How to Say ‘Did you sleep well?’ in Italian
Hai dormito bene?
eye dor-MEE-toh BEH-neh
[eye dor-MEE-toh BEH-neh]
🇮🇹 In Italy: This is friendly and quite personal for a neighbour unless you already chat comfortably. It's more likely after you've built some familiarity, not as an opening line with someone new.
Phrase Breakdown
Hai
[eye]
have you
Used to ask someone if they have done something; here it introduces a question about sleep.
Al mattino posso chiedere al vicino: «Hai dormito bene?»
In the morning I can ask my neighbor: “Did you sleep well?”
dormito
[dor-MEE-toh]
slept
Past participle of dormire, used here to ask whether someone slept.
Nella domanda «Hai dormito bene?», dormito parla del sonno della notte.
In the question “Did you sleep well?”, dormito refers to the night’s sleep.
bene
[BEH-neh]
well
Used here to ask if the person slept well.
Se voglio sapere se il vicino ha riposato, chiedo: «Hai dormito bene?»
If I want to know whether my neighbor rested well, I ask: “Did you sleep well?”
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