Texting & dating apps: Sending a first message on a dating app
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Key Phrases
Vado spesso in montagna nel weekend.
I often go to the mountains on weekends.
Sono americano, ma vivo qui da un anno.
I'm American, but I've been living here for a year.
Ti va un caffè questa settimana?
Would you like a coffee this week?
Skills You'll Learn
Talking about hobbies and habits using frequency adverbs
Parlare di hobby e abitudini usando avverbi di frequenza
Describing one's origin and length of stay
Descrivere la propria provenienza e durata di soggiorno
Proposing and arranging a meeting
Proporre e organizzare un incontro
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're chatting online with someone in Milan who also loves hiking. You want to get to know them and invite them for a coffee.
Ciao! Ho visto che ti piace il trekking.
Hi! I saw that you like hiking.
Ciao! Sì, tantissimo. Anche a te?
Hi! Yes, a lot. You too?
Sì, vado spesso in montagna nel weekend.
Yes, I often go to the mountains on weekends.
Bello! Dove vai di solito?
Nice! Where do you usually go?
Sulle Dolomiti. Tu sei di Milano?
To the Dolomites. Are you from Milan?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Ho visto
oh VEES-toh
I saw
💬 Italian builds this past with ho "I have" plus the action word, much like English "I have seen". But it covers a simple "I saw" too. Swap the second word: ho letto "I read", ho notato "I noticed".
See breakdown →Ti piace il trekking.
tee pee-AH-cheh eel TREK-king
You like hiking.
💬 piace really means "is pleasing", so the thing liked is what the verb agrees with, and ti "to you" is the person who likes it. For more than one thing it becomes piacciono: ti piacciono i cani "you like dogs".
See breakdown →Ho visto che ti piace il trekking.
oh VEES-toh keh tee pee-AH-cheh eel TREK-king
I saw that you like hiking.
🇮🇹 Opening with something from their profile is the classic Italian app opener. It shows you actually read it and beats a bare ciao.
See breakdown →Sì, tantissimo.
see tahn-TEES-see-moh
Yes, a lot.
💬 Adding -issimo to a word boosts it to "very/extremely": tanto "a lot" becomes tantissimo. Same trick works elsewhere: bello → bellissimo "really beautiful".
See breakdown →Anche a te?
AHN-keh ah teh
You too?
Spesso
SPES-soh
Often
Vado spesso in montagna
VAH-doh SPES-soh een mohn-TAHN-nyah
I often go to the mountains
💬 spesso sits right after the verb, not before it as in English: vado spesso, not spesso vado. Same with sempre "always": vado sempre.
See breakdown →Nel weekend
nel WEEK-end
On the weekend
💬 nel is in + il merged into one word. Italians borrow weekend as-is, but il fine settimana is the native alternative.
See breakdown →Sì, vado spesso in montagna nel weekend.
see VAH-doh SPES-soh een mohn-TAHN-nyah nel WEEK-end
Yes, I often go to the mountains on weekends.
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