ITALIAN PHRASEBOOK – NATIONALITY / NAZIONALITŔ

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1. How to ask somebody´s nationality / country

 Di dove sei?  

 Where are you from? (informal)

 Di che nazionalitŕ sei?  

 What’s is your nationality? (informal)

 Di dove č?    

 Where are you from? (formal)

 Di dove č Lei?     (note the capital ‘L’ )

 Where are you from? (formal)

 Di che nazionalitŕ Lei č?     (note the capital ‘L’ )

 What’s is your nationality? (formal)

 Di dove č lei?  

 Where is she from?

 

 Lui č italiano?  

 Is he Italian?

 Di dove č lui?  

 Where is he from?

 Di dove č Alberto?  

 Where is Alberto from?

2. How answer those questions

 Sono svizzero.  

 I am Swiss.

 Io sono americano.  

 I am American.

 La mia nazionalitŕ č italiana.  

 My nationality is Italian.

 La mia nazionalitŕ non č italiana.  

 My nationality is not Italian.

 Alberto č di Roma.  

 Alberto is from Rome.

 Lui č italiano.  

 He is Italian.