# Lesson 2: Presenta una persona

**Language:** Italian  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Learn how to present yourself and others. Master the use of the verbs "stare", "abitare" and "parlare".

**Setting:** A bustling university campus and neighboring coffee shops in the heart of Rome. Here, locals and international students cross paths and share their daily lives.

## Lessons

### 1. Friendly introductions on campus

Leo meets his new neighbor on campus and strikes up a quick, informal conversation.

**Vocabulary:**
- Ciao (Hello / Goodbye)
- Come stai? (How are you?)
- l'amico / l'amica (the friend m./f.)
- stare (to be/stay)
- Tutto bene (All good)

**Objectives:**
- Greet someone informally
- Ask how someone is doing
- Express basic positive states

### 2. Meeting your new classmates

Leo arrives at his first class and introduces himself to other students.

**Vocabulary:**
- il compagno / la compagna di classe (the classmate m./f.)
- studiare (to study)
- essere (to be)
- la studentessa (the female student)
- simpatico / simpatica (nice/friendly)

**Objectives:**
- Introduce yourself to a classmate
- Describe a peer using basic adjectives
- State your status as a student

### 3. Nice to meet you

Leo is introduced to Silvia, an expert working in his favorite field.

**Vocabulary:**
- Piacere (Nice to meet you)
- Piacere mio (My pleasure)
- presentare (to introduce)
- il tirocinio (internship)
- il signor / la signora (Mr. / Mrs.)

**Objectives:**
- Introduce someone to a professional
- Respond politely upon meeting someone
- Mention your interest in technology

### 4. Discussing where you are from

Silvia and Leo talk about their origins and different nationalities.

**Vocabulary:**
- l'origine (the origin)
- italiano / italiana (Italian m./f.)
- americano / americana (American m./f.)
- tedesco / tedesca (German m./f.)
- invece (instead)

**Objectives:**
- Ask about someone's origin
- State your nationality
- Identify key European and American nationalities

### 5. Talking about home

Leo and Silvia discuss where they live in Rome and meet a neighbor.

**Vocabulary:**
- abitare (to live/reside)
- la vicina di casa (the female neighbor)
- trovarsi (to be located/to find oneself)
- spagnolo / spagnola (Spanish m./f.)

**Objectives:**
- Say where you live
- Refer to a neighbor
- Describe where something is located

### 6. Languages and studies

Leo explains his field of study and the languages he speaks.

**Vocabulary:**
- parlare (to speak)
- la lingua (the language)
- madrelingua (native speaker)
- amare (to love)

**Objectives:**
- State which languages you speak
- Talk about computer engineering studies
- Express a strong passion for your studies

### 7. Catching up with enthusiasm

Leo runs into an old acquaintance and shares updates about his exciting life.

**Vocabulary:**
- Come va? (How's it going?)
- Alla grande! (Awesome/Fantastic! - Informal)
- Sto bene. Tutto ok. (I'm good. Everything is OK.)
- Benissimo! (Great!)

**Objectives:**
- Ask how things are going casually
- Express high levels of personal well-being
- Confirm that everything is fine

### 8. Sharing a bad mood

Silvia explains to Leo that she is not feeling very well today.

**Vocabulary:**
- lo stato d'animo (the state of mind/mood)
- stanco / stanca (tired m./f.)
- Non sto bene. (I'm not doing well.)
- Non molto bene. (Not very well.)
- Mi dispiace! (I'm sorry!)
- Potrebbe andare meglio. (Could be better.)
- l'influenza (the flu)

**Objectives:**
- Describe feeling tired
- Explain that you are not doing well
- Show sympathy for someone's bad day

### 9. When to use formal speech

Silvia explains to Leo when to use formal versus informal registers.

**Vocabulary:**
- Dare del tu (To use the informal 'tu')
- Dare del Lei (To use the formal 'Lei')
- Mi scusi (Excuse me - formal)
- il professore / la professoressa (the professor/teacher m./f.)
- il rispetto (respect)
- Ad esempio / Per esempio (For example)
- Invece di (rather than)

**Objectives:**
- Distinguish between formal and informal registers
- Apologize using a formal register
- Address a university professor

### 10. Not bad but so-so

Leo talks to a classmate about their exam preparation and hobbies.

**Vocabulary:**
- Così così. (So-so.)
- Benino. (So-so/Not bad.)
- Non male. (Not bad.)
- i videogiochi (the video games)
- Abbastanza bene. (Quite well/Fairly good.)
- divertiti (have fun)

**Objectives:**
- Express that you feel okay or decent
- Say something is not bad
- Talk about playing video games

### 11. Happy memories of home

Silvia talks about her mother and writing letters back home to Austria.

**Vocabulary:**
- la madre (the mother)
- felice / felici (happy sing./plur.)
- austriaco / austriaca (Austrian m./f.)
- scrivere (to write)
- Come mai? (How come)

**Objectives:**
- Talk about family members
- Describe being happy
- Spell out foreign names or words

### 12. An evening family gathering

Silvia introduces her wife to her mother during an evening dinner.

**Vocabulary:**
- Buonasera (Good evening)
- il marito (the husband)
- la mamma (the mom)
- Sto benissimo anch'io. (I'm doing great too.)

**Objectives:**
- Greet others in the evening
- Introduce your spouse
- Express that you are doing great too