How to say "where are you from?" in Italian?

In Italian "where are you from?" translates to  Di dove sei? 

Transliteration: dee doh-veh seh-ee?

🇮🇹 Di dove sei? Sono di Roma.

🗣️ Dee doh-veh seh-ee? Soh-noh dee Roh-mah.

🇺🇸 Where are you from? I'm from Rome.



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Italian

Native speakers
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Official language in
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Active vocabulary
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Difficulty
medium 🤔
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Spanish, French
⏳ Avg. time to basics
600-750 hours ⏳

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Learning Italian offers enriched cultural experiences and economic opportunities in sectors like fashion, automotive, and food industries. Italy is a founding EU member with a diverse and rich heritage, making the language valuable for history, art, and culinary enthusiasts. For basic fluency, English speakers need about 1,500-2,000 vocabulary words and can expect to invest 600-750 hours for general proficiency. Italian grammar essentials include the use of articles ('il', 'la'), understanding gender (masculine, feminine), and mastering verb conjugations across various tenses like presente and passato prossimo. Though challenging, these grammatical intricacies enable precise, expressive communication in both professional and social settings.



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How to say "where are you from?" in Italian?

You can use the word "Di dove sei?" which translates to "Where are you from?".

How to pronounce "Di dove sei?" (where are you from?) in Italian?

The word "Di dove sei?" is pronounced as "dee doh-veh seh-ee?".

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