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It's That Easy

The word for Goodbye in Italian is spoken at all times and is
Arrivederci	ar-ree-vay-dayr-chee

So how would you say, Thankyou, goodnight

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To say How are you in Italian you would say
Come sta	komay sta

Translated this means how remains you, come meaning how and sta meaning are / remains

So how would you say, Hello, how are you?

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If you are asked how you are and someone says come sta to you, then you could reply
Molto bene grazie	mollto bay-nay grats-yay

Molto means many or much, bene means well and grazie means thankyou, so your reply would be much well thank you or as we would say, very well thank you.

You can reply by asking them how they are by saying
E lei	ay lay

This means and you. E meaning and, and lei meaning you.

To say Pleased to meet you you would say
Piacere	pee-a-chay-ray

Piacere is the verb to please but is used when meeting people for the first time, so how would you say Hello/Good day, pleased to meet you

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Your welcome is commonly used in Italy as a reply to thank you, so if you said thank you to someone, you can expect to hear
Prego	pray-go

Also if someone said thank you to you, you would answer with prego.

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