Greet someone new with "piacere di conoscerti."[7] In English, this phrase means “pleased to meet you.”
Piacere is taken from an Italian verb meaning "to please" or "to be fond of." It can also be used on its own as an interjection to say "hello," but it is not commonly used as such.
Di is a preposition that can mean "of,"
"to," or "for," among other things
Conoscerti is an informal conjugation of the
Italian verb "conoscere," meaning "to know" or
"to meet." Note that a more formal way to conjugate this verb
would be "conoscerla."
Pronounce piacere di conoscerti as pee-ah-cheh-reh dee koh-noh-shehr-tee.
Pronounce piacere di conoscerla as pee-ah-cheh-reh dee koh-no-shehr-lah
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