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How do you complete “Ciao bell'uomo, come stai oggi, buongiorno signore, sono Jennifer Rose Louis, come ti chiami”?

14.06.2025 07:39

How do you complete “Ciao bell'uomo, come stai oggi, buongiorno signore, sono Jennifer Rose Louis, come ti chiami”?

It’s a woman introducing herself to a man, the question is complete and it just requires an answer before adding more and going further, an answer like: “Ciao, mi chiamo Giovanni; piacere di conoscerti” or something along those lines.

The phrase seems complete to me, but I’ve never heard anybody using the expression “Bell’uomo”, Italian women just would not say that and it’s also unlikely that women approach men, it’s usually the other way round because of social mores. “Oggi” is redundant; “Come stai?” implies “oggi”. And nobody gives their surname in such an informal meeting, “Mi chiamo Jennifer Rose” is enough for that first exchange.

The phrase, realistically, ought to be: “Ciao, come stai? Mi chiamo Jennifer Rose; (tu) come ti chiami?”.

Can it be true that people know your name, not your story, they’ve heard what you’ve done, but not what you’ve been through, so take their opinions of you with a grain of salt?