What does come mean in Italian?
Come can be translated into English as how. You’ve probably heard this word many times because it is one of the ways to ask a direct question.
Here are some of the most common set phrases:
Come ti chiami?
What’s your name?
Come va?
How’s it going?
Come state?
How are you?
Come: examples
Let’s have a look at come in questions:
Come vuoi il caffe?
How do you want your coffee?
Come vi sentite?
How are you feeling?
Come avete fatto?
How did you do it?
We can also use come inside a sentence, even if it’s not a question if we’re still referring to how.
Look at the examples below:
Non mi hai detto come sono i tuoi nuovi colleghi.
You didn’t tell me how your new colleagues are.
Mi ha spiegato come funziona.
She explained to me how it works.
Can come mean like?
Come can also mean like and is used in a different way, so make sure you don’t confuse these two meanings.
You will know when come means how and when it means like from the context.
Here are some examples:
Vorrei sapere ballare come te.
I’d like to be able to dance like you.
Parli proprio come la mia migliore amica.
You speak exactly like my best friend.
Learn more about ormai in Italian.
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