"Ciao, come stai?"

Translation: Hello, how are you?

[Biochemistry]

"Hello, how is the northern unit of dry measurement?" ;)

[JorgedeEsesarte]

I thoght the same...

[jeporcher]

Weird way to say "come stai".

[marc.libra]

And when do you use 'tu sei' and 'tu stai', bothing meaning you are ?
In fact, what is the big difference between stare and essere ?

[Schynd]

You'll have to learn it on the go. You normally use "essere" for permanent features ("tu sei spagnolo") and "stare" for temporary states ("stai triste oggi?"). But of course you'll find exceptions to this rule.

[I_Hersey]

Can ciao also mean hey? I tried it and it said I was wrong, but could it?

[ExSquaredOver2]

So I guess "stare" is the equivalent of "estar" in Spanish.

[marc.libra]

I have heared that also come sta (so without the i) is correct, is that true and when is that used then ?

[giovanna60615]

"Come sta" would be the third person singular, "he", "she" , or the formal "you". "Stai" is the familiar form, used with "tu".

[frankmazuca]

would i say "Ciao, come voi state?" for hello, how are you (plural)?

[sandraycb]

I think "ciao, come state?" would be better because most of the time we don't use pronouns since the form of the verb already tells the pronoun we mean

[stevami]

The talking machine is so bad I started writing fuul sentences

[temetimo]

How is "stai" pronounced? it sounds like she is saying "sai"

[Du4t2HMS]

you prbly worked it out for yourself after 6 years
here 's my rispuesta : the st like stay and the ai like myself , i .

[leonardinh1]

molto bene! e tu? :)

[msaradj]

well i never seen this on my lesson so far :(

[3000letters]

In " Fai come vuoi" come is translated "AS"
in " Come stai " it is translated "HOW"

SO come 'how' you are is correct also?

[ErlendKamr]

How about that. A normal freaking sentence.

[Gabriele107222]

The translation for 'ciao' shoul be hi as well as hallo. I do not see any difference between these two words.

[SenorPacoLoreto]

Why isn't "hello" acceptable for "ciao"?

[Du4t2HMS]

[“Ehi, come stai?” e come vuoi che io ti risponda? Ha realmente valore per te la mia risposta?]
found this bit of poetry on https://www.fmtech.it/diario/ciao-come-stai/