Personal+Pronouns

Personal pronouns
Once you've mastered the common pleasantries, the next important thing to learn is how to refer to people. The most common way is by using personal pronouns. In Italian, the pronouns (you and they) are complicated by gender and formality. You'll use slightly different variations of these words depending to whom you are referring and how well you know them. > **Io** (I) > **lui** (he) > **lei** (she) > **noi** (we) > **t****u** (you [singular]) > **Lei** (you [singular/formal]) > **voi** (you (plural/informal]) > **Loro** (you (plural/formal]) > **loro** (they) Use the informal **tu** (singular you) and **voi** (plural you) for friends, relatives, younger people, and people you know well. Use the formal **l****ei** (singular you) when speaking to people you don't know well; in situations such as in stores, restaurants, hotels, or pharmacies); and with professors, older people, and your friends' parents. The formal **l****oro** (plural you) is rarely used and is gradually being replaced by the informal **voi** when addressing a group of people.