{"id":7235,"date":"2022-07-15T11:23:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2024-04-04T16:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T14:26:27","slug":"informal-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/informal-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Informal letters in Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Informal letters are sent to family, friends and people who we know quite well.<\/p>\n<h6>Example of an informal letter:<\/h6>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28%; vertical-align: middle;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"28%\" height=\"65\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Place and date<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right; width: 70%; vertical-align: middle;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" width=\"52%\">Cagliari, 20 dicembre 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28%; vertical-align: middle;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"28%\" height=\"31\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Recipient<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; vertical-align: middle;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" width=\"52%\">Caro Stefano,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28%; vertical-align: middle;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"28%\" height=\"63\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; vertical-align: middle;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" width=\"52%\">Riesco a scriverti solo adesso perch\u00e9 sono stato molto impegnato sia per gli allenamenti di basket sia per la scuola.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 8%; height: 67px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"7%\" height=\"67\"><strong>B<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>O<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>D<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Y<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; vertical-align: middle;\" rowspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#cccccc\" width=\"1%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"20%\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Purpose<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; vertical-align: middle;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" width=\"52%\">Ora per\u00f2 non posso pi\u00f9 rimandare, le feste si avvicinano velocemente e voglio fare a te e ai tuoi genitori tanti auguri di buon Natale.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"20%\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Subject matter<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; vertical-align: middle;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" width=\"52%\">Io aspetto con ansia le prossime vacanze, in questi giorni infatti ho avuto parecchie interrogazioni e alcune verifiche scritte un po&#8217; impegnative, come quella di francese, che non \u00e8 stata un completo successo. Devo per\u00f2 essere sincero, il giorno prima del compito ho preferito andare in palestra invece di ripassare per l&#8217;ennesima volta i verbi.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28%; vertical-align: middle;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"28%\" height=\"76\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Closing greeting<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; vertical-align: middle;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" width=\"52%\">Rispondimi presto, ora ti saluto e ti rinnovo gli auguri.<\/p>\n<p>CIAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28%; vertical-align: middle;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"28%\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\"><strong>Signature<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right; width: 70%; vertical-align: middle;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" width=\"52%\">Enrico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28%; vertical-align: middle;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"28%\" height=\"38\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; vertical-align: middle;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffcc\" width=\"52%\">Ho fatto un tatuaggio sulla spalla!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>So we can see that an informal letter has the following structure:<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">place<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>where the letter was written, in the top left-hand corner, with the\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">date<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At the beginning of the letter, on the left, we can say &#8220;<span class=\"style238\">Caro\/a<\/span>&#8220;, &#8220;<span class=\"style238\">Carissimo\/a<\/span>&#8221; or &#8220;<span class=\"style238\">Ciao<\/span>&#8221; + the name of the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>recipient<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Caro Marco;<br \/>\nCiao Valentina!;<br \/>\nCarissima Maria.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span class=\"style179\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\">introduction<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>which states the point of the letter.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong style=\"font-size: 0.95em;\">body<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 0.95em;\">\u00a0of the letter which includes the <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">subject matter<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 0.95em;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<span class=\"style182\">conclusion\u00a0<\/span>of the letter which includes the <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>closing greeting<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>A presto! \/ Aspetto tue notizie<br \/>\nUn abbraccio \/ Bacioni<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\"><strong><span class=\"style183\">signature<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, which says who the letter is from and should be at the end of the letter, on the right.<\/li>\n<li>If we have forgotten something we can add\u00a0<span class=\"style184\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>P.S<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0which goes after the signature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>See also:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/formal-letters\/\">Formal letters in Italian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informal letters are sent to family, friends and people who we know quite well. 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