Meaning
personally, in person
- personally
- in person
In a sentence
Personalmente, preferisco andare a piedi al lavoro.
Personally, I prefer walking to work.
Hai parlato personalmente con il direttore ieri?
Did you speak with the manager in person yesterday?
Non l'ho visto personalmente, me l'hanno detto.
I didn't see it myself, they told me.
Usage notes
- Use personalmente to mark your opinion: Personalmente, penso che.... It sounds more explicit than secondo me.
- For physical presence, di persona is often more natural than personalmente in everyday speech.
- It commonly appears sentence-initially, followed by a comma in writing: Personalmente, non sono d'accordo.