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🇮🇹 Italian · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Brother in Argentina

It's three o'clock on Sunday, and the coffee is on the table above the family bakery in Rome. Aunt Rosa has questions for Laura, the kind every aunt asks. Then she takes a photograph down from the shelf, and Laura hears about a brother nobody ever told her about. Ask someone's age and say yours, ask if someone is married, ask about brothers and sisters, say who's older and who's younger, introduce your husband, and ask where the key is.

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THE STORY

It's Sunday, the second of May, three o'clock. Lunch is over above the family bakery in Rome, the coffee is on the table, and Aunt Rosa has pulled her chair up close to Laura's. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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anniAHN-neeyears
quantiKWAHN-teehow many
Quanti anni hai?KWAHN-tee AHN-nee eyeHow old are you? The friendly way.
trentaduetrehn-tah-DOO-ehthirty-two
Ho trentadue anni.oh trehn-tah-DOO-eh AHN-neeI'm thirty-two.
sposataspoh-SAH-tahmarried, said of a woman
Sei sposata?say spoh-SAH-tahAre you married? To a woman.
fidanzatafee-dahn-TSAH-tahengaged, said of a woman
Non sono sposata.nohn SOH-noh spoh-SAH-tahI'm not married. Said by a woman.
ventinovevehn-tee-NOH-vehtwenty-nine

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