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🇮🇹 Italian · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 33 MINUTES

Testaccio Market

It's Tuesday morning in Rome, and Aunt Rosa takes Laura to the market in Testaccio, with her shopping trolley. Broad beans, artichokes and pecorino, a seller who talks fast, an aunt who haggles, and at last, the answer to the question Laura asked on Sunday. Ask for half a kilo or three hundred grams, ask if something is fresh, say you'll take it, ask how much it all comes to, count from seventy to a hundred, and say you'll pay.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Tuesday, the fourth of May, half past eight in the morning. Aunt Rosa takes Laura to the market in Testaccio, with her shopping trolley, and stops at a stall piled with vegetables. The seller knows her well. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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le faveleh FAH-vehthe broad beans
un chilooon KEE-loha kilo
mezzo chiloMEHD-dzoh KEE-lohhalf a kilo
Mezzo chilo di fave, per favore.MEHD-dzoh KEE-loh dee FAH-veh pehr fah-VOH-rehHalf a kilo of broad beans, please.
i carciofiee kahr-CHOH-feethe artichokes
freschiFREHS-keefresh, for the artichokes
Sono freschi?SOH-noh FREHS-keeAre they fresh?
Freschissimi!frehs-KEES-see-meeVery fresh!
settantaseht-TAHN-tahseventy
ottantaoht-TAHN-taheighty

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