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🇮🇹 Italian · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

At the Market

On Tuesday after class, Signora Ada sends Laura and Chiara to the market streets behind the main square, with a shopping list and a ten-euro note. At the grocer's counter, Laura orders, tastes, asks the price and pays, all in Italian, and then walks off without her change. Count from zero to ten, ask for two hundred grams of something, ask how much it is, pay, and wish someone a good day.

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THE STORY

It's Tuesday after class. Signora Ada gives Laura a shopping list and a ten-euro note, and sends her and Chiara into the narrow market streets behind the main square. At the grocer's counter, Laura has to order, ask the price and pay, all in Italian. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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mortadellamohr-tah-DEHL-lahmortadella
dueDOO-ehtwo
due ettiDOO-eh EHT-teetwo hundred grams
parmigianopahr-mee-JAH-nohparmesan
Due etti di mortadella.DOO-eh EHT-tee dee mohr-tah-DEHL-lahTwo hundred grams of mortadella.
al mercatoahl mehr-KAH-tohat the market
Mi dica!mee DEE-kahWhat can I get you? The polite way.
vorreivohr-RAYI'd like
Vorrei due etti di mortadella.vohr-RAY DOO-eh EHT-tee dee mohr-tah-DEHL-lahI'd like two hundred grams of mortadella.
la migliorelah mee-LYOH-rehthe best, of something feminine

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