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🇮🇹 Italian · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Under the Arches

On a rainy Thursday morning, Laura asks Signora Ada how she is, the polite way, for the first time, and they talk about the weather. Ada is proud of her city, where under the arches it doesn't rain. Ask how someone is, the polite way, talk about the weather, and ask where someone is going, the friendly way and the polite way.

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THE STORY

It's Thursday morning, a quarter to nine, and it's raining in Bologna. At the school door, Laura makes small talk with Signora Ada for the first time, the polite way. At one o'clock, Laura has a plan for the afternoon, and Ada has an opinion about it. At nine, her grandmother calls from Boston. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Come sta?KOH-meh stahHow are you? The polite way.
caraKAH-rahdear, to a woman
Piove.PYOH-vehIt's raining.
sotto i porticiSOHT-toh ee POHR-tee-cheeunder the arches
Sotto i portici non piove.SOHT-toh ee POHR-tee-chee nohn PYOH-vehUnder the arches, it doesn't rain.
caroKAH-rohdear, to a man
Che tempo fa?keh TEHM-poh fahWhat's the weather like?
freddoFREHD-dohcold
Fa freddo.fah FREHD-dohIt's cold.
il soleeel SOH-lehthe sun

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