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🇮🇹 Italian · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Rainy Week

Tell Nonna you are bored by the rain and ask what she used to do, with the imperfetto of habits: cosa facevi, leggevo.

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THE STORY

Nonna's evening phone call to Fontelupo, in a week of rain in October.

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Pronto, tesoro! Che tempo fa?PROHN-toh, teh-ZOH-roh, keh TEHM-poh fahHello, sweetheart! What's the weather like?
Piove da tre giorni. Mi annoio.PYOH-veh dah treh JOR-nee, mee ahn-NOH-yohIt's been raining for three days. I'm bored.
Anche qui. Cosa fai tutto il giorno?AHN-keh kwee, KOH-zah fye TOOT-toh eel JOR-nohHere too. What do you do all day? To a friend.
Un libro.oon LEE-brohA book.
Niente. E tu, cosa facevi quando pioveva?NYEHN-teh, eh too, KOH-zah fah-CHEH-vee KWAHN-doh pyoh-VEH-vahNothing. And you, what did you use to do when it rained? To a friend.
Pioveva.pyoh-VEH-vahIt was raining.
Leggevo. E cucinavo con mia madre.lehd-JEH-voh, eh koo-chee-NAH-voh kohn MEE-ah MAH-drehI used to read. And I cooked with my mother.
Mia madre.MEE-ah MAH-drehMy mother.
Cosa leggevi?KOH-zah lehd-JEH-veeWhat did you use to read? To a friend.
Tutto! Leggevo sempre.TOOT-toh, lehd-JEH-voh SEHM-prehEverything! I was always reading.

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