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🇮🇹 Italian · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Christmas Eve

Plan the Christmas Eve dinner with Zia Rosa and Giulia, with si mangia pesce, the Italian way of saying what everyone does.

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THE STORY

Nonna's kitchen in Fontelupo, the morning of the twenty-fourth of December, with the family from Rome.

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Stasera è la vigilia. Si mangia pesce.stah-SEH-rah eh lah vee-JEE-lyah, see MAHN-jah PEH-shehTonight is Christmas Eve. We eat fish.
La vigilia.lah vee-JEE-lyahChristmas Eve.
Pesce? Niente carne?PEH-sheh, NYEHN-teh KAR-nehFish? No meat?
Il pesce.eel PEH-shehThe fish.
Niente carne. Stasera c'è il baccalà.NYEHN-teh KAR-neh, stah-SEH-rah cheh eel bahk-kah-LAHNo meat. Tonight there's salt cod.
La carne.lah KAR-nehThe meat.
Quante portate facciamo?KWAHN-teh por-TAH-teh fah-CHAH-mohHow many courses are we making?
Sette! Come sempre.SEHT-teh, KOH-meh SEHM-prehSeven! As always.
I dolci.ee DOHL-cheeThe sweets.
Sette portate! Allora cucino io il baccalà.SEHT-teh por-TAH-teh, ah-LOH-rah koo-CHEE-noh EE-oh eel bahk-kah-LAHSeven courses! Then I'll cook the salt cod.

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