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🇮🇹 Italian · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Nonna's Birthday Is Coming

Plan a surprise for Nonna's birthday at Gino's bar, with fra due settimane for time ahead and compie ottantanove anni.

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THE STORY

Gino's bar in Fontelupo, one evening at the start of October, with Assunta and Gino.

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Quando è il compleanno di tua nonna?KWAHN-doh eh eel kohm-pleh-AHN-noh dee TOO-ah NOHN-nahWhen is your grandmother's birthday? To a friend.
Il quindici ottobre. Fra due settimane.eel KWEEN-dee-chee oht-TOH-breh, frah DOO-eh seht-tee-MAH-nehThe fifteenth of October. In two weeks.
Fra una settimana.frah OO-nah seht-tee-MAH-nahIn a week.
E quanti anni compie?eh KWAHN-tee AHN-nee KOHM-pyehAnd how old is she turning?
Compie ottantanove anni.KOHM-pyeh oht-tahn-tah-NOH-veh AHN-neeShe's turning eighty-nine.
Ottantanove.oht-tahn-tah-NOH-vehEighty-nine.
Facciamo una sorpresa!fahch-CHAH-moh OO-nah sor-PREH-zahLet's do a surprise!
Una sorpresa? Che cosa?OO-nah sor-PREH-zah, keh KOH-zahA surprise? What?
Una sorpresa.OO-nah sor-PREH-zahA surprise.
La chiamiamo dal bar, tutto il paese!lah kyah-MYAH-moh dahl bahr, TOOT-toh eel pah-EH-zehWe'll call her from the bar, the whole village!

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