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🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Street Food Lesson

Take a street food lesson at the Palermo stall, with assaggia, the kitchen's highest praise, e una bomba, and da noi si mangia cosi, the way to say how things are done where you come from.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The same frying stall at the Ballaro market in Palermo, a quarter of an hour later, a paper plate on the counter.

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Assaggia questo. Pane ca meusa.ahs-SAHD-jah KWEHS-toh, PAH-neh kah MEH-oo-zahTaste this. Pane ca meusa. To a friend.
Assaggi.ahs-SAHD-jeeTaste it. Politely.
Cos'è? Sembra... carne.koh-ZEH, SEHM-brah, KAR-nehWhat is it? It looks like... meat.
Milza. Da noi si mangia così, nel pane.MEEL-tsah, dah noy see MAHN-jah koh-ZEE, nehl PAH-nehSpleen. Where we're from you eat it like this, in bread.
Milza? Mamma mia. Va bene, assaggio.MEEL-tsah, MAHM-mah MEE-ah, vah BEH-neh, ahs-SAHD-johSpleen? Oh my. All right, I'll taste it.
Allora? Di' la verità.ah-LOH-rah, dee lah veh-ree-TAHWell? Tell the truth. To a friend.
È una bomba. Davvero. Non me l'aspettavo.eh OO-nah BOHM-bah, dahv-VEH-roh, nohn meh lahs-peht-TAH-vohIt's a bomb. Really. I wasn't expecting it.
Visto? Il pane lo fai tu, la milza noi.VEES-toh, eel PAH-neh loh fye too, lah MEEL-tsah noySee? You make the bread, we do the spleen. To a friend.
Affare fatto. Ma il limone ce lo metto io.ahf-FAH-reh FAHT-toh, mah eel lee-MOH-neh cheh loh MEHT-toh EE-ohDeal. But I'm putting the lemon on.