🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 1
PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Telling a Joke
After dinner in Naples, Ciro tells Laura a bar joke with the frame every Italian joke uses: la sai quella di, allora, e lui risponde.
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THE STORY
The kitchen of Ciro's family flat in Naples, plates cleared, coffee on the stove.
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Laura, la sai quella del pane di ieri?LOW-rah, lah sye KWEHL-lah dehl PAH-neh dee YEH-reeLaura, do you know the one about yesterday's bread? To a friend.
No. Dai, raccontala.noh, dye, rahk-KOHN-tah-lahNo. Go on, tell it. To a friend.
Allora. Un uomo entra in un bar.ahl-LOH-rah, oon WOH-moh EHN-trah een oon barSo. A man goes into a bar.
Un uomo entra in un bar. Classico.oon WOH-moh EHN-trah een oon bar, KLAHS-see-kohA man goes into a bar. Classic.
E chiede: avete il pane di ieri?eh KYEH-deh, ah-VEH-teh eel PAH-neh dee YEH-reeAnd he asks: have you got yesterday's bread?
E il barista?eh eel bah-REES-tahAnd the barman?
Lui risponde: no. E l'uomo: allora torno domani!LOO-ee rees-POHN-deh, noh, eh LWOH-moh, ahl-LOH-rah TOR-noh doh-MAH-neeHe answers: no. And the man: then I'll come back tomorrow!
Ah, ho capito! Fa ridere, dai.ah, oh kah-PEE-toh, fah REE-deh-reh, dyeAh, I get it! It's funny, come on.