🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 1
PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Carnival Masks
In the mask maker's workshop near San Marco, Laura asks about the bauta and its price the spoken way: fatta a mano, quanto viene, Le faccio uno sconto.
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THE STORY
A mask maker's workshop in a side street near San Marco, Venice, the morning after the vaporetto, masks drying on every shelf.
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Buongiorno! Mi ha detto di passare. Eccomi.bwohn-JOR-noh, mee ah DEHT-toh dee pahs-SAH-reh, EHK-koh-meeGood morning! You told me to drop by. Here I am. Politely.
Benvenuta! Questa è la bauta, la maschera di Venezia.behn-veh-NOO-tah, KWEHS-tah eh lah bah-OO-tah, lah MAHS-keh-rah dee veh-NEH-tsyahWelcome! This is the bauta, the mask of Venice. To a woman.
Che bella. È fatta a mano?keh BEHL-lah, eh FAHT-tah ah MAH-nohHow beautiful. Is it handmade?
Tutto a mano, in cartapesta. Ci vogliono tre giorni.TOOT-toh ah MAH-noh, een kar-tah-PEHS-tah, chee VOH-lyoh-noh treh JOR-neeAll by hand, in papier-mache. It takes three days.
E quanto viene?eh KWAHN-toh VYEH-nehAnd how much does it come to?
Centoventi euro. Ma a Lei faccio uno sconto.chehn-toh-VEHN-tee EH-oo-roh, mah ah lay FAHT-choh OO-noh SKOHN-tohA hundred and twenty euros. But for you I'll do a discount. Politely.
Uno sconto? Perché?OO-noh SKOHN-toh, pehr-KEHA discount? Why?
Perché ha chiesto cosa vuol dire ocio.pehr-KEH ah KYEHS-toh KOH-zah vwohl DEE-reh OH-chohBecause you asked what ocio means. Politely.