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🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Backstage

Calm your nerves backstage with the host, with mica, the spoken not-at-all, tranquilla, vai sul sicuro and the compliment that gives nothing away, mica male.

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THE STORY

A corridor behind the studio in Milan, five minutes before the live show, Laura in a borrowed dress.

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Laura! Pronta? Si va tra cinque minuti.LOW-rah, PROHN-tah, see vah trah CHEEN-kweh mee-NOO-teeLaura! Ready? We're on in five minutes. To a woman.
Pronta? Mica tanto. Mi tremano le mani.PROHN-tah, MEE-kah TAHN-toh, mee TREH-mah-noh leh MAH-neeReady? Not really. My hands are shaking. As a woman.
Tranquilla.trahn-KWEEL-lahRelax. To a woman.
Tranquilla. Parla del pane e vai sul sicuro.trahn-KWEEL-lah, PAR-lah dehl PAH-neh eh vye sool see-KOO-rohRelax. Talk about the bread and you're on safe ground. To a woman, a friend.
E se dico una cosa sbagliata?eh seh DEE-koh OO-nah KOH-zah zbah-LYAH-tahAnd if I say something wrong?
Sorridi e vai avanti. Nessuno ci fa caso.sor-REE-dee eh vye ah-VAHN-tee, nehs-SOO-noh chee fah KAH-zohSmile and carry on. Nobody notices. To a friend.
Facile a dirsi. Tu lo fai da vent'anni.FAH-chee-leh ah DEER-see, too loh fye dah vehn-TAHN-neeEasy to say. You've been doing it for twenty years. To a friend.
Venti? Dieci, dai. Comunque, mica male il vestito.VEHN-tee, DYEH-chee, dye, koh-MOON-kweh, MEE-kah MAH-leh eel vehs-TEE-tohTwenty? Ten, come on. Anyway, not bad, the dress.
Mica male? È di Giulia.MEE-kah MAH-leh, eh dee JOO-lyahNot bad? It's Giulia's.