🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2
PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Night Before She Left
Nonna tells the evening before the ship, the house silent and her mother sewing money into her coat, in the tenses of a story.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Evening in Nonna's old kitchen in Fontelupo, the phone on the table, Nonna's voice from America.
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Nonna, com'era la casa, la sera prima?NOHN-nah, koh-MEH-rah lah KAH-zah, lah SEH-rah PREE-mahNonna, what was the house like, the evening before?
Tutti zitti. Mia madre non disse niente.TOOT-tee TSEET-tee, MEE-ah MAH-dreh nohn DEES-seh NYEHN-tehEveryone silent. My mother said nothing.
Niente, per tutta la sera?NYEHN-teh, pehr TOOT-tah lah SEH-rahNothing, all evening?
Niente. Prese il mio cappotto e si sedette.NYEHN-teh, PREH-zeh eel MEE-oh kahp-POHT-toh eh see seh-DEHT-tehNothing. She took my coat and sat down.
Il cappotto.eel kahp-POHT-tohThe coat.
E cosa fece con il cappotto?eh KOH-zah FEH-cheh kohn eel kahp-POHT-tohAnd what did she do with the coat?
Mi cucì i soldi nel cappotto, uno a uno.mee koo-CHEE ee SOHL-dee nehl kahp-POHT-toh, OO-noh ah OO-nohShe sewed the money into the coat for me, one by one.
Senza dire una parola.SEHN-tsah DEE-reh OO-nah pah-ROH-lahWithout saying a word.
Parlava l'ago, tesoro. Cuciva e piangeva.pahr-LAH-vah LAH-goh, teh-ZOH-roh, koo-CHEE-vah eh pyahn-JEH-vahThe needle spoke, sweetheart. She sewed and cried.