🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2
PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Morning of the Ship
Nonna tells the dawn she left Fontelupo, her father walking her to the square and not turning round, with the remote past in o.
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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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E la mattina, Nonna? All'alba?eh lah maht-TEE-nah, NOHN-nah, ahl-LAHL-bahAnd the morning, Nonna? At dawn?
All'alba mio padre mi accompagnò in piazza.ahl-LAHL-bah MEE-oh PAH-dreh mee ahk-kohm-pah-NYOH een PYAHT-tsahAt dawn my father walked me to the square.
In piazza.een PYAHT-tsahIn the square.
Solo lui? E tua madre?SOH-loh LOO-ee, eh TOO-ah MAH-drehOnly him? And your mother? To a friend.
Mia madre restò sulla porta. Non venne.MEE-ah MAH-dreh rehs-TOH SOOL-lah POR-tah, nohn VEHN-nehMy mother stayed on the doorstep. She didn't come.
E in piazza, tuo padre?eh een PYAHT-tsah, TOO-oh PAH-drehAnd in the square, your father? To a friend.
Mi disse: scrivi. E mi diede la valigia.mee DEES-seh, SKREE-vee, eh mee DYEH-deh lah vah-LEE-jahHe said to me: write. And he gave me the suitcase.
Scrivi. Solo questo?SKREE-vee, SOH-loh KWEHS-tohWrite. Only that?
Andò via e non si voltò. E così partii.ahn-DOH VEE-ah eh nohn see vohl-TOH, eh koh-ZEE pahr-TEE-eeHe walked away and didn't turn round. And so I left.