🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2
PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
A Saying for Every Thing
On Assunta's doorstep, a proverb for Laura's envy and one for an old bicycle, said by halves the way Italians say them.
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THE STORY
Assunta's doorstep in Fontelupo on a spring morning, the vegetable gardens green below the village.
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L'orto di Giulia è più bello del mio.LOR-toh dee JOO-lyah eh pyoo BEHL-loh dehl MEE-ohGiulia's vegetable garden is nicer than mine.
Come diceva mia madre: l'erba del vicino.KOH-meh dee-CHEH-vah MEE-ah MAH-dreh, LEHR-bah dehl vee-CHEE-nohAs my mother used to say: the neighbour's grass.
L'erba del vicino? E poi?LEHR-bah dehl vee-CHEE-noh, eh poyThe neighbour's grass? And then?
È sempre più verde. Si dice solo la metà.eh SEHM-preh pyoo VEHR-deh, see DEE-cheh SOH-loh lah meh-TAHIs always greener. You only say half of it.
E questa? Gino mi ha regalato una bici vecchia.eh KWEHS-tah, JEE-noh mee ah reh-gah-LAH-toh OO-nah BEE-chee VEHK-kyahAnd this one? Gino gave me an old bike.
A caval donato non si guarda in bocca.ah kah-VAHL doh-NAH-toh nohn see GWAHR-dah een BOHK-kahDon't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Hai un proverbio per ogni cosa!eye oon proh-VEHR-byoh pehr OH-nyee KOH-zahYou have a proverb for everything! To a friend.
Mia madre ne aveva cento.MEE-ah MAH-dreh neh ah-VEH-vah CHEHN-tohMy mother had a hundred of them.