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🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The Soldiers in the Village

Follow Nonna's first war chapter in the tense of stories, the passato remoto: arrivarono, si nascose, nessuno fiato.

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Lesson 2 · The Soldiers in the Village

Italian · 30 minutes

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THE STORY

Laura's kitchen in Fontelupo on an evening call, the notebook open, Nonna Teresa on the line from Boston.

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Una mattina arrivarono i soldati in piazza.OO-nah maht-TEE-nah ahr-ree-VAH-roh-noh ee sohl-DAH-tee een PYAHT-tsahOne morning the soldiers arrived in the square.
E voi? Avevate paura?eh voy, ah-veh-VAH-teh pah-OO-rahAnd you all? Were you afraid? To friends.
Mio padre si nascose in cantina.MEE-oh PAH-dreh see nahs-KOH-zeh een kahn-TEE-nahMy father hid in the cellar.
Zitti tutti.TSEET-tee TOOT-teeEveryone quiet.
E tu, Nonna? Dov'eri?eh too, NOHN-nah, doh-VEH-reeAnd you, Nonna? Where were you? To a friend.
Io ero alla finestra, con mia madre.EE-oh EH-roh AHL-lah fee-NEHS-trah, kohn MEE-ah MAH-drehI was at the window, with my mother.
E nessuno disse niente?eh nehs-SOO-noh DEES-seh NYEHN-tehAnd nobody said anything?
Nessuno fiatò. Dopo due giorni partirono.nehs-SOO-noh fyah-TOH, DOH-poh DOO-eh JOR-nee par-TEE-roh-nohNobody breathed. After two days they left.
Che paura. E poi cosa successe?keh pah-OO-rah, eh poy KOH-zah soot-CHEHS-sehWhat a fright. And then what happened?