🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2
PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Book Arrives
Hear from the publisher that the copies have arrived, ask how the book came out, and fix the launch in Rome for the twelfth.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Laura's trattoria in Fontelupo between lunch and dinner, the phone ringing from the publisher's office in Rome.
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Laura, le copie sono arrivate dalla tipografia.LOW-rah, leh KOH-pyeh SOH-noh ahr-ree-VAH-teh DAHL-lah tee-poh-grah-FEE-ahLaura, the copies have arrived from the printer's.
Già? E com'è venuto?jah, eh koh-MEH veh-NOO-tohAlready? And how has it come out?
Quante copie?KWAHN-teh KOH-pyehHow many copies?
Bellissimo. La copertina è perfetta.behl-LEES-see-moh, lah koh-pehr-TEE-nah eh pehr-FEHT-tahBeautiful. The cover is perfect.
Non vedo l'ora di averlo in mano.nohn VEH-doh LOH-rah dee ah-VEHR-loh een MAH-nohI can't wait to have it in my hands.
Gliene mando dieci domani, per corriere.LYEH-neh MAHN-doh DYEH-chee doh-MAH-nee, pehr kor-RYEH-rehI'll send you ten tomorrow, by courier. Politely.
Grazie. E la presentazione, quando?GRAH-tsyeh, eh lah preh-zehn-tah-TSYOH-neh, KWAHN-dohThank you. And the launch, when?
Il dodici, alle diciotto, in libreria a Roma.eel DOH-dee-chee, AHL-leh dee-CHOHT-toh, een lee-breh-REE-ah ah ROH-mahThe twelfth, at six, in a bookshop in Rome.
Il dodici. Ci sarò. Che emozione!eel DOH-dee-chee, chee sah-ROH, keh eh-moh-TSYOH-nehThe twelfth. I'll be there. How exciting!