🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2
PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Presentation in Rome
Present the book in a Rome bookshop with the publisher: it is born from a phone call, every evening a story, and the stories are Nonna's.
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THE STORY
A bookshop in the centre of Rome on the evening of the twelfth, forty chairs, a microphone, Laura and the publisher at a small table.
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Laura, ci racconti come nasce questo libro.LOW-rah, chee rahk-KOHN-tee KOH-meh NAH-sheh KWEHS-toh LEE-brohLaura, tell us how this book comes about. Politely.
Questo libro nasce da una telefonata.KWEHS-toh LEE-broh NAH-sheh dah OO-nah teh-leh-foh-NAH-tahThis book is born from a phone call.
Con Sua nonna, ogni sera.kohn SOO-ah NOHN-nah, OH-nyee SEH-rahWith your grandmother, every evening. Politely.
Sì. Ogni sera mi raccontava una storia.see, OH-nyee SEH-rah mee rahk-kohn-TAH-vah OO-nah STOH-ryahYes. Every evening she told me a story.
E Lei le scriveva, parola per parola.eh lay leh skree-VEH-vah, pah-ROH-lah pehr pah-ROH-lahAnd you wrote them down, word for word. Politely.
Sono le storie di mia nonna.SOH-noh leh STOH-ryeh dee MEE-ah NOHN-nahThey're my grandmother's stories.
E Sua nonna, stasera, dov'è?eh SOO-ah NOHN-nah, stah-SEH-rah, doh-VEHAnd your grandmother, tonight, where is she? Politely.
A Boston, al telefono. Ci ascolta.ah BOHS-tohn, ahl teh-LEH-foh-noh, chee ahs-KOHL-tahIn Boston, on the phone. She's listening to us.