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🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Reader's Question

Take a reader's questions at the launch: why did you write it, what would your grandmother answer, is she still alive.

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THE STORY

The same bookshop in Rome, questions from the floor, a woman in the third row with the book on her knees.

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Posso fare una domanda?POHS-soh FAH-reh OO-nah doh-MAHN-dahMay I ask a question?
Prego, certo.PREH-goh, CHEHR-tohPlease, of course.
Perché ha scritto questo libro?pehr-KEH ah SKREET-toh KWEHS-toh LEE-brohWhy did you write this book? Politely.
Perché nessuno gliel'aveva mai chiesto.pehr-KEH nehs-SOO-noh lyeh-lah-VEH-vah my KYEHS-tohBecause nobody had ever asked her.
E Sua nonna, cosa risponderebbe?eh SOO-ah NOHN-nah, KOH-zah rees-pohn-deh-REHB-behAnd your grandmother, what would she answer? Politely.
Direbbe: io ho solo parlato.dee-REHB-beh, EE-oh oh SOH-loh pahr-LAH-tohShe'd say: I only talked.
Un'ultima cosa. È ancora viva?oo-NOOL-tee-mah KOH-zah, eh ahn-KOH-rah VEE-vahOne last thing. Is she still alive?
Viva e vegeta. Ha novantatré anni.VEE-vah eh VEH-jeh-tah, ah noh-vahn-tah-TREH AHN-neeAlive and kicking. She's ninety-three.