🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2
PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Nonna's Answer
Carry the reader's question to Nonna and bring back her answer: tell her I'm alive, and that I'm coming back, I decided last night.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Laura's hotel room in Rome the morning after the launch, the phone on the pillow, Nonna's voice from Boston.
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Una signora ha chiesto se sei ancora viva.OO-nah see-NYOH-rah ah KYEHS-toh seh say ahn-KOH-rah VEE-vahA lady asked whether you're still alive. To a friend.
E tu cosa le hai detto?eh too KOH-zah leh eye DEHT-tohAnd what did you tell her? To a friend.
Che sei viva e vegeta. E lei ha riso.keh say VEE-vah eh VEH-jeh-tah, eh lay ah REE-zohThat you're alive and kicking. And she laughed. To a friend.
Brava. Dille che sono viva. E che torno.BRAH-vah, DEEL-leh keh SOH-noh VEE-vah, eh keh TOR-nohGood girl. Tell her I'm alive. And that I'm coming back. To a woman, a friend.
Torni? Torni dove, Nonna?TOR-nee, TOR-nee DOH-veh, NOHN-nahComing back? Coming back where, Nonna? To a friend.
A Fontelupo. L'ho deciso stanotte.ah fohn-teh-LOO-poh, loh deh-CHEE-zoh stah-NOHT-tehTo Fontelupo. I decided last night.
Nonna... dici sul serio?NOHN-nah, DEE-chee sool SEH-ryohNonna... do you mean it? To a friend.
Sul serio. Voglio conoscere il piccolo Vincenzo.sool SEH-ryoh, VOH-lyoh koh-NOH-sheh-reh eel PEEK-koh-loh veen-CHEHN-tsohI mean it. I want to meet little Vincenzo.