🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 2
PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Ticket
Tell Giulia and Pietro that Nonna has bought her ticket, at ninety-three, on her own, and close the story the storyteller's way; the end of Fluency Level Two.
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THE STORY
Laura's trattoria in Fontelupo on a spring morning, Giulia with the baby on her shoulder, Pietro with flour on his hands.
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Ragazzi, ascoltate. Nonna ha comprato il biglietto.rah-GAHT-tsee, ahs-kohl-TAH-teh, NOHN-nah ah kohm-PRAH-toh eel bee-LYEHT-tohListen, you two. Nonna has bought the ticket. To two friends.
Il biglietto? Per dove?eel bee-LYEHT-toh, pehr DOH-vehThe ticket? For where?
Per l'Italia. Arriva il tre giugno.pehr lee-TAH-lyah, ahr-REE-vah eel treh JOO-nyohFor Italy. She arrives on the third of June.
A novantatré anni? Da sola?ah noh-vahn-tah-TREH AHN-nee, dah SOH-lahAt ninety-three? On her own?
Da sola. Dice che sta benissimo.dah SOH-lah, DEE-cheh keh stah beh-NEES-see-mohOn her own. She says she's very well.
Vincenzo conoscerà Nonna Teresa. Che bello.veen-CHEHN-tsoh koh-noh-sheh-RAH NOHN-nah teh-REH-zah, keh BEHL-lohVincenzo will meet Nonna Teresa. How lovely.
E così torna a casa, dopo settant'anni.eh koh-ZEE TOR-nah ah KAH-zah, DOH-poh seht-TAHN-tahn-neeAnd so she comes home, after seventy years.
E così finisce la storia. Anzi, comincia.eh koh-ZEE fee-NEE-sheh lah STOH-ryah, AHN-tsee, koh-MEEN-chahAnd so the story ends. Or rather, it begins.