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🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two Girls at the Fountain

Filomena and Teresa, ninety-three each, laugh at the fountain over the wolf of forty-four, with c'eravamo noi, we were there.

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THE STORY

The fountain of Fontelupo in the afternoon sun, two old women on the stone rim, nobody else in the square.

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Teresa, ti ricordi il lupo del quarantaquattro?teh-REH-zah, tee ree-KOR-dee eel LOO-poh dehl kwah-rahn-tah-KWAHT-trohTeresa, do you remember the wolf of forty-four? To a friend.
Il lupo! Tutto il paese chiuso in casa.eel LOO-poh, TOOT-toh eel pah-EH-zeh KYOO-zoh een KAH-zahThe wolf! The whole village shut indoors.
Tutti tranne noi due.TOOT-tee TRAHN-neh noy DOO-ehEveryone except the two of us.
C'eravamo noi, qui alla fontana, di notte.cheh-rah-VAH-moh noy, kwee AHL-lah fohn-TAH-nah, dee NOHT-tehWe were there, here at the fountain, at night.
E il lupo era un cane!eh eel LOO-poh EH-rah oon KAH-nehAnd the wolf was a dog!
Il cane del prete! Che risate.eel KAH-neh dehl PREH-teh, keh ree-ZAH-tehThe priest's dog! What laughs.
Non l'abbiamo mai detto a nessuno.nohn lahb-BYAH-moh my DEHT-toh ah nehs-SOO-nohWe never told anyone.
Adesso lo sa tutto il paese. Pazienza.ah-DEHS-soh loh sah TOOT-toh eel pah-EH-zeh, pah-TSYEHN-tsahNow the whole village knows. Oh well.