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🇮🇹 Italian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Hilde Remembers the Hotel

Hear Signora Hilde tell how her father built the hotel and how it grew, with l'ha costruito, the Italian for he built it.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The empty dining room of the Hotel Hilde, one quiet afternoon, Signora Hilde and Laura at the window.

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Signora Hilde, l'albergo è molto vecchio?see-NYOH-rah EEL-deh, lahl-BEHR-goh eh MOHL-toh VEHK-kyohSignora Hilde, is the hotel very old? Politely.
Sì. Mio padre l'ha costruito nel cinquanta.see, MEE-oh PAH-dreh lah koh-stroo-EE-toh nehl cheen-KWAHN-tahYes. My father built it in fifty.
Com'era allora?koh-MEH-rah ahl-LOH-rahHow was it then?
Era piccolo. Solo dieci camere.EH-rah PEEK-koh-loh, SOH-loh DYEH-chee KAH-meh-rehIt was small. Only ten rooms.
Una camera.OO-nah KAH-meh-rahA room.
Sono contenta.SOH-noh kohn-TEHN-tahI'm happy. As a woman.
E poi?eh poyAnd then?
Poi l'abbiamo allargato, io e mio marito.poy lahb-BYAH-moh ahl-lar-GAH-toh, EE-oh eh MEE-oh mah-REE-tohThen we enlarged it, my husband and I.
Mio marito.MEE-oh mah-REE-tohMy husband.
E Suo padre l'ha visto finito?eh SOO-oh PAH-dreh lah VEES-toh fee-NEE-tohAnd did your father see it finished? Politely.

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