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🇮🇹 Italian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Advice for Chiara

Give a friend advice about the boy she likes, with io al posto tuo and diglielo, the Italian for tell him.

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THE STORY

The same cafe in the ski village, the next afternoon, Chiara and Laura at the window table.

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Allora, cosa fai con quel ragazzo?ahl-LOH-rah, KOH-zah fye kohn kwehl rah-GAHT-tsohSo, what are you doing about that boy? To a friend.
Quel ragazzo.kwehl rah-GAHT-tsohThat boy.
Non lo so. Cosa faccio?nohn loh soh, KOH-zah FAHCH-chohI don't know. What do I do?
Io, al posto tuo, glielo dico.EE-oh, ahl POHS-toh TOO-oh, LYEH-loh DEE-kohIf I were you, I'd tell him. To a friend.
Al posto tuo.ahl POHS-toh TOO-ohIn your place. To a friend.
Glielo dico io.LYEH-loh DEE-koh EE-ohI'll tell him myself.
Al posto mio.ahl POHS-toh MEE-ohIn my place.
Dirgli cosa? Che mi piace?DEER-lyee KOH-zah, keh mee PYAH-chehTell him what? That I like him?
Sì. Diglielo! Ma aspetta un po'.see, DEE-lyeh-loh, mah ahs-PEHT-tah oon pohYes. Tell him! But wait a bit. To a friend.
E se dice di no?eh seh DEE-cheh dee nohAnd if he says no?

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