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🇮🇹 Italian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Day of the Ship

Hear Nonna tell the day she left Italy, with the weather of that day in the imperfetto and what happened in the passato prossimo.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Nonna's evening phone call, as Laura sits by the window of her room at the Hotel Hilde.

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Com'era il giorno della nave?koh-MEH-rah eel JOR-noh DEHL-lah NAH-vehWhat was the day of the ship like?
La nave.lah NAH-vehThe ship.
Il giorno che sono partita? Pioveva.eel JOR-noh keh SOH-noh par-TEE-tah, pyoh-VEH-vahThe day I left? It was raining. As a woman.
Sono partita da Napoli.SOH-noh par-TEE-tah dah NAH-poh-leeI left from Naples. As a woman.
Dove hai preso la nave?DOH-veh eye PREH-zoh lah NAH-vehWhere did you take the ship? To a friend.
A Napoli. Avevo diciotto anni.ah NAH-poh-lee, ah-VEH-voh dee-CHOHT-toh AHN-neeIn Naples. I was eighteen.
Avevo paura.ah-VEH-voh pah-OO-rahI was afraid.
E tua madre? Ha pianto?eh TOO-ah MAH-dreh, ah PYAHN-tohAnd your mother? Did she cry? To a friend.
Non ho pianto.nohn oh PYAHN-tohI didn't cry.
Mia madre non ha pianto. Io sì.MEE-ah MAH-dreh nohn ah PYAHN-toh, EE-oh seeMy mother didn't cry. I did.

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