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🇮🇹 Italian · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Arrival

Hear Nonna tell her arrival in America with the passato remoto: quando arrivai, non capivo niente, la prima parola che imparai.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

An evening call: Laura at the kitchen table with a notebook, Nonna in Boston.

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Nonna, raccontami l'arrivo in America.NOHN-nah, rahk-KOHN-tah-mee lahr-REE-voh een ah-MEH-ree-kahNonna, tell me about the arrival in America. To a friend.
Quando arrivai, non capivo niente.KWAHN-doh ahr-ree-VAH-ee, nohn kah-PEE-voh NYEHN-tehWhen I arrived, I didn't understand anything.
Capivo poco.kah-PEE-voh POH-kohI understood little.
Nemmeno una parola?nehm-MEH-noh OO-nah pah-ROH-lahNot even one word?
Niente. Parlavano tutti troppo veloce.NYEHN-teh, par-LAH-vah-noh TOOT-tee TROHP-poh veh-LOH-chehNothing. They all spoke too fast.
Troppo veloce.TROHP-poh veh-LOH-chehToo fast.
E quale fu la prima parola?eh KWAH-leh FOO lah PREE-mah pah-ROH-lahAnd what was the first word?
La prima parola che imparai: pane, in inglese.lah PREE-mah pah-ROH-lah keh eem-pah-RAH-ee, PAH-neh, een een-GLEH-zehThe first word I learned: bread, in English.
Pane! Come a Fontelupo.PAH-neh, KOH-meh ah fohn-teh-LOO-pohBread! Like in Fontelupo.
Sì. Il pane mi salvò, tesoro.see, eel PAH-neh mee sahl-VOH, teh-ZOH-rohYes. Bread saved me, sweetheart.