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🇮🇹 Italian · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What She Kept

Find Nonna's wooden box and hear what she brought along in 1958, with me lo portai dietro, l'ho tenuto, e ancora li.

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THE STORY

Laura in Nonna's bedroom in Fontelupo, an old wooden box open on the bed, Nonna on the phone.

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Nonna, ho trovato una scatola di legno.NOHN-nah, oh troh-VAH-toh OO-nah SKAH-toh-lah dee LEH-nyohNonna, I found a wooden box.
La scatola! È ancora lì?lah SKAH-toh-lah, eh ahn-KOH-rah LEEThe box! Is it still there?
Sì. Dentro c'è un fazzoletto ricamato.see, DEHN-troh cheh oon fahts-tsoh-LEHT-toh ree-kah-MAH-tohYes. Inside there's an embroidered handkerchief.
L'ho ricamato io, a quindici anni.loh ree-kah-MAH-toh EE-oh, ah KWEEN-dee-chee AHN-neeI embroidered it myself, at fifteen.
E cosa hai tenuto, dell'Italia?eh KOH-zah eye teh-NOO-toh dehl-lee-TAH-lyahAnd what did you keep, from Italy? To a friend.
Sempre con me.SEHM-preh kohn MEHAlways with me.
Il rosario di mia madre. Me lo portai dietro.eel roh-ZAH-ryoh dee MEE-ah MAH-dreh, meh loh por-TAH-ee DYEH-trohMy mother's rosary. I brought it along with me.
Ce l'hai ancora?cheh LIE ahn-KOH-rahDo you still have it? To a friend.
L'ho tenuto sempre con me. È qui.loh teh-NOO-toh SEHM-preh kohn MEH, eh KWEEI always kept it with me. It's here.