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🇮🇹 Italian · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The War

Hear what Nonna remembers of the war, with quando e scoppiata la guerra, avevo due anni and non mi ricordo quasi niente.

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THE STORY

Nonna on the phone from Boston, Laura by the window of the house in Fontelupo at dusk.

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Nonna, ti ricordi la guerra?NOHN-nah, tee ree-KOR-dee lah GWEHR-rahNonna, do you remember the war? To a friend.
La guerra.lah GWEHR-rahThe war.
Quando è scoppiata la guerra, avevo due anni.KWAHN-doh eh skohp-PYAH-tah lah GWEHR-rah, ah-VEH-voh DOO-eh AHN-neeWhen the war broke out, I was two.
Allora non ti ricordi niente.ahl-LOH-rah nohn tee ree-KOR-dee NYEHN-tehSo you don't remember anything. To a friend.
Quasi niente. Mi ricordo la fame.KWAH-zee NYEHN-teh, mee ree-KOR-doh lah FAH-mehAlmost nothing. I remember the hunger.
Non mi ricordo quasi niente.nohn mee ree-KOR-doh KWAH-zee NYEHN-tehI don't remember almost anything.
Non c'era pane?nohn CHEH-rah PAH-nehThere was no bread?
Poco. Mio padre nascondeva la farina.POH-koh, MEE-oh PAH-dreh nahs-kohn-DEH-vah lah fah-REE-nahLittle. My father used to hide the flour.
E i soldati? Sono arrivati a Fontelupo?eh ee sohl-DAH-tee, SOH-noh ahr-ree-VAH-tee ah fohn-teh-LOO-pohAnd the soldiers? Did they come to Fontelupo?
Sì, nel quarantatré. Ma ero troppo piccola.see, nehl kwah-rahn-tah-TREH, mah EH-roh TROHP-poh PEEK-koh-lahYes, in forty-three. But I was too little. As a woman.