Lymbery Sylvia. Colloquial Italian. Parte 1

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Italian

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Colloquial

Italian

The Complete Course

for Beginners

Sylvia Lymbery

First published 1996 by Routledge

Reprinted 1998, 1999 (twice), 2000, 2001

Second edition published 2005

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Lymbery, Sylvia.

Colloquial Italian: the complete course for beginners/

Sylvia Lymbery. – 2nd edn.

p. cm – (The colloquial series)

Includes index.

1. Italian language – Conversation and phrase books –

English. 2. Italian language – Textbooks for foreign

speakers – English. 3. Italian language – Spoken Italian.

I. Title. II. Series

PC1121.L95 2005

458.3′421 – dc22 2004024087

ISBN 0–415–36268–7 (pbk)

ISBN 0–415–36269–5 (audio cassettes)

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This book is dedicated to

Charlotte

Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Map of Italy x

About this book xi

The sounds of Italian xv

1 Buongiorno, un caffè per favore 1

Good morning, a coffee please

2 Mi chiamo Harry, sono americano, e Lei? 16

My name’s Harry, I’m American, and you?

3 In città 32

In town

4 In viaggio 50

Travelling

5 Vorrei comprare/Quanto costa? 65

I’d like to buy/How much does it cost?

6 Appuntamenti 81

Engagements

7 Giriamo 102

Let’s get out and about

8 Un po’ di geograﬁa 121

A little geography

9 Buon appetito 136

Enjoy your meal

10 Buone vacanze 148

Have a good holiday

11 Che cosa ha visto? 163

What did you see?

12 Ecco la mia casa 177

This is my home

13 La vita è cambiata 188

Life has changed

14 Alla salute! 202

Here’s to your health!

15 Buona fortuna! 215

Good luck!

16 Progetti e previsioni – che sarà, sarà 232

Plans and predictions – what will be, will be

17 Un vestito per un matrimonio 246

A dress for a wedding

Grammar summary 260

Key to exercises 278

Italian–English glossary 303

English–Italian glossary 337

Index 346

viii Contents

Acknowledgments

I would like to offer my warmest thanks to the many friends who

helped me when I was writing Colloquial Italian. In particular, to

Angioletta Viviani, whose hospitality and advice helped me start

to prepare this new edition, and to Sandra Silipo for help and

advice. Others too numerous to list have helped in various ways,

and their support is very much appreciated. Thanks must also go

to Antonio Ravarino for his plan and architectural drawings.

I am also grateful to: the Editor of La Stampa, Torino, for per-

mission to reproduce a weather forecast; to La Stampa and Lietta

Tornabuoni for permission to use parts of her article, Italia 1945–

1995 Con gli occhi aperti; the Editor and editorial staff of Vera mag-

azine for permission to reproduce parts of the article Per le vie dei

borghi doc from the March 2003 issue; Bernardo Cioni and Lorenzo

Enriques of Zanichelli Editore for permission to reproduce Dott.

Cioni’s email; the Mayor of Apricale for permission to reproduce

Bologna Turismo – Redazione IAT for permission to reproduce the

photos of the Palazzo del Podestà in Piazza Maggiore and of the

fruit and vegetable shop in the Mercato Antico; the IAT of Perugia

for permission to reproduce the photo of the Palazzo dei Priori

and the Fontana Maggiore; the Azienda di Promozione Turistica di

Roma for permission to reproduce the photos of the Campidoglio

and of the Vittoriano; Suzanne Cousin for the photograph of Santa

Maria Novella, Florence; the Servizi Turistico-Ricreativi department

of the Province of Verona for permission to reproduce the photo of

the Roman Arena; the Comando Generale dell’Arma dei Carabin-

ieri for permission to reproduce the photo of a carabiniere at work.

And ﬁnally my thanks go to Sophie Oliver and her helpful team

at Routledge.

Permission to use the extract ‘Il mio primo computer: Il pc ideale

per un bambino?’ from Anna magazine was sought but no reply

received.

the photo of Apricale from the town’s website: www.apricale.org;