Page 20 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - 15-minute Italian

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AL BAR
Warm up (1minute)
In the café
Count up to ten.
(pp.10–11) In a typical café-bar you can either stand at the counter
Remind yourself how to or sit at a table with waiter service, which can be more
say “hello” and “goodbye.” expensive. You can have a variety of soft or alcoholic
(pp.8–9)
drinks. The standard coffee is an espresso, a small,
Ask “Do you have a cell black coffee. You can also order pastries, sandwiches,
phone?” (pp.14–15) and other snacks.

lo zucchero
Words to remember (5 minutes) loh tsookkeroh
sugar
Look at the words below and say them
out loud a few times. Conceal the Italian
with the cover flap and try to remember
each one in turn. Practice the words on
the right also.
il caffè macchiato espresso with
eel kaffay makeeatoh a little milk
la tisana herbal tea
lah teezanah
il tè con latte tea with milk il caffè (espresso)
eel tay kon lattay eel kaffay (espressoh)
small, black coffee
il panino sandwich
eel paneenoh

Cultural tip Italians are not big tea-drinkers and when
they do have tea, they add some lemon rather than milk. So
if you want milk in your tea, you may have to ask for a little
cold milk (un po’ di latte freddo).

In conversation (4 minutes)

Vorrei un cappuccino, Altro, signore? Ha delle brioche?
per favore. altroh, seennyoray ah dellay breeosh
vorray oon kappoocheenoh,
per favoray Anything else, sir? Do you have
any croissants?
I’d like a cappuccino,
please.