Page 34 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - 15-minute Italian

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GLI APPUNTAMENTI
Warm up (1minute)
Say the days of the week. Appointments
(pp.28–9) Business in Italy is still generally conducted more
Say “It’s three o’clock.” formally than in the United States; always address
(pp.30–1) business contacts as Lei. Italians also tend to take
What’s the Italian for a longer lunch break and, except in big cities, people
“today,” “tomorrow,” and often go home for their noon meal.
“yesterday”? (pp.28–9)
Benvenuto.
benvenootoh
Welcome.

Useful phrases (5 minutes)
Learn these phrases and then test yourself.
Fissiamo un Shall we meet
appuntamento tomorrow?
per domani?
feesseeamoh oon
appoontamentoh
per domanee
Con chi? With whom?
kon kee
Quando è libero/a? When are you
kwandoh ay leeberoh/ah free?
Mi dispiace, sono I’m sorry, I
impegnato/a. am busy.
mee deespeeachay, sonoh
eempennyatoh/ah la stretta
di mano
Va bene giovedì? How about lah strettah
vah benay jovedee Thursday? dee manoh
handshake
Per me va bene. That’s good
per may vah benay for me.

In conversation (4 minutes)

Buongiorno. Ho un Con chi? Con il signor Baroni.
appuntamento. kon kee kon eel seennyor baronee
bwonjornoh. oh oon
appoontamentoh With whom? With Mr. Baroni.
Hello. I have
an appointment.