Getting to know you - Lesson 4 - Conversation:

Dove abitate?

(Where do you live?)


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via napoli


 






Capitano Gentile:

Dove abitate a Posillipo?

Tenente Smith:

In via Marechiaro, numero 15.

Capitano Gentile:

Qual'è il Suo numero di telefono?

Tenente Smith:

10.24.38.

Capitano Gentile:

Scusatemi, devo andare via. Molto lieto di averLa conosciuta, Signora. A presto.

Signora Smith:

ArrivederLa, Signor Capitano.

Capitano Gentile:

Arrivederci.

 

Translation:

Captain Gentile:

Where do you live in Posillipo?

Lieutenant Smith:

15 Marechiaro Street.

Captain Gentile:

What is your phone number?

Lieutenant Smith:

10-24-38.

Captain Gentile:

Excuse me, I have to leave. Very glad to have met you, ma'am. See you soon.

Mrs. Smith:

Good-bye, Captain.

Captain Gentile:

So long.


 



Notes on conversation

1. Quale, "which," becomes qual' when it is followed by è, "is."

2. Devo andare. Literally, "[I] must go." Devo andare via, "[I] must go away," or " [I] must be getting along."

3. AverLa conosciuta. "To have met you," is the past tense of conoscerLa, "to meet you."

4 ArrivederLa. "See you." "So long." Arrivederci and arrivegerLa are interchangeable.

5. Arrivederci. "See each other." "So long." (ci means "US," or in this case, "each other.")