25: Da mangiare? How to order food in Italian (part 2)
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🗓️ 22 July 2017
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Summary
Did you know that when Italians go for dinner, they don't have a starter + main course + dessert? They have a different course system, which you’ll need to know about before you order food in Italy.
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Todays words
Possiamo avere? = can we have?
Possiamo avere una bottiglia di pinot grigio? = can we have a bottle of pinot grigio?
Da mangiare? = what would you like to eat? (lit. to eat?)
Per me = for me
Poi = then/next
Antipasto = starter
Primo = first course
Secondo = second course
Dolce = dessert
Forse dopo = maybe later
Qualcos’altro = Anything else?
Una bottiglia d’acqua = a bottle of water
Una bottiglia d’acqua naturale = a bottle of still water
Buon appetito! = enjoy your meal!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know that Italians don't have a starter, main course and dessert? |
| 0:04.9 | They have a different course system, which you'll need to know about if you're going to order dinner in Italy. |
| 0:10.7 | Find out how to order a meal in Italian in 5 Minute Italian, Episode 25. Ciao to all |
| 0:26.8 | and welcome to 5 Minute Italian. |
| 0:29.6 | Hi everyone and welcome to 5 Minute Italian. |
| 0:32.2 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:32.9 | And I'm Mateo. |
| 0:34.0 | Ciao. |
| 0:34.9 | And in today's lesson, we're going to continue learning how to order a meal in Italian. |
| 0:39.6 | Let's go straight into the conversation. Listen and see how much you can understand. Don't worry |
| 0:45.9 | if some parts are unfamiliar to you. We'll walk through each part shortly. Oh, and so Mattio is the waiter |
| 0:53.9 | in this situation, just so you can follow the conversation. |
| 0:57.7 | Goodsera. |
| 0:59.1 | Goodsera. |
| 1:00.6 | In what are you? |
| 1:02.6 | We're in two. |
| 1:04.8 | Prego. |
| 1:06.6 | What I want you port to be to be? |
| 1:15.6 | Possiam. We have a bottle of pino-grigio? But, certainly. |
| 1:17.6 | To eat? |
| 1:19.6 | For me, an antipast-misto, |
| 1:23.6 | then a risotto of peshe. |
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