27: Basta così? How to order food at the deli counter
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🗓️ 5 August 2017
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Summary
You’re in Italy and you see a gorgeous deli counter, but there’s a real Italian human being behind it! The only thing standing between you and some delicious cheese is your Italian skills. Learn how to order food at counters in this week’s episode.
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Today’s words
Mi dica = what can I do for you? (literally: tell me)
Un etto = 100 grams
Prosciutto crudo = parma ham
Prosciutto cotto = ham
Bresaola = dried salty beef
Salame = salami (nice and easy!)
Che cos’è quello = What’s that?
La burrata = Cheese which is like mozzarella on the outside, soft and creamy on the inside
La fontina = soft aged cheese from Aosta Valley
Pecorino = a hard, salty sheep’s cheese
Allora = well/so
Prendo = I’ll have… (literally - I’ll take)
Due etti = 200 grams
Basta così? = is that everything? (literally: enough like this?)
A posto così? = is that everything? (literally: ok like this?)
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| 0:00.0 | You're in Italy and you see a gorgeous deli counter, but there's a human being standing behind it. |
| 0:06.0 | The only thing standing between you and some delicious cheese are your Italian skills. |
| 0:11.0 | Learn to order food at counters in thisi and welcome to Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:29.6 | Hi everyone and welcome to Five Minute Italian. I'm Katie. |
| 0:33.6 | And I'm Matteo. Ciao. |
| 0:34.6 | Now if you go to Italy, something I would highly recommend doing is going to check |
| 0:39.4 | out the deli counters in supermarkets or in little shops because they have lots of delicious |
| 0:44.8 | meats, cheeses and salads. And it's also a great way to start learning about the different |
| 0:50.8 | types of Italian food that you might also see on menus. |
| 0:55.0 | So let's imagine we're in an Italian supermarket at the deli counter. |
| 1:00.0 | Usually they've got one of those little machines where you take a number. |
| 1:04.0 | So we've got our little yellow ticket. |
| 1:07.0 | Now listen to this conversation at the counter and see how much you can make out. |
| 1:12.6 | Goodgiorno. Me dica, signora. |
| 1:16.6 | Um, unette of prosciutto. |
| 1:19.6 | Crud or cooked? |
| 1:21.6 | Crud, thanks. |
| 1:23.6 | What is else? |
| 1:25.6 | What is that? |
| 1:28.3 | It's the burrata. |
| 1:30.3 | Then I'll doettie of burrata. |
| 1:34.3 | Basta so? |
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