🇮🇹 Italian Level A1

At the market in Italian

You're at an Italian market in the morning. Listen to the vendor (Pietro), then choose how to reply — tap an answer to hear its pronunciation and see its translation, then confirm. What you pick changes what he says. Open “Vocabulary” for the words (or “Explore the scene”) and tap “🗣️ On the street” for the real language.

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At the market — Italian

What you'll learn here

Key words

le arance le a-RÀN-ce
the oranges
Sicilian oranges, sweet — great for “spremuta”. Important: at the market the vendor picks the fruit, the customer doesn't touch it.
i pomodori i po-mo-DÒ-ri
the tomatoes
“San Marzano” = for sauce; “pomodorini” (cherry tomatoes) = for salad and appetizers.
l'uva L'Ù-va
the grapes
Autumn is grape season; “la vendemmia” = the grape harvest, an event all over Italy.
la bilancia la bi-LÀN-cia
the scale
Prices are “al chilo” (per kilo). The vendor weighs it on the scale and tells you the total.
il sacchetto il sac-CHÉT-to
the bag
Useful quantities: “un etto” = 100g, “mezzo chilo” = 500g, “un chilo” = 1kg. Many Italians bring their own bag.

How locals really say it

Not the textbook version — the real language you hear in Italian.

“Buongiorno! Guardi che roba, tutto fresco oggi!” — Good morning! Look at this stuff, all fresh today!
“Mi dica pure!” — Go ahead, tell me!
“Quanto gliene metto?” — How much shall I put in for you?
“Ci penso io, si fidi!” — I'll take care of it, trust me!

Dialogue (excerpt)

A taste of the conversation — play the rest in the app.

Pietro
Buongiorno! Arance fresche e pomodori dell'orto, tutto di stagione!
Good morning! Fresh oranges and garden tomatoes, all in season!
Pietro
Mi dica, cosa Le do?
Tell me, what can I give you?
You
Vorrei delle arance.
I'd like some oranges.
Pietro
Quanto ne vuole?
How much would you like?
You
Un chilo, per favore.
A kilo, please.
Pietro
Glieli scelgo io, sono maturi al punto giusto.
I'll pick them for you, they're perfectly ripe.

…continues in the app →

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