Italian–English parallel text
Colazione
Breakfast
DuoText
A free bilingual Italian–English edition: the Italian text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph. Read it online, or download it as a dual-language ebook.
Opening the reader…
La colazione è dalle sette alle dieci. La signora Berg lo dice a tutti.
Breakfast is from seven to ten. Mrs Berg says that to everybody.
Alle sette c’è un vassoio su una sedia.
At seven o’clock there is a tray on a chair.
La sedia è davanti alla porta della cucina.
The chair is in front of the kitchen door.
Sul vassoio c’è pane fresco. È caldo.
There is fresh bread on the tray. It is hot.
La porta della cucina è sempre chiusa.
The kitchen door is always closed.
Nina porta il vassoio ai tavoli. Questo è il suo nuovo lavoro.
Nina brings the tray to the tables. This is her new job.
Su ogni tavolo c’è un menu. Dice: caffè, tè, pane.
There is a menu on every table. It says: coffee, tea, bread.
La gente scende le scale. Non è felice.
People come down the stairs. They are not happy.
Mangia il pane. Guarda i piatti. Smette di parlare.
They eat the bread. They look at their plates. They stop talking.
«C’è altro pane?» dice un uomo, molto piano.
“Is there more bread?” a man says, very quietly.
Nina ne prende un po’. Mangia. Chiude gli occhi.
Nina takes a little of it. She eats. She closes her eyes.
È molto piccola. È a un grande tavolo.
She is very small. She is at a big table.
C’è una mano con pane caldo.
There is a hand with hot bread in it.
Apre gli occhi. È una donna con un vassoio.
She opens her eyes. She is a woman with a tray.
Free ebook for Kindle, Kobo and other e-readers. Download this parallel text as EPUB, or as AZW3 and MOBI for a Kindle over USB, with a free account. No payment. How to get it onto your e-reader
The full story continues in the reader. Want your own book like this? Make a parallel text from any book.
The same story in German with English · Greek with English · English with German · English with Greek · English with Spanish · English with French · English with Hindi · English with Indonesian · English with Italian · English with Japanese · English with Korean · English with Dutch · English with Polish · English with Portuguese · English with Romanian · English with Turkish · English with Vietnamese · English with Chinese · Spanish with English · French with English · Hindi with English · Indonesian with English · Japanese with English · Korean with English · Dutch with English · Polish with English · Portuguese with English · Romanian with English · Turkish with English · Vietnamese with English · Chinese with English · all languages