Italian–English parallel text
La città viene
The Town Comes
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È domenica. La signora Berg guarda fuori dalla finestra.
It is Sunday. Mrs Berg looks out of the window.
Un taxi molto piccolo si ferma all’albergo.
A very small taxi stops at the hotel.
La porta si apre. Omar esce.
The door opens. Omar comes out.
Sara esce. Leo esce, gridando.
Sara comes out. Leo comes out, shouting.
Il signor Lund esce, lentamente.
Mr Lund comes out, slowly.
Poi esce Tom. Il taxi va su un po’.
Then Tom comes out. The taxi goes up a little.
«È un compleanno?» dice la signora Berg. «Avete una prenotazione?»
“Is it a birthday?” Mrs Berg says. “Do you have a booking?”
Nessuno ha una prenotazione.
Nobody has a booking.
Oggi la porta della cucina è aperta. Questo è nuovo.
Today the kitchen door is open. That is new.
Si siedono tutti a un lungo tavolo.
They all sit at one long table.
La nonna porta il pane. Sara si alza.
Grandma brings the bread. Sara stands up.
Sara guarda la nonna. La nonna guarda Sara.
Sara looks at Grandma. Grandma looks at Sara.
«Sei vecchia», dice Sara.
“You are old,” Sara says.
«Anche tu», dice la nonna.
“You too,” Grandma says.
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