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Oct 2017
9m 20s

29: How to buy food at the market

Joy of Languages
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No trip to Italy would be complete without a wander around the food market. In today’s lesson, learn how to buy food "al mercato" and review all the handy words and phrases we’ve been learning for buying food over the last 3 lessons.

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Today’s words
Mi dica = What can I get you? (literally “tell me”)
Un etto = 100 grams
Due etti = 200 grams
Quattro etti = 400 grams
Prendo = I’ll have (literally “I take”)
Prendo quattro etti di Parmigiano = I’ll have 400 grams of Parmesan.
Qualcos’altro = Anything else?
Che cos’è quello? What’s that?
Posso avere 300 grammi di provola = can I have 300 grams of provola? (you can also say tre etti)
Basta così?/A posto così? = Is that everything?
Posso avere un sacchetto? = Can I have a plastic bag?
Quanto costa? Quanto viene? Quant’è? = how much does it cost?
Posso pagare con la carta? Can I pay by card?
Solo contanti = cash only
Dov’è un bancomat? = Where’s a cash machine?
È lì/là = it’s there
È di là/è di lì = It’s over there

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