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Children's Conversational Italian
Conversazione per i bambini

Happy Birthday/Buon Compleanno
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Chiara: Buon compleanno, Fabio!
Happy birthday, Fabio!

Fabio: Grazie!
Thank you!

Chiara: Ma quanti anni compi?
But how old are you today?

Fabio: Dodici, come te.
Twelve, like you!

Chiara: Senti, ti va di aprire il mio regalo ora?
Listen, would you like to open my present for you now?

Fabio: Dovrei aspettare il momento della torta, ma sono curioso e se insisti...
I should wait for the cake, but I am really curious and if you insist...

Chiara: Ti piace? È il nuovo CD di Eros Ramazzotti!
Do you like it? It's the new Eros Ramazzotti's CD!

Fabio: Oh, si! Grazie! Lo metto subito sù! Ecco fatto! Vieni voglio presentarti gli altri.
Oh, yes! Thanks! I'm going to play it right now! Done! Come on, I'm going to introduce you to the others!

Chiara: Ciao a tutti! Che dite se adesso balliamo?
Hi everybody! What do you say we start dancing now?

Fabio: Ma che fai?
But what are you doing?

Chiara: Ti sto tirando le orecchie! Dodici anni...dodici tirate...me ne stavo quasi per scordare!
I'm pulling on your ears! Twelve years...twelve pulls...I almost forgot to do it!


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