ItalianA1Lesson 6.1
🇮🇹 Italian A1 · Lesson 6.1

Al mercato — Food & quantities

Buy food at the market and ask for quantities.

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A shopper buys fruit at the market.

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il panethe bread 🔊
la melathe apple 🔊
un chilo dia kilo of 🔊
il formaggiothe cheese 🔊
Quant'è?How much is it (total)? 🔊
mezzo chilohalf a kilo 🔊

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« Un chilo di mele, per favore. » 🔊
A kilo of apples, please.
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Buongiorno. Un chilo di mele, per favore. 🔊Good morning. A kilo of apples, please.
Ecco. Qualcos'altro? 🔊Here you are. Anything else?
Mezzo chilo di formaggio. 🔊Half a kilo of cheese.
Sono sei euro. 🔊That's six euros.
Grammar in focus · di for quantities

Quantities link to the food with « di »: un chilo di mele, mezzo chilo di formaggio, una bottiglia d'acqua.

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Write a short market list of three items with quantities (e.g. « un chilo di… »).

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Bene! Use « di » between the quantity and the food.

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1. “A kilo of” is…
2. « il pane » is…
3. « mezzo chilo » means…
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