
Un means “a”, bicchiere means “glass” and di means “of”. Matteo: Or if you prefer, you can avoid going into these details, by asking for un bicchiere di prosecco “A glass of Prosecco”. If it ends with the letter “a”, like Falangina or Barbera it’s probably “una”, In other cases, you can use “un” like un Prosecco, or un Chianti. One rule of thumb is to look at the end of the word. But sometimes types of wine can feminine, like my favourite wine, la Falanghina, which comes from the Vesuvius region. That’s because Italian nouns are split into two groups, masculine and feminine – la bottiglia is feminine, so we use “una”, whereas most types of wine are masculine, so we use “un”. We have un Prosecco with “un”, but una bottiglia with “una”. Katie: And what about if you want to order a bottle? Or for two, you can use the plural due Prosecchi. Katie: To order a glass of prosecco, you can simply say: Can you think of a famous Italian sparkling wine, which comes from the Veneto region, that’s popular all over the world?
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I’m Katie…Īnd in today’s lesson, we’re going to learn how to order a glass of vino. Ordering wine is an essential skill in Italy, let’s find out how in episode 23 of 5 minute ItalianĬiao a tutti e benvenuti a 5 minute Italian, hi everyone and welcome to 5 minute Italian. Katie: One thing I love about Italy is sitting at a little table in a restaurant or bar, looking out over the piazza and enjoying a nice glass of vino. Please note, this is not a word for word transcript Not sure how it works? Click here to watch the tutorial.
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Un bicchiere di Chianti = a glass of Chiantiīollicine = little bubbles (sometimes used to talk about sparkling wine) Un bicchiere di Prosecco = a glass of Prosecco La Barbera = a type of red wine from Piemonte La Falanghina = a type of white wine which comes from the Vesuvius region Il Chianti = a type of red wine from Tuscany Una bottiglia di Prosecco = a bottle of Prosecco Remember and practice using what you learnt with the bonus materials for today’s episode. If you’d like to join us, click here to become a member of 5 Minute Italian.
