Woman: Good morning.
Greengrocer: Good morning.
Woman: Do you have any nice bananas?
Greengrocer: Unfortunately they are not very good, they are not ripe enough. Why don’t you take some cherries? They’ve just arrived.
Woman: I was going to make some banana bread, but all right, I’ll take some cherries and bake a nice cherry pie instead.
Greengrocer: How much do you need?
Woman: One and a half a kilo is enough. I’d also like 6 tomatoes, 3 bell peppers, a box of asparagus, and bag of spinach.
Greengrocer: Here they are. Anything else, madam?
Woman: Yes, give me two kilos of baking potatoes, too, please.
Greengrocer: All right. Is that all?
Woman: Yes.
Greengrocer: £18, please.
IMPORTANT PHRASES
Do you have any …? – Avete …?
Unfortunately they are not very good. – Purtroppo non sono molto buoni.
They are not ripe enough. – Non sono abbastanza maturi.
Why don’t you take some …? – Perché non prende un po’ di…?
They’ve just arrived. – Sono appena arrivati.
I’ll take some … . – Prenderò un po’ di….
How much do you need? – Quanti/e ve ne servono?
Here they are. – Ecco qua / Ecco a Lei.
Anything else? – Qualcos’altro?
Give me … . – Mi dia….
All right. – Va bene.
Is that all? – E tutto?
IMPORTANT WORDS
unfortunately – purtroppo / sfortunatamente
ripe – mature/a
enough – abbastanza
to arrive – arrivare
banana bread – plumcake alla banana
to bake a pie – cucinare una torta al forno
instead – invece / al posto di
to need – servire / essere necessario
bell pepper – peperone
asparagus – asparagi
bag – busta
spinach – spinaci
baking potato – patate al forno
