26: Dove sono le banane? How to ask for things in supermarkets

You’re at the supermarket in Italy, but you don’t know where anything is! Find out how to ask for things at the supermarket, and learn some important shopping vocabulary in this episode.

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Today’s words

Il commesso = shop assistant

Mi scusi = excuse me

Dove sono = where are

I carrelli = the trolleys

Sono lì/là = they are there

Lì/là = there

All’entrata = at the entrance

A = at (also to)

La = the (for feminine nouns)

"A" combines with "la" to give us “alla” = at the

La banana = the banana (singular)

Le banane = the bananas (plural)

Con = with

La frutta = the fruit

Dov’è = where is

La pasta = the pasta

Di là = over there

Signora = madam/ma’am

Quale corridoio = which aisle?

Vicino = near

Vicino al pane = close to the bread

A = to (also at)

Il = the (for masculine nouns)

"A" combines with "il" to give us "al" = to the

Il pane = the bread