30 November 2025

Bonus Episode 10 - Through the Italian Market Stalls: A Morning Among the Vendors

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🎙 Bonus Episode 10 - A Morning at the Market | Real Italian Listening Practice

Welcome to a special bonus episode!

View this episode as a video onYouTube here.
https://youtu.be/OWUc_xEJqV4

If you'd like the transcript in a clean, readable format, you can find it in the Substack post for this episode, and you’ll also find the version with English translation there

👉 Click here to view my blog post on Substack

Today I’m taking you with me to a weekly mercato in Northern Italy, where I recorded three real interactions with local vendors: at the panetteria, the rosticceria, and the banco di casalinghi.

🎧 This entire episode is in Italian, complete with my natural mistakes and the gentle corrections from the vendors, a truly authentic listening experience.

🎥 About the video on YouTube

The YouTube version includes:
– Italian captions
– Watercolor-style illustrations from the market
–Real conversations recorded live

💬 What you’ll hear and learn:
– Everyday Italian used while shopping
– How to order focaccia, roasted chicken drumsticks, and a household necessity, rubber gloves
– Useful expressions like scontrino, multa salata, più grande, con buccia?, and of course guanti di gomma
– Real, spontaneous Italian spoken at natural speed

✨ Why this episode helps:
Even with fast speech or background noise, listening to real interactions at the market helps train your ear and makes you feel more confident with everyday Italian.

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⏳ CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction
01:17 Benvenuti al mercato
03:12 Entrando nella panetteria
09:56 Alla rosticceria
13:39 Al banco di casalinghi
16:18 Domande di comprensione
17:56 Wrap-up

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