Saturday, March 21, 2009

'skills' addendum


my conversation hieri pomeriggio with romano, the very kind older gentleman who drives us to the airport.

me: hi, romano! remember me? i'm hillary and i was here two years ago--

romano: oh, yes! with long hair.

me: yes, that's me! would it be possible to take me to the airport on sunday morning? my flight leaves at 7.

romano: 7..ok, i'll be downstairs at 5.

me: thank you! i'm so sorry, i know it's very...

romano: [word i don't know]?

me: er...i know 5 o'clock is very...

romano: [same word]?

me: er...yes...



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You clearly need an iphone to help with the occasional vocab lapse. You know the hard part of the language--pronunciation and structure but just need a little help with...parole.
mamá