# First steps: Where is it?

**Language:** Italian  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Listen in as Amina and Gennaro talk through the way to the station in real, everyday Italian. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** A street corner in Naples a few streets from the park, late morning. Amina is in the city for two days and stops Gennaro, who has lived on this street all his life. Both hold Lei throughout.

## Lessons

### 1. Stopping someone to ask directions

Amina stops Gennaro in the street to ask the way to the station.

### 2. Asking how far somewhere is

Amina asks Gennaro whether the station is far.

### 3. Following directions to the station

Amina asks Gennaro to repeat, and he adds the next step.

### 4. Locating a bank by landmarks

Amina works out with Gennaro where the bank is.

### 5. Saying what is behind something

Amina and Gennaro work out that the station is behind the hotel.

### 6. Asking where the toilet is

Amina asks Gennaro where the toilet is.

### 7. Thanking someone for their help

Amina thanks Gennaro for his help and they part.