# Dieci A1, Unit 1: Checking in at a hotel

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

> Join Jakub and Alessia at the front desk of a hotel in Padua, one short conversation at a time, pairing with the themes of units 0 and 1 of Dieci A1. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** The reception of a small hotel near the station in Padua at seven on a weekday evening. Jakub has arrived with a colleague for a trade fair, and Alessia, the receptionist, checks them in. The colleague is there but doesn't speak. They use Lei with each other from the first line.

## Lessons

### 1. Greeting someone in the evening

Jakub and his colleague arrive at the desk, and Alessia welcomes them.

### 2. Spelling your name

Alessia asks Jakub his name and how to spell it, and he spells it for her.

### 3. Saying your nationality

Alessia asks Jakub his nationality for the form, and he asks where she's from.

### 4. Introducing someone

Alessia asks about the man with Jakub, and he introduces his colleague.

### 5. Saying what documents you have

Alessia asks for a document, and Jakub explains that his colleague has a different one.

### 6. Asking for a pen

Alessia needs a signature, and Jakub has nothing to write with.

### 7. Getting your room numbers

Alessia gives Jakub the keys to rooms fifteen and sixteen, and wishes them a good evening.