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A week with Sophie

Monday, my day off, so nothing loud.

Your sister's thing on Saturday, did you go?

I need the full report.

Voice note, 0:21

Voice note, mid-edit, my eyes gave up.

The guest said basically forty times. I counted.

Did your landlord ever fix the boiler?

You wrote

Yesterday I have been to a concert in my city.

You went to a concert yesterday? Nice.

Which band? I'll judge the sound from here 🎧

I was behind the sound desk all night.

Four days this week.

On Wednesday, a whole story in the past simple.

Next week: since and for. Then I'll stop nagging.

Every Sunday, a letter.

La tua settimana

7 to 13 September · B1, since 24 August

An example from a week of Italian, not a real learner's week

Ho guardato la tua settimana. Quattro giorni insieme, e martedì mi hai raccontato del mercato con frasi più lunghe del solito. Le melanzane te le ricordi ancora? Le hai usate giovedì senza chiedere. Due cose su cui lavorare, poi ti lascio in pace.

4 days · 38 min

Read a Sunday letter

What you get

Corrections in the chat
You wrote

Yesterday I have been to a concert in my city.

You went to a concert yesterday? Nice.

Which band? I'll judge the sound from here 🎧

I was behind the sound desk all night.

Voice notes both ways
Voice note, 0:21

Voice note, mid-edit, my eyes gave up.

The guest said basically forty times. I counted.

Did your landlord ever fix the boiler?

A memory for what you tell Sophie

Monday, my day off, so nothing loud.

Your sister's thing on Saturday, did you go?

I need the full report.

The Sunday letter

Four days this week.

On Wednesday, a whole story in the past simple.

Next week: since and for. Then I'll stop nagging.

At your level

The same message from Sophie, written for three levels.

Saturday is a big night. Two bands play at the venue. I work until three. Do you like live music?

Saturday was a long one: two bands, a late bar and home at three. The second band was brilliant though. Do you go to many gigs?

Saturday nearly finished me off: two bands back to back, a bar that refused to close and a bassist who kept nudging his own volume up when he thought I wasn't looking. Worth it for the last song though. What's the best gig you've ever been to?

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What is in the Sunday letter?

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