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This chapter might be a bit slow but... The next won't be a lesson... It will be a more practical thing, jumping in the time until he knows a bit more~
Edit: Thanks to Dr. Stilla Live for pointing out a typo!
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"Buenos días, Lovi" Spain greeted Romano when he entered the kitchen.
"Good morn… I mean, buenos días, tomato bastard…" It was already noon, but both of them had just woken up. Romano was about to slice a piece of cake when Spain took it from his hand.
"You, bastard! I passed your damned exam! Are you going to leave me to starve? First the tomatoes, now the cake!" Romano yelled at the Spaniard, who was still smiling.
"You don't want to eat it. I was going to throw it away. Just in case." He explained.
"Why? Are you trying to tell me that it's poisoned?" He laughed at him.
"Who knows… It is from Francis… who came here right after spending a week at England's. It doesn't look like France's typical cakes. Mejor prevenir que curar" Spain switched to Spanish in the end.
"Mej… What?" Romano asked. "No, don't tell me. Today's lesson hasn't started yet!" He complained.
"Don't be silly, Lovi. It means, not literally, 'better safe than sorry'. And yes, it might be in tonight's exam! So… Don't forget it!"
Romano mumbled something that Spain couldn't hear but it sounded as if Romano was wishing him a slow and painful death.
"Is the breakfast done yet?" South Italy asked with a yawn.
"Casi… which means 'almost'. And Lovi, did you think for a moment that our lessons would take place only in the afternoon? That will do for some time but when you improve a bit, lessons will be mostly practical. If I were you, I would carry your notebook everywhere, little Lovi"
"I'm not little, imbécil!"
"… Less than a day and you're already using swear words. What did I do wrong with you?" The older nation lamented. Thankfully, Romano was distraught and didn't hear him.
"Okay, today I'm going to teach you two basic verbs! ¡Ser y estar! 'To be'!" España announced.
"Don't be so excited about it, idiota"
"See, 'ser' and 'estar' are the same verb in English, but not in Italian. That will help you a bit. I guess that you could say that 'ser' describes an essence and 'estar' describes a state… It will be easier once you have practised a bit!" Spain smiled at Romano trying to be reassuring but his student was to busy taking notes to notice it. "Let's see… They are irregular verbs. This would be the present tense of 'ser':
Yo soy
Tú eres
Él/Ella es
Nosotros/Nosotras somos
Vosotros/Vosotras sois
Ellos/Ellas son"
Romano asked him to repeat the last three and Spain did so.
"And now, the same tense for 'estar':
Yo estoy
Tú estás
Él/Ella está
Nosotros/Nosotras estamos
Vosotros/Vosotras estáis
Ellos/Ellas están."
Then again, he had to repeat some of them. He smiled at the sight of a little Romano taking notes and paying attention to him.
"Remember, I don't use always the pronouns. Mostly to difference males from females when talking. And now, let's move to vocabulary and useful sentences. Tomorrow I'll teach you the conjugation of the first group of verbs. That will be very useful!"
"Joy" Romano mumbled. 'Remember your tomatoes, remember your tomatoes.' He thought. 'Wait… I'm talking to myself! Damnit! I knew Spain was crazy, but I didn't know that he had the ability to turn people into madmen through his language…' Romano was panicking and even Spain could notice that.
"Lovi… Are you ok? You look terrible" He asked very concerned.
"Sí" The Italian answered with tears in his eyes and trying to smile. He failed epically. 'Do it for the tomatoes. Think about your delicious tomatoes!'
Translations:
Buenos días: Good morning
Casi: Almost
Él: He
Ella: She
Ellas: They (female)
Ellos: They (male)
Estar: To be
Idiota: Idiot
Imbécil: Moron, fool, imbecile
Mejor prevenir que curar: Better safe than sorry (not literally)
Nosotras: We (female)
Nosotros: We (male)
Ser: To be
Sí: Yes
Tú: You (Singular)
Vosotras: You (plural, female)
Vosotros: you (plural, male)
Y: And
Yo: I
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