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In this lesson you'll follow Luana through a whole day in Florence. You already have most of what you need — reflexive verbs, the time, the parts of the day. A few new words first:

Italian English
la sveglia — suona la sveglia the alarm clock — the alarm goes off
fare colazione to have breakfast
andare a piedi — lei va a piedi to walk, go on foot — she walks
il lavoro — al lavoro work — to work
la merenda — fare merenda the afternoon snack — to have a snack
tornare a casa to go back home
sedersi — lei si siede to sit down — she sits down
prepararsi to get ready
addormentarsi — lei si addormenta to fall asleep — she falls asleep

Sedersi is irregular: the stem becomes sied- when it's stressed — mi siedo, ti siedi, si siede, si siedono — but stays sed- in ci sediamo and vi sedete.