Telling Time in Italian

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Thank you for just getting to the point. Sometimes language tutorials have a lot of distracting chatter and it's hard to focus on what's important. You know how to organize all this information in such a logical way and you can still be very funny.

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[@tillywhite9707]

Here are the notes from this video- Alba- Dawn Mattina- Morning Mezzogiorno- Noon/Middle of the Day Pomeriggio- Afternoon Sera- Evening Notte- Night Mezzanotte- Midnight Ore- hours Che ora e'/Che ore sono?- What time is it? E' l'una- It's one o'clock (singular) Sono le due- It's two o'clock (plural) Sono le quattro- It's four o'clock (plural) Sono le otto- It's eight o'clock (plural) Any number when telling the time that isn't one o'clock needs to be in plural Sono le tre, precise- It's precisely three o'clock Sono le tre in punto- It's three on the dot Sono le diciasette e venticinque- It's 17:25/5:25 pm Sono le dieci e un quarto- It's 10:15/It's ten and a quarter Sono le dieci e tre quarti- It's ten and three quarters Sono le unidici meno un quarto- It's a quarter to eleven Sono le dieci un mezzo- It's ten and a half/10:30 Sono le dieci e dieci- It's ten and ten/10:10 Sono dieci alle undici- It's ten to eleven Day in the Life of Franco Alle sei mi alzo- At six o'clock I wake up Alle sei e un quarto faccio la doccia- At 6:15 I take a shower Alle sette faccio colazione- At seven I have breakfast Alle otto esco di casa- At eight I leave the house Alle nove ho lezione di matematica- At nine I have maths class A mezzogiorno faccio il pranzo- At 12:00 I have lunch Alle due di pomeriggio prendo un altro caffe- At two in the afternoon I have another coffee Alle cinque di sera incontro gli amici- At five in the evening I meet my friends Alle nove e mezzo faccio cena- At 9:30 I have dinner Finalmente, alle undici, vado a letto- Finally, at eleven, I go to bed Quattro di pomeriggio- four in the afternoon Nove e trentacinque- 9:35 am Dieci alle sei/cinque e cinquanta/sei meno dieci- ten to six

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[@aliceinbath2850]

This series is extremely helpful. Clear concise explainations. Thankyou!

[@giovannidifabrizio4360]

Well done Prof Dave! Good stuff very useful for Italian language students ...probably I wouldn't say FACCIO PRANZO but just PRANZO (from PRANZARE) for I have lunch ... grazie ancora i video fatti molto bene

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[@keronica]

I really love how Franco gets dressed up with a blonde wig just for breakfast 😅😅 Awesome series, it's easy and fun. I really appreciate your videos 🙏🏾 Grazie mille

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[@AlphaSphere]

thanks! My gf is italian and she and her whole family say that they don't do the rounding up and then minus whatever minutes are left. They were all laughing when I told them that I learned this from two different videos. They just say the number for the minutes and that's all there is to it. What is your take on this?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Nah I've heard Italians do it. But either way is totally fine.

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Hey, Dave, thanks for posting this awesome course! It seems like there are several videos missing, however - starting with #98. Any idea what the problem is?

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i release one every monday, don't worry you'll get them all!

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[@nik7083]

ciao, io sono italiano, bella spiegazione

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[@niccolowadia3761]

HI , how would you say it " 11.55 noon & 23.55 midnight " ??? use nos. or mezzogiorno meno 5 ? THNX

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Who had to do this for School in lnps

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[@jenniebd6753]

grazie even we arab say 17:00 insted of 5 bud we use both of them

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[@hamedabboud3808]

i have a question please. why do we use the verb "sono" when asking about the time?

[@casper1754]

i presume you found out, but for others: sono is the present tense 3rd person plural form of essere (to be) or, in short, sono is 'they are'. this is because there are multiple hours if it's 2 o'clock (or higher). it will seem strange because in english we say the TIME IS, but in italian we're asking what the HOURS ARE - we're counting the hours. hope i could explain okay i started learning italian just earlier this week but i know some spanish and it's the same system with that too lol

[@nishchaytiwari8537]

we need more exercises, please

[@sby60118]

quattro di pomeriggio nove (insert word for thirty here)cinque deici (insert word for to) sei

[@katticus_]

God idk why people say a quarter til two or half past noon like... is it really that hard to say 12:30? or noon? it makes no sense to me at all lmao

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What's that tattoo on your arm?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

diagram of a parsec!

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[@zidiinissah4054]

Plx. are u an Italian or English man?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

i'm american, of italian descent.

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