Comments on: Survival Phrases #12 - Restaurant 2 - How Many People?

by: Marco

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:27:09 +0000

Dear Deb, have you listened Newbie 19?
hehe there is a surprise in there for you!
Ciao

by: Cinzia

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:39:18 +0000

Ciao Julie,
the phrase “can I make a reservation?” can be also used in a hotel and so you can say: posso fare una prenotazione per AND THEN YOU ADD THE DAY.

Sometimes you can hear it even when booking train tickets, but this specific phrase is not really common, you might hear more often: vorrei pronotare due biglietti per Milano - “I would like to book two tickets to Milan”

The phrase “to reserve a table” is correct, even in Italian. So in the situation you were mentioning you can use: posso riservare un tavolo? “can I reserve a table?”

Cinzia

by: Julie

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:12:55 +0000

can you use this phrase to make a reservation on a train or at a hotel? ;Posso fare una prenotazione per ——–? Also if you walked into a restaurant you liked and wanted to return for dinner, could you use this phrase to reserve your table?

by: Gianluca

Thu, 29 May 2008 17:03:38 +0000

Hi Deb,

The phrase “for this evening” is literally translated as “per (for) questa (this) sera (evening)”. The uncountable feminine noun “stasera” is the result of the phonetic contraction of “questa sera” (drop “que” and add “sta” to “sera”).
They mean the same, though stasera is slightly less formal.

by: Deb

Thu, 29 May 2008 03:24:07 +0000

I ‘m a little confused. Is “for this evening” per questa sera or per stasera? Or are they both the same?

Deb

by: Jacqueline

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:56:49 +0000

Grazie Marco for the explanation!

by: Marco

Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:39 +0000

Dear Jacqueline,
you can say “Io preferisco via internet”.
where “via” means “by”, “by way of”.
Ciao

by: Jacqueline

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:00:16 +0000

Io preferisco by internet.

by: ItalianPod101.com

Mon, 05 May 2008 09:30:44 +0000

Do you prefer to reserve by phone or by internet (if available)?