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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com. A little Italian can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, ItalianPod101.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! Today we cover another high frequency phrase which will be sure to be of use on your trip, vacation or travels to Italy.
Today we will take a look at what to say reserving a table at restaurant and expressing how many people you are, a must for traveling! Learn to express in Italian at what time you want to reserve a table!
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9 Responses to “Survival Phrases #12 - Restaurant 2 - How Many People?”
ItalianPod101.com says:
May 5th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Do you prefer to reserve by phone or by internet (if available)?
Marco says:
May 6th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Dear Jacqueline,
you can say “Io preferisco via internet”.
where “via” means “by”, “by way of”.
Ciao
Deb says:
May 29th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I ‘m a little confused. Is “for this evening” per questa sera or per stasera? Or are they both the same?
Deb
Gianluca says:
May 30th, 2008 at 2:03 am
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.
Julie says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 am
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?
Cinzia says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
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
Marco says:
June 4th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Dear Deb, have you listened Newbie 19?
hehe there is a surprise in there for you!
Ciao
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Category: Survival Phrases |
Grammar: Pronto Posso fare una prenotazione per stasera? Quanti siete? A che ora volete prenotare? | Function: reserving a table at the restaurant | Topic: at the restaurant | Politeness Level: formal
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