Learn how to ask for particular things at a hotel
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| INTRODUCTION |
| Ciao! Hello and welcome back to Italian survival phrases brought to you by ItalianPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Italy. You will be surprised at how far a little Italian will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
| In today’s lesson, we’ll introduce you some more useful phrases for hotels and the like. |
Lesson focus |
|---|
| The first phrase is “What time is checkout?” which in Italian is a che ora è il check-out? |
| a che ora è il check-out? |
| As you can see "check-out" is one more word we have adopted in our vocabulary and we use often use it very easily. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: a che ora è il check-out? |
| Now let's hear it once again: a che ora è il check-out? |
| The first word a means “at." |
| This is followed by che which in Italian is “what." |
| Then you have ora which means “time." |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: ora |
| Now let's hear it once again:ora |
| After you have è which is “is” followed by il “the," the definite article for masculine nouns and finally the English word check-out. |
| So to recap here, we have a che ora è il check-out. Literally this means “at what time is the check out?" |
| Let's take a look at some words you could need while staying in a hotel because there will be times when you need more of certain things. |
| There are a few more words that might come in handy. |
| “Towel” asciugamano |
| Asciugamano |
| Asciugamano |
| “Toothbrush” spazzolino |
| Spazzolino |
| Spazzolino |
| “Toothpaste” dentifricio |
| Dentifricio |
| Dentifricio |
| “Shampoo” shampoo |
| Shampoo |
| Shampoo |
| “Soap” sapone |
| Sapone |
| sapone |
| So let’s try and ask “can I have some more soap?" This is - posso avere altro sapone? |
| posso avere altro sapone? |
| Let’s break it down and hear it one more time: posso avere altro sapone? |
| posso avere altro sapone? |
| The first word is posso and it means “can I." |
| Posso |
| Posso |
| Next you have avere “to have." |
| Avere |
| Avere |
| Then you have altro which literally means “other." |
| Altro |
| Altro |
| Finally, you have the thing you are looking for sapone, “soap." |
| Sapone |
| Sapone |
| So all together, we have - posso avere altro sapone? which literally means “can I have other soap?” |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buona fortuna, which means “good luck” in Italian. |
| “What time is checkout?” - A che ora è il check-out? |
| A che ora è il check-out? |
| A che ora è il check-out? |
| “Can I have some more soap?” - Posso avere altro sapone? |
| Posso avere altro sapone? |
| Posso avere altro sapone? |
| That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Ciao ciao! |
Comments
Hide