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| 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. |
| No matter where you are, you will always have some place to be! Today we'll look at a question that will give you the tools to find out how much time you have left to get there. We'll also give you the tools to understand! |
Lesson focus |
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| In Italian, "What time is it?" is che ore sono? |
| che ore sono? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: che ore sono? |
| Now let's hear it once again: che ore sono? |
| The first word che means “what." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: che |
| che |
| This is followed by ore, which in English is “hours." |
| Ore |
| ore |
| Then you have sono which literally means “are they." |
| So all together, we have: che ore sono? Literally, this means “what hours are they? |
| Let's go over hours here. Hours in Italian is ore, ore; but you will never listen to this word while asking for the time. When talking about hours o'clock you just have to say the number and that’s it. |
| 1 o'clock - una |
| 2 o'clock - due |
| 3 o'clock - tre |
| 4 o'clock - quattro |
| 5 o'clock - cinque |
| 6 o'clock - sei |
| 7 o'clock - sette |
| 8 o'clock - otto |
| 9 o'clock - nove |
| 10 o'clock - dieci |
| 11 o'clock - undici |
| 12 o'clock - dodici |
| Let’s cover how to answer now! |
| In Italian, at the question che ore sono? You answer sono le... and then the time. |
| Let's hear it one more time: sono le… |
| Let’s try with six o’clock. “It’s six o’clock” in Italian is sono le sei. |
| sono le sei. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: sono le sei. |
| Now, hear it one more time: sono le sei. |
| The first word sono means “they are” sono, then you have le, “the”, definite article for feminine plural nouns. |
| So to recap we have sono le, which literally means “they are.” |
| Finally, you have the time, that is the number sei, “six o’clock." |
| All together, we have: sono le sei. |
| Let's go over minutes here. “Minutes” in Italian is minuti. |
| Minuti |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Minuti |
| In Italian, you first say the number for “hours” followed by the conjunction e and then the number for “minutes." |
| For example “It’s 3:20” in Italian is sono le tre e venti. |
| “It’s 5:55” sono le cinque e cinquantacinque. |
| “It’s 8:34” sono le otto e trentaquattro. |
| Be careful, because in Italian, we have some interesting exceptions even for the time. |
| “It’s midday” in Italian is è mezzogiorno. |
| è mezzogiorno. |
| “It’s midnight” is è mezzanotte. |
| è mezzanotte. |
| “It’s 1 o’clock” is è l’una. |
| è l’una. |
| So, as you can see, for these three hours we don’t use sono, “they are”, but we use è, “it is." |
| Lastly “quarter” in Italian is quarto. |
| So “It’s 2,15” in Italian can also be sono le due e un quarto. |
| Sono le due e un quarto. |
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 it?" - Che ore sono? |
| Che ore sono? |
| Che ore sono? |
| "It's three-twenty." - Sono le tre e venti. |
| Sono le tre e venti. |
| Sono le tre e venti. |
| "It's five fifty-five." - Sono le cinque e cinquantacinque. |
| Sono le cinque e cinquantacinque. |
| Sono le cinque e cinquantacinque. |
| "It's eight thirty-four." - Sono le otto e trentaquattro. |
| Sono le otto e trentaquattro. |
| Sono le otto e trentaquattro. |
| "It's midday." - È mezzogiorno. |
| È mezzogiorno. |
| È mezzogiorno. |
| "It's one o'clock." - È l’una. |
| È l’una. |
| È l’una. |
| "It's a quarter past two." - Sono le due e un quarto. |
| Sono le due e un quarto. |
| Sono le due e un quarto. |
| 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! |
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