Italian course for beginners: Time, Days, Months – PODCAST #16

Learntotalkabouttime,days,monthsinItalian.Listentothepodcast.

Cheoresono?Chegiornoè? Iltempo istheItalianwordfortimeandweather.Todaywe’lltalkabouttime:hours,months,daysetc.Wewill introducebasicvocabularyandgiveyousomereal languagetoolswithourpodcast.

Igiorni-Days GiornoistheItalianwordfordayanddaytime.SomeItaliandaysarenamedaftertheplanetsfollowingtheGreek/Romantradition:Luna(Moon)Marte(Mars)Mercurio(Mercury)Giove(Jupiter)Venere(Venus).

Sabato,Saturday,comesfromtheJewishShabbat andDomenica(DiesDominicus)istheLatinfor”dayoftheLord”.InItalythefirstdayoftheweekislunedìandthenameofthedaysstartwithasmallletter(unlessofcoursetheyareatthebeginningofasentence).Theworddì isanobsoleteversionofgiornobutit’sstillvisibleattheendofthenameofdaysassuffix.

Imesi-Months

Nothingexotichere.Justmemorize,listenandrepeat.
Leore-Hours Cheoresono?-Cheoraè?—>Whattimeisit?Thequestioncanbedoneusingboththesingularorpluralformoftheverboessere (tobe).Theansweris

  • SONOLE… (lit.theyare…)oreeminuti (hourandminutes)e.g.4:32–>Sonolequattroetrentadue
  • È… (lititis) Mezzogiorno (noon) Mezzanotte (midnight)and l’una (one-andnot uno)aresingular: 13.32èl’unaetrentadue;12:25èmezzogiornoeventicinque

Otherusefulwordsare

  • …e unquarto (aquarterpast)
  • …e mezzaor…emezzo(halfpast)
  • …menounquarto (aquarterto).

Whentheminutesaremorethan30,wecanusethe…meno# rule.Soforexample:

  • 14:40sonoletremenoventi–
  • 12:45 èl’unamenounquarto–
  • 17:55 sonoleseimenocinque-

Menomeans”minus”.Itmakessense,doesn’tit?Pleaselistentothefollowingpodcastformoreexamples.Trytoanticipatetheanswers.BeforestartingtolearnthehoursyoumaywanttobrushupthenumbersinItalian.

 

Lets’spractice!
Q&A’s -DOMANDEERISPOSTE DOMANDE

  • Cheoresono?-Whattimeisit?
  • Chegiornoèoggi?-Whatdayistoday?
  • Chegiornoeraieri?-Whatdaywasyesterday?
  • Chegiornoè(sarà)domani?-Whatdayistomorrow?
  • Chemeseè?-Whatmonthisit?
  • Acheorapranziamo?-Whattimearewegoingtohavelunch?
  • Acheoreinizialavorare?-Whattimedoyoustartworking?
  • Acheorafiniscidilavorare?Whattimedoyoufinishworking?
RISPOSTE

  • Sonoleduemenounquarto-Aquartertotwo
  • Oggiègiovedì- TodayisThursday
  • Ierieramercoledì-YesterdaywasWednesday
  • Domanièdomenica-TomorrowisSunday
  • Èdicembre-It’sDecember
  • Pranziamoamezzogiorno-Wehavelunchatnoon
  • Inizioalavorarealle8:30-Istartworkingat8:30
  • Finiscodilavorarealle17:00-Ifinishtoworkand17:00
Pleasenote:iniziarea…andfiniredi…areverbs  thatneedapreposition.Wewroteapostaboutthat.ItalianverbsandprepositionsDI,A,PER.Havealook!

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Riccardo
Milanese, graduated in Italian literature a long time ago, I began teaching Italian online in Japan back in 2003. I usually spend winter in Tokyo and go back to Italy when the cherry blossoms shed their petals. I do not use social media.

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