{"id":12713,"date":"2014-12-10T14:18:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T05:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=12713"},"modified":"2021-08-25T06:03:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:03:40","slug":"italian-course-beginners-time-days-months-podcast-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-course-beginners-time-days-months-podcast-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian course for beginners: Time, Days, Months – PODCAST #16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learntotalkabouttime,days,monthsinItalian.Listentothepodcast.<\/h1>\nCheoresono?Chegiorno\u00e8?\u00a0Iltempo\u00a0<\/em>istheItalianwordfortimeandweather<\/a>.Todaywe’lltalkabouttime:hours,months,daysetc.Wewill\u00a0introducebasicvocabularyandgiveyousomereal\u00a0languagetoolswithourpodcast.<\/p>\nIgiorni-Days<\/h5>\nGiornoistheItalianwordfordayanddaytime.SomeItaliandaysarenamedaftertheplanetsfollowingtheGreek\/Romantradition:Luna(Moon)Marte(Mars)Mercurio(Mercury)Giove(Jupiter)Venere(Venus).<\/p>\nSabato,Saturday,comesfromtheJewishShabbat<\/a>\u00a0andDomenica(DiesDominicus)istheLatinfor”dayoftheLord”.InItalythefirstdayoftheweekisluned\u00ec<\/em>andthenameofthedaysstartwithasmallletter(unlessofcoursetheyareatthebeginningofasentence).Thewordd\u00ec\u00a0<\/em>isanobsoleteversionofgiorno<\/em>butit’sstillvisibleattheendofthenameofdaysassuffix.<\/p>\nImesi-Months<\/h5>\n

Nothingexotichere.Justmemorize,listenandrepeat.
\nLeore-Hours<\/h5>\nCheoresono?-Cheora\u00e8?<\/em>—>Whattimeisit?Thequestioncanbedoneusingboththesingularorpluralformoftheverboessere\u00a0<\/em>(tobe).Theansweris<\/p>\n

    \n
  • SONOLE…\u00a0<\/strong>(lit.theyare…)oreeminuti\u00a0<\/em>(hourandminutes)e.g.4:32–>Sonolequattroetrentadue<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • \u00c8…\u00a0<\/strong>(lititis)\u00a0Mezzogiorno<\/strong>\u00a0(noon)\u00a0Mezzanotte<\/strong>\u00a0(midnight)and\u00a0l’una\u00a0<\/strong>(one-andnot\u00a0uno<\/em>)aresingular:\u00a013.32\u00e8l’unaetrentadue<\/strong>;12:25\u00e8mezzogiornoeventicinque<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Otherusefulwordsare<\/p>\n

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    • …<\/strong>e\u00a0unquarto<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(aquarterpast)<\/li>\n
    • …e\u00a0mezza<\/em><\/strong>or…emezzo<\/em><\/strong>(halfpast)<\/li>\n
    • …menounquarto\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(aquarterto).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Whentheminutesaremorethan30,wecanusethe…meno#\u00a0<\/strong>rule.Soforexample:<\/p>\n

        \n
      • 14:40sonoletremenoventi<\/strong>–<\/li>\n
      • 12:45\u00a0\u00e8l’unamenounquarto<\/strong>–<\/li>\n
      • 17:55\u00a0sonoleseimenocinque-<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Meno<\/em>means”minus”.Itmakessense,doesn’tit?Pleaselistentothefollowingpodcastformoreexamples.Trytoanticipatetheanswers.BeforestartingtolearnthehoursyoumaywanttobrushupthenumbersinItalian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

        <\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Lets’spractice!
        \nQ&A’s\u00a0-DOMANDEERISPOSTE<\/h5>\nDOMANDE<\/h5>\n

        <\/p>\n

          \n
        • Cheoresono?-Whattimeisit?<\/li>\n
        • Chegiorno\u00e8oggi?-Whatdayistoday?<\/li>\n
        • Chegiornoeraieri?-Whatdaywasyesterday?<\/li>\n
        • Chegiorno\u00e8(sar\u00e0)domani?-Whatdayistomorrow?<\/li>\n
        • Chemese\u00e8?-Whatmonthisit?<\/li>\n
        • Acheorapranziamo?-Whattimearewegoingtohavelunch?<\/li>\n
        • Acheoreinizialavorare?-Whattimedoyoustartworking?<\/li>\n
        • Acheorafiniscidilavorare?Whattimedoyoufinishworking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRISPOSTE<\/h5>\n

          <\/p>\n

            \n
          • Sonoleduemenounquarto-Aquartertotwo<\/li>\n
          • Oggi\u00e8gioved\u00ec-\u00a0TodayisThursday<\/li>\n
          • Ierieramercoled\u00ec-YesterdaywasWednesday<\/li>\n
          • Domani\u00e8domenica-TomorrowisSunday<\/li>\n
          • \u00c8dicembre-It’sDecember<\/li>\n
          • Pranziamoamezzogiorno-Wehavelunchatnoon<\/li>\n
          • Inizioalavorarealle8:30-Istartworkingat8:30<\/li>\n
          • Finiscodilavorarealle17:00-Ifinishtoworkand17:00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPleasenote:iniziarea…<\/em>andfiniredi…<\/em>areverbs\u00a0\u00a0thatneedapreposition.Wewroteapostaboutthat.ItalianverbsandprepositionsDI,A,PER<\/a>.Havealook!<\/p>\n

            Thanksforreading.Visitourhomepageforbooking\u00a0afreeItalianSkype\u00a0classwithanativeteacher<\/p>\n\n

             <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Learntotalkabouttime,days,monthsinItalian.Listentothepodcast. Cheoresono?Chegiorno\u00e8?\u00a0Iltempo\u00a0istheItalianwordfortimeandweather.Todaywe’lltalkabouttime:hours,months,daysetc.Wewill\u00a0introducebasicvocabularyandgiveyousomereal\u00a0languagetoolswithourpodcast. Igiorni-Days GiornoistheItalianwordfordayanddaytime.SomeItaliandaysarenamedaftertheplanetsfollowingtheGreek\/Romantradition:Luna(Moon)Marte(Mars)Mercurio(Mercury)Giove(Jupiter)Venere(Venus). Sabato,Saturday,comesfromtheJewishShabbat\u00a0andDomenica(DiesDominicus)istheLatinfor”dayoftheLord”.InItalythefirstdayoftheweekisluned\u00ecandthenameofthedaysstartwithasmallletter(unlessofcoursetheyareatthebeginningofasentence).Thewordd\u00ec\u00a0isanobsoleteversionofgiornobutit’sstillvisibleattheendofthenameofdaysassuffix. Imesi-Months Nothingexotichere.Justmemorize,listenandrepeat. Leore-Hours Cheoresono?-Cheora\u00e8?—>Whattimeisit?Thequestioncanbedoneusingboththesingularorpluralformoftheverboessere\u00a0(tobe).Theansweris SONOLE…\u00a0(lit.theyare…)oreeminuti\u00a0(hourandminutes)e.g.4:32–>Sonolequattroetrentadue \u00c8…\u00a0(lititis)\u00a0Mezzogiorno\u00a0(noon)\u00a0Mezzanotte\u00a0(midnight)and\u00a0l’una\u00a0(one-andnot\u00a0uno)aresingular:\u00a013.32\u00e8l’unaetrentadue;12:25\u00e8mezzogiornoeventicinque Otherusefulwordsare …e\u00a0unquarto\u00a0(aquarterpast) …e\u00a0mezzaor…emezzo(halfpast) …menounquarto\u00a0(aquarterto). Whentheminutesaremorethan30,wecanusethe…meno#\u00a0rule.Soforexample: 14:40sonoletremenoventi– 12:45\u00a0\u00e8l’unamenounquarto– 17:55\u00a0sonoleseimenocinque- Menomeans”minus”.Itmakessense,doesn’tit?Pleaselistentothefollowingpodcastformoreexamples.Trytoanticipatetheanswers.BeforestartingtolearnthehoursyoumaywanttobrushupthenumbersinItalian.   Lets’spractice! Q&A’s\u00a0-DOMANDEERISPOSTE DOMANDE Cheoresono?-Whattimeisit? Chegiorno\u00e8oggi?-Whatdayistoday? Chegiornoeraieri?-Whatdaywasyesterday? Chegiorno\u00e8(sar\u00e0)domani?-Whatdayistomorrow? Chemese\u00e8?-Whatmonthisit? Acheorapranziamo?-Whattimearewegoingtohavelunch? Acheoreinizialavorare?-Whattimedoyoustartworking? Acheorafiniscidilavorare?Whattimedoyoufinishworking? RISPOSTE Sonoleduemenounquarto-Aquartertotwo Oggi\u00e8gioved\u00ec-\u00a0TodayisThursday Ierieramercoled\u00ec-YesterdaywasWednesday Domani\u00e8domenica-TomorrowisSunday \u00c8dicembre-It’sDecember Pranziamoamezzogiorno-Wehavelunchatnoon Inizioalavorarealle8:30-Istartworkingat8:30 Finiscodilavorarealle17:00-Ifinishtoworkand17:00 Pleasenote:iniziarea…andfiniredi…areverbs\u00a0\u00a0thatneedapreposition.Wewroteapostaboutthat.ItalianverbsandprepositionsDI,A,PER.Havealook! Thanksforreading.Visitourhomepageforbooking\u00a0afreeItalianSkype\u00a0classwithanativeteacher  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10020,"featured_media":13743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[596,592,586,600,607,590,589,604,594,588,583,595,601,593,602,591,603,616,615,599,598,606,597,587,584,585,582,605],"class_list":["post-12713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lingua","tag-agosto","tag-aprile","tag-che-ore-sono","tag-dicembre","tag-domenica","tag-febbraio","tag-gennaio","tag-giovedi","tag-giugno","tag-i-mesi","tag-il-tempo","tag-luglio","tag-lunedi","tag-maggio","tag-martedi","tag-marzo","tag-mercoledi","tag-mezzanotte","tag-mezzogiorno","tag-novembre","tag-ottobre","tag-sabato","tag-settembre","tag-sono-le","tag-tempo","tag-time","tag-time-in-italian","tag-venerdi","no-featured-image-padding","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}