May 23, 2011

Marking Time In The Italian Language

Days of the Week Monday lunedi martedi mercoledi Tuesday Wednesday Thursday giovedi venerdi sabato Friday Saturday Sunday Time of days domenica il mattino / la mattina Morning Morning il pomeriggio afternoon evening la sera la notte night features the use of time: 1. Required article (il, l ', le) in front of the numeral denoting vremya2.Slova ora, minuto omitted (called numbers only) time after 12.00 noon on 13, 14, 15, etc. (Alle tredici, quattordici, ) (more formal speech) can be replaced by l'una, le due, le tre del pomeriggio (one hour, two or three days) Remember the words used in the marking time: Orologio - Hours - (watch - orologio da polso) Ora - hour Minuto - minute Secondo - second Mezzo-half, mezz'ora-half hour Quarto - Quarter (hours, 15 minutes) Precise - exactly Che ora e? Che ore sono? - What time is it? 0.00 e mezzonotte midnight 12.00 e mezzogiorno - noon 1.00/13.00 e l'una, e il tocco. h 2.00 sono le due - two o'clock 3.05 sono le tre e cinque-five minutes fourth 4.15 sono le quattro e quarto - fifteen minutes of the fifth (fifth quarter) 5.30 sono le cinque e mezzo - half past five (five and a half) 6.45 - sono le sette meno quarto (sono le sei e tre quarti) - a quarter to seven 7.55 sono le otto meno cinque - five to eight 8.00 sono le otto precise - exactly eight prepositions used in the designation of time: A che ora? - In What time? The rule is simple: add the preposition a, which is consistent with an article (if available) A mezzonotte - at midnight, al tocco all'una - per hour alle due - in two hours 3.05 alle tre e cinque - five minutes in the fourth Quando? - When? Uses the preposition fra Fra le due e tre - in the second hour (between two and a third clock) fra mezz'ora - half an hour if the clock is running inaccurate: 1) rush hour for five minutes l'orologio e avanti di cinque minuti 2) hours behind on five minutes, l'orologio e indietro di cinque minuti

May 23, 2011 7:21:08 PM

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