Telling Time in Italian: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners | Super Easy Italian 30

Matteo, good afternoon! What are you doing? I'm the ninth. We must register the puntata! It's time to learn how to say "ora" in Italian. A question to which it seems so simple to answer in your mother tongue It can create a lot of problems in Italian. But don't worry because with a little practice it will come naturally. And if you want to hear an explanation in English concerning the time in Italian There's an episode of the podcast Five Minutes Italian in which we talked about this. Find the link in the description. Per ora, how do you say the time in Italian? Let's start with the question. This phrase is plural because in Italian the hours are plural. One hour, due hour, three hours. So let's ask what time it is? By saying the hour we say the sun and then the hour. In this case I'm the eight. I stole my mother's watch. We are facing each other. Always in the plural. So we don't say it's the eight, we say it's the eight. I'm due now. I'm the third. I'm the fourth. I'm the fifth. I'm the boss. I'm the seven. I'm the Otto. What about Matteo? - What? It's time to enter a far part of the Easy Italian community. To understand what time it is is quite simple. It takes so much practice to get to be natural. And not afraid to run through if someone asks what time it is. In this week's exercises you will find many ways to practice. And in addition you can also download the slow and fast audio To continue to hear our two voices saying that we are. I know you're a part of the community. Easy Italy. Access to all these materials is via the link in the description. I'm the ten. I'm the eleventh. I'm the twelfth. And now the most difficult part of the hour in Italian. So, when we have due time, plural, we say are due, How about we say it when we're alone for an hour? It's not a plural. In this case it's singular, so let's say it is. It's the one. My mother is famous. Ah, here's why. What about Mangiamo? Yes, you are. There's also another little exception. A quarter of an hour, over twelve, we can say it's midday. It's the day, then the middle of the day. When it's night, instead, it's midnight. So the day is masculine, so we say mezzogiorno. La notte è femminile, so we call it the mezzanotte. It's all attacked. I'm going to the Mezzogiorno. I'm going to the bathroom. Are we with the ore? I would say yes. So let's go for a minute. Okay, so, you watch the lancet more long. And here we are. I'm the eight and the five. For a minute after the hour, let's say, then the eight and five. We can divide the clock into due minutes. Prima, we watch the prima metà. That's my half. The half of Matteo is E. I'll be back in a minute. So are the eight and five. I'm eight and ten. I'm eight and fifteen. - I'm not sure. I'm the eighth and fourth. Because it's a quarter of an hour. So I'm eight and a quarter. I'm the eighty-fifth. I'm eight and twenty-five. I'm eight and thirty. Or are you eight and a half? Now we're at the halfway point and we have two options. It's now eight thirty-five. We can say they are eight and thirty-five. But we can also say, doing a little math, I'm nine and less than twenty-five. I'm eight and forty. Or are you nine less than forty... no! Here is my math. I'm nine and twenty. I'm eight and forty-five. Or are you nine minus a quarter? We have so many options. We can say it's eight and forty-five. The eight and three quarters. Nine to fifteen. The nine minus one quarter. I'm not going to be able to do this. You can't go wrong! The eight and fifty. Or nine to ten. The eight and fifty-five. Oppure le undici... no! I'm not going to do this! Or we need to go back to the numbers. I'll give you a hint, Katie, about the numbers. Thank you. I'll pass you the link. For now it's nine to five. We have to go. Even in Italian we use the twenty-four hour. So you can say it's fourteen and ten. I'm 17 and 20. What's the difference? When do I use the 24 hours and when not? Directives for use in official situations The time must be clear. In the case of normal situations, for example a house, Spessissimo, we use the twelve o'clock. For example, see you all five. The five of a night. But now it's quite diffuse, In the same way, the use of the 24 hours. So we'll see you all at seventeen. Even if it seems a little more formal. Yes, a little more official. Something important, with the twenty-four hours We can't say it's a quarter and a half. So let's not say I'm the twenty-third and a quarter. Let's say you're 23 and 15 or 23 and 30. Tanti numeri, troppi. I'm not going to lie to you. Because we are a little bit precise if we use the 24 hours And so we say the minutes precisely. Now, seeing what we've noticed Katy needs to repeat a few numbers every hour, Let's do a little quiz. So, let's see a bit. It's the eight and fifty or the nine and ten. I'm wrong, it's seven and fifty or eight minus ten. I am my eyes. The problem is my eyes, not my brain. We're going to try. So, it's the six and ten. I'm either five and thirty-five or I'm under twenty-five. One and a half or one and thirty. The one minus five. - No, you didn't? Or midday and fifty-five. What if it was night? Can you tell? Okay, midday and fifty-five. If it were night? Always one minus five or mezzanotte and fifty-five. - I'm not going anywhere. Go ahead, boys. The last one. I'm going to go to the bathroom. Notte? What? I'm not going to be late. What's the number? One hundred and forty, twelve minus twenty. How many options. I'm not sure. If you are interested... Wait, wait, I passed the quiz. This is the most important thing. So, yeah, you got over it, but I think we should do a few more puntata The first is the Italian mathematical theory. Solo for me? We say "are" when we talk about what time they are. Instead, if we want to say a che ora facciamo qualcosa, we use a, alle. For example, I wake up at eight, I go to bed at eleven. It's too much. No, it's not true, I didn't sleep nine hours, it was an example. There's a puntata in which the Italians tell us when they're doing their routine, The things they do during the day, you can always find somewhere. Now I'm going to touch you. Write it in the comments. The parole in Italian, mi raccomando. I'm not going to tell you. Too easy, please. - I'm going to the hospital.