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  • Oh! Hello everybody! How are you?

  • Oh it's late! I'm sorry. Scusate.

  • My watch is not working!

  • What time is it? Che ore sono?

  • Che ore sono? It's the 6th lesson of OneWorld Italiano video course.

  • I'm sorry. It's so late!

  • And, what are you going to learn today?

  • Good!

  • First of all, talking about time

  • You will learn how to greet people and say goodbye,

  • and the various parts of the day.

  • Good! Second thing, we are going to learn

  • Ok! We will finally discover what time is it,

  • and you will learn how to ask and answer about the time.

  • Let's talk now with greetings!

  • CIAO

  • I think you already know this,

  • and it means "hello" and "bye bye".

  • So, I can use it when I see a person,

  • but also when you leave.

  • Great!

  • SALVE

  • It can be useful in a lot of situations,

  • a semi-formal greeting,

  • and you have to remember to use it just when you see a person

  • not when you say goodbye.

  • Same thing for good morning, when you see a person

  • BUONGIORNO

  • not when you say goodbye, in a formal situations.

  • Good! When I leave I can say BUONA GIORNATA "have a nice day"

  • Ok? And BUONASERA

  • BUONASERA "good evening"

  • Ok? When I see a person

  • BUONA SERATA "have a nice evening" when I leave

  • Oh I'm sorry. I'm so tired today!

  • When I go to sleep, I say BUONANOTTE "good night"

  • Great!

  • And at last I say ARRIVEDERCI "goodbye"

  • Good, good!

  • Now you are able to greet in all the parts of the day

  • and in every situation.

  • Good!

  • What about the parts of the day? Let's talk about that!

  • IL GIORNO

  • "the day"

  • LA GIORNATA has more or less the same meaning

  • LA MATTINA "the morning"

  • LA SERA "the evening"

  • LA SERATA more or less the same meaming

  • IL POMERIGGIO "the afternoon"

  • I can also say BUON POMERIGGIO "good afternoon"

  • but usually we prefer start to say BUONASERA "good evening"

  • It's easier!

  • Good!

  • And, at last LA NOTTE "the night"

  • Good, good. By the way...

  • What time is it?

  • I really don't know it today, and you have to help me!

  • Good!

  • For example:

  • When I meet, when...

  • when your watch is not working, and you meet a lady or a gentleman

  • you can also ask:

  • "Buongiorno! Scusi, che ore sono?" Good morning! Excuse me, what time is it?

  • But, if you meet a young person, or a friend of yours, you can ask:

  • "Ciao! Scusa, che ore sono?" Hello! Excuse me, what time is it?

  • But how can you answer? Let's see!

  • Usually I answer with "Sono le..."

  • For example: "Sono le tre" It's three o'clock

  • "Sono le tre e dieci" It's ten past three

  • "Sono le tre e un quarto" It's a quarter past three

  • "Sono le tre e venti" It's twenty past three

  • "Sono le tre e mezzo" It's half past three

  • "Sono le quattro meno venti" It's twenty to four

  • "Sono le quattro meno un quarto" It's a quarter to four

  • "Sono le quattro meno dieci" It's ten to four

  • Great!

  • Che ore sono?

  • Sono le due, sono le tre, sono le quattro, sono le cinque

  • Ok?

  • When we have the hour hand and the minute one.

  • When the minute hand goes to the right side, we say E

  • it means "and", but you can translate it with "past":

  • For example:

  • "Sono le cinque e dieci" It's ten past five

  • "Sono le cinque e un quarto" It's a quarter past five

  • Ok?

  • "Sono le cinque e mezzo" It's half past five

  • Ok?

  • When the minute hand goes to the middle, ok? We say E MEZZO "half past"

  • Great!

  • But when the minute hand goes to the left side

  • I say MENO, it means "minus"

  • and, we can translate it with "to". For example:

  • "Sono le sei meno venti" It's twenty to six

  • "Sono le sei meno un quarto" It's a quarter to six

  • Good, good! So, che ore sono? What time is it?

  • For example: "Sono le due e dieci" It's ten past two

  • "Sono le due e un quarto" It's a quarter past two

  • Ok?

  • "Sono le due e venti" It's a twenty past two

  • "Sono le tre meno venti" It's twenty to three

  • "Sono le tre e mezzo" It's half past three

  • Great!

  • And, what time is it now?

  • The time to discover what we have learnt today!

  • First of all, now you are able to greet people in all the parts of the day,

  • and in all the situations. Ok?

  • Second thing, we have learnt how to ask and answer about time.

  • Remember this!

  • When you ask you have to say CHE ORE SONO? or CHE ORA È?

  • both sentences have the same meaning

  • Yes! And how can you answer?

  • Sono le due, sono le tre, sono le quattro,

  • sono le cinque, sono le sei, sono le sette,

  • sono le otto, sono le nove, sono le dieci, sono le undici,

  • sono le dodici, sono le tredici

  • In italian it's correct when you say it's twelve, it's thirteen, but you can say it in an another way,

  • like È MEZZOGIORNO "It's midday"

  • È MEZZANOTTE "It's midnight"

  • È L'UNA "It's one o'clock"

  • So, usually you say "sono le" with a plural form,

  • but in these three casesmezzogiorno", "è mezzanotte", "è l'una"

  • you say È instead of SONO LE

  • Great!

  • And we also learned how to excuse in a formal or an informal situation,

  • like SCUSI when I talk with a lady or gentleman

  • or in a formal situation

  • I say SCUSA excuse me

  • in an informal situation with friends, family and so on...

  • Good!

  • You also learned new words with definite articles like IL giorno, LA mattina, LA sera, LA notte

  • We are going to learn definite articles in the next lesson.

  • And now... Yes!

  • How much time have we spent to learn everything?

  • As always, just the time you take to drink an espresso!

  • So, see you next time with OneWorld Italiano video

  • Ciao a tutti e arrivederci. Ciao!

Oh! Hello everybody! How are you?

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