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 cases "è mezzogiorno", "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!