May 9

Learn to speak Italian: Italian clock

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There are two ways to ask “What time is it?” in Italian: Che ora è? and Che ore sono? If the time is one o’clock, noon, or midnight, the answer is in the singular; for all other hours, it is plural. Note that the phrase “o’clock” has no direct equivalent in Italian.

Che ora è? (What time is it?)
Che ore sono? (What time is it?)
È l’una. (It’s one o’clock.)
È mezzogiorno. (It’s noon.)
È mezzanotte. (It’s midnight.)
Sono le tre e quindici. (It’s 3:15.)
È mezzo giorno e dieci. (It’s 12:10.)

morning

di mattino

noon

mezzogiorno

afternoon

del pomeriggio

evening

di sera

midnight

mezzanotte

a quarter

un quarto

a quarter after/past

e un quarto

half past

e mezzo

a quarter to/before

meno un quarto

sharp

in punto

Shopping hours, TV timetables, performance listings, and other time references are written differently in Italy.

The
following table shows how you would tell the time from 5:00 to 6:00.

TELLING TIME 5:00-6:00

5,00

Sono le cinque.

5,10

Sono le cinque e dieci.

5,15

Sono le cinque e un quarto.

5,20

Sono le cinque e venti.

5,30

Sono le cinque e mezzo.

5,40

Sono le sei meno venti.

5,45

Sono le sei meno un quarto.

5,50

Sono le sei meno dieci.

6,00

Sono le sei.

As in most of Europe, Italy uses the so-called “official time” (equivalent to “military time”) in train schedules, performances, timetables, radio, TV, and office hours.

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