Day 19
Talking about time in Italian is somewhat different from English. It takes getting accustomed to a 24-hour format, where 3:00 p.m. is 15:00, and AM and PM become expressions for parts of the day and night. This was not too difficult to get used to. There is a pattern that can be kept in mind, as in the examples below.
Talking about time in Italian is somewhat different from English. It takes getting accustomed to a 24-hour format, where 3:00 p.m. is 15:00, and AM and PM become expressions for parts of the day and night. This was not too difficult to get used to. There is a pattern that can be kept in mind, as in the examples below.
- È l’una. - It’s 1 PM.
- Sono le 15. - It’s 15/3 PM.
- Sono le undici di mattina. - It’s 11 in the morning.
- Sono le due del pomeriggio. - It’s 2 in the afternoon.
- Sono le sei di sera. - It’s 6 in the evening.
- Sono le tre di notte. - It’s three in the morning.
With a little practice, repetition, and substitution of numbers, it's not too difficult to remember the structure.
Fino alla prossima volta!
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