Italian Time Expressions

Learn how to tell time in Italian with free audio recordings

Buy Italian Language Tutorial as a PDF e-book! Italian Language Tutorial includes a complete vocabulary and grammar review of the Italian language (much more than what is available online), with realia photos of the Italian language taken in Italy. The PDF e-book and mp3s - including nearly three hours of recordings by three native speakers - are available for immediate download with FREE lifetime updates. Thank you for supporting ielanguages.com! Download the first ten pages of Italian Language Tutorial (including the table of contents).

Buy Italian Language Tutorial

To download the mp3s, please purchase Italian Language Tutorial. Need even more Italian? Try the Italian courses at Udemy, the authentic videos with subtitles and translations at Yabla Italian or FluentU, and the audio and video lessons at ItalianPod101.com

Italian Time / Il tempo

What time is it?	Che ora è? / Che ore sono?	keh oh-rah eh / keh o-reh soh-noh
At what time?	A che ora?	ah keh oh-rah
It's 1:00	È l'una	eh loo-nah
at 1:00	all'una	ahl-loo-nah
(at) noon	(a) mezzogiorno	(ah) med-zoh-zhor-noh
(at) midnight	(a) mezzanotte	(ah) med-zah-noh-teh
2:00	Sono le due	soh-noh leh doo-eh
3:10	Sono le tre e dieci	soh-noh leh treh eh dee-ay-chee
4:50	Sono le cinque meno dieci	soh-noh leh cheen-kwah meh-noh dee-ay-chee
8:15	Sono le otto e un quarto	soh-noh leh awt-toh eh oon kwar-toh
7:45	Sono le otto meno un quarto	soh-noh leh aw-toh meh-noh un kwar-toh
1:30	È l'una e mezza	eh loo-nah eh med-zah
6:30	Sono le sei e mezzo	soh-noh leh say-ee eh med-zoh
sharp	in punto	een poon-toh
in the morning	di mattina	dee maht-teen-ah
in the afternoon	di pomeriggio	dee poh-mehr-ee-zhee-oh
in the evening	di sera	dee seh-rah
at night	di notte	dee noht-teh

Italian Phrases, Vocabulary, and Grammar with free audio