telling time

💡 Grammar Rule

Expressing Time in Italian In Italian, clock time is expressed using the verb essere (to be). Because hours are treated as feminine plural no...

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Do you know exactly what time it is?

Sai che ore sono esattamente?

Yes, it is exactly one o’clock.

Sì, è l’una in punto.

The meeting starts at half past three.

La riunione inizia alle tre e mezza.

Then we’d better hurry, it’s already three twenty.

Allora sbrighiamoci, sono già le tre e venti.

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