Enhanced Comprehensive Italian Level 2 - Lesson #8

The calendar, days of the week and telling time in Italy

After this class you should;
be able to ask what time it is in Italian.
be able to say what time it is in Italian
know, recognize and be able to use days of the week, months, etc in conversation
understand both the 12 and 24 clock
understand how to issue and respond to time sensitive invitations

Grammar Telling the time in Italian Che ora è? - o - Che ore sono? - (What time is it?) È l'una Sono le due Sono le tré 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 (or) È mezzogiorno (or) È mezzanotte Sono le cinque e quindici (or) Sono le cinque e un quarto Sono le cinque e trenta (or) Sono le cinque e mezzo Sono le quattro e quarantacinque (or) Sono le cinque meno un quarto Sono le cinque e cinquantacinque (or) Sono le sei meno cinque Sono le cinque e trentasette (or) Sono le sei meno ventitré Sono le otto e dieci È l'una e ventinove di mattina del pomeriggio di sera di notte Italian Days, Weeks and Months I giorni I mesi Lunedì Monday Gennaio January Martedì Tuesdayday Febbraio February Mercoledì Wednesday Marzo March Giovedì Thursday Aprile April Venerdì Friday Maggio May Sabato Saturday Giugno June Domenica Sunday Luglio July Agosto August Settembre September Ottobre October Novembre November Dicembre December Un mese Dicembre 2009 Lunedì Martedì Mercoledì Giovedì Venerdì Sabato Domenica " " 1 " " 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 " " 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 " " 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 " " 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 " " 30 31 " " " " " " Una settimana Lunedì Martedì Mercoledì Giovedì Venerdì Sabato Domenica 7 8 " " 9 10 11 12 13 Un giorno Lunedì Martedì Mercoledì Giovedì Venerdì Sabato Domenica 7 8 " " 9 10 11 12 13
	Printable Homework
	Basic Exercise on telling time in Italian.
Vocabulary mattina pomeriggio sera notte mezzogiorno mezzanotte giorno settimana mese anno Lunedì Martedì Mercoledì Giovedì Venerdì Sabato morning afternoon evening night noon midnight day week month year Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Domenica Gennaio Febbraio Marzo Aprile Maggio Giugno Luglio Agosto Settembre Ottobre Novembre Dicembre Sunday January February March April May June July August September October November December
	Printable Vocabulary Printable large flash cards (English Side) Printable large flash cards (Italian Side) Printable small flash cards (English Side) Printable small flash cards (Italian Side)
	Downloadable Podcast
	basic online exercise Exercise (Italian to English) Exercise (English to Italian)
	printable crossword
Comprehension
	Printable Practice Sheets
	printable comprehension crossword
	Useful Italian question; Scherzi? Seriously? (or) Are you joking?
Class Dialog Learn how to say everything below in Italian, print out and bring the printable form of this dialog and be prepared to say the dialog below for one of the persons in clas Person #1 – Hello Person #2 – Hello, can I speak with _______ please? Person #1 – This is me, who is speaking? Person #2 – Hi ________, I am ________. Person #1 – Hi _________ how are you? I thought you were in Paris. Person #2 – I am in Paris. I will return on Friday. Person #1 – What time do you arrive? Person #2 – My train arrives at 3:52 PM. Do you want to do something this weekend? Person #1 – Maybe, I need to look at the calendar. Friday night Bob is having a birthday party for Mary. Person #2 – I thought Mary’s birthday was in July. This is March. Person #1 – No, you are wrong. Her birthday is next Tuesday but she has to go to Germany for a week so he is having the party on Friday. Person #2 – Are you free on Saturday? Maybe we could do something. Person #1 – Saturday I have to watch some soccer. My son’s team is playing. Person #2 – What time is the game? Person #1 – The game starts at 10:00 AM. Person#2 – Do you want to go shopping after the game? I will buy you something you used to want. Person#1 – You will buy me a ….. (Interrupted by person #2) Person#2 – Yes, you are right, I will buy you a new bicycle. Person#1 – What time are we going shopping? Person#2 – Let’s meet at “Café di Carlo” at 6:07 PM. I have to go, bye. Person#1 – Bye printable class dialog

You can learn more about the passato prossimo on these pages of the following books.

87 - 88, 138 - 140 & 155 - 157 (page #'s may vary as I have an older edition) of "Ciao" by Carla Federici & Carla Larese Riga, copyright 1986.
331 - 345 of the book "Italian Grammar Drills" by Paola Nanni-Tate, copyright 2007.

If you do not own these books, don't worry, it is not mandatory that you do unless you were instructed to buy them at the beginning of the class. However, they can be very useful in a lot of ways and if you would like to know more about these books and where to buy them, simply go to our online bookstore or quicker yet, just click on the appropriate book below.

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