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What time is it? A question which seems so simple to answer in your native language can cause a few problems in a new language! But not to worry, with a bit of practice, you\u2019ll pick it up easily. Find out how to tell the time in Italian in this episode.

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Today's words
\nChe ore sono? = What time is it?

Hours
\nSono le otto = it\u2019s eight o\u2019clock (literally: they are the eight)
\nSono le nove = it\u2019s nine o\u2019clock (literally: they are the nine)
\nSono le dieci = it\u2019s ten o\u2019clock (literally: they are the ten)

Minutes past
\nSono le otto e dieci = it\u2019s ten past eight (literally: they are the eight and ten)
\nSono le otto e venti = it\u2019s twenty past eight (literally: they are the eight and twenty)
\nSono le otto e venticinque = it\u2019s twenty past eight (literally: they are the eight and twenty-five)
\nSono le otto e un quarto = it\u2019s quarter past eight/eight fifteen
\nSono le otto e mezza = it\u2019s half past eight/eight thirty

Minutes to
\nSono le nove meno dieci = it\u2019s ten to nine (literally: they are the nine minus ten)
\nSono le nove meno venti = it\u2019s twenty to nine (literally: they are the nine minus twenty)
\nSono le nove meno un quarto = it\u2019s quarter to nine