Italian: Telling Time with 'Sono le'
beginnerIn Italian, hours are treated as feminine plural nouns. To say 'It is [time]', use 'Sono le' followed by the number (e.g., 'Sono le tre' for 3:00). The only exceptions are singular: 'È l'una' (It's 1:00), 'È mezzogiorno' (It's noon), and 'È mezzanotte' (It's midnight).
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In Italian, hours are treated as feminine plural nouns. To say 'It is [time]', use 'Sono le' followed by the number (e.g., 'Sono le tre' for 3:00). The only exceptions are singular: 'È l'una' (It's 1:...
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