Italian Phrasebook: Time, Duration and Days

 

Now                         Adesso

Later                        Più tardi

Before                     Prima

Morning                  Mattina

Afternoon               Pomeriggio

Night                       Notte

Evening                 Sera

Minute                    Minuto

Hour                       Ora

Day                         Giorno

Week                      Settimana

Month                     Mese

Year                        Anno

Today                     Oggi

Yesterday              Ieri

Tomorrow             Domani

This week             Questa settimana

Last week             La scorsa settimana

Next month           Il prossimo mese

Sunday                  Domenica

Monday                 Lunedì

Tuesday               Martedì            

Wednesday         Mercoledì

Thursday              Giovedì

Friday                    Venerdì

Saturday               Sabato

January                Gennaio

February               Febbraio

March                    Marzo

April                       Aprile

May                        Maggio

June                      Giugno

July                        Luglio

August                  Agosto

September          Settembre

October                Ottobre

November           Novembre

December           Dicembre

 

The Italian language has a long history, but the modern standard of the language was largely shaped by relatively recent events. Italian is a Romance language spoken as a native language by 70 million people in Italy, San Marino, Vatican City and part of Switzerland. In addition it is spoken by at least 150 million people as a non-native language. Italian derives from Latin and is the closest national language to Latin. It was adopted by the state after the unification of Italy and it is based on the Tuscan dialect, which beforehand was only available to upper class Florentine society.