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How to Say ‘It is twenty degrees today.’ in Italian

Oggi ci sono venti gradi.

oj-jee chee SOH-noh VEN-tee GRAH-dee

[oj-jee chee SOH-noh VEN-tee GRAH-dee]

💬 Usage Tip: Italian says "there are twenty degrees" with ci sono, not "it is". For one degree it becomes c'è un grado.

🇮🇹 In Italy: Temperatures are always in Celsius, so twenty degrees is pleasantly mild, not freezing.

Phrase Breakdown

Oggi ci sono

oj-jee chee SOH-noh

Today there are

'Oggi' means 'today'. Pronounce the double 'gg' with a slightly held, soft 'j' sound: OD-jee. 'Ci sono' means 'there are' and is used with plural nouns. 'Ci' sounds like 'chee'. Say the three words smoothly together.

Example

Oggi ci sono molte persone al mercato.

Today there are many people at the market.

Words in this phrase

Oggi

[oj-jee]

today

The current day.

Example

Oggi è il mio compleanno.

Today is my birthday.

[chee]

there

In that place or situation.

Example

Ci provo davvero a essere puntuale.

I really try to be on time.

sono

[SOH-noh]

it is / they are

Third person plural of essere, used for stating amounts.

Example

Sono dieci euro.

It's ten euros.

venti gradi.

VEN-tee GRAH-dee

twenty degrees.

'Venti' means 'twenty' and is stressed on the first syllable: VEN-tee. 'Gradi' is the plural of 'grado' (degree), stressed GRA-dee. Italians use 'ci sono' with temperatures to describe the weather.

Example

In primavera ci sono spesso venti gradi.

In spring it's often twenty degrees.

Words in this phrase

venti

[VEN-tee]

twenty

The number 20; with prices, 'twenty cents'.

Example

Costa tre euro e venti.

It costs three euros twenty.

gradi

[GRAH-dee]

degrees

Plural of 'grado', used for temperature.

Example

Ci sono trenta gradi al mare.

It's thirty degrees at the sea.

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