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How to Say ‘And are the hours flexible?’ in Italian

E gli orari sono flessibili?

eh lyee oh-RAH-ree SO-noh fles-SEE-bee-lee

[eh lyee oh-RAH-ree SO-noh fles-SEE-bee-lee]

🇮🇹 In Italy: Asking about flexible hours is perfectly acceptable small talk at a career event, especially with HR staff. It's often a selling point companies are happy to discuss.

Phrase Breakdown

E gli orari

eh lyee oh-RAH-ree

And the hours / schedules

'Gli' sounds like the 'lli' in 'million'. 'Orari' means working hours or schedules.

Example

Gli orari del negozio sono buoni.

The shop's opening hours are good.

Words in this phrase

[eh]

and

A conjunction used to connect ideas or qualities.

Example

Nella frase E collaborativa, E aggiunge una seconda qualità positiva dell'azienda.

In the phrase 'E collaborativa,' 'E' adds a second positive quality of the company.

gli

[lyee]

the

Masculine plural article used before certain nouns like occhiali.

Example

Ti stanno bene gli occhiali con questa montatura.

The glasses with this frame suit you.

orari

[oh-RAH-ree]

hours / schedule

Plural of 'orario', working or opening times.

Example

Gli orari del negozio sono comodi.

The shop's hours are convenient.

sono flessibili?

SO-noh fles-SEE-bee-lee

are flexible?

The stress falls on fles-SI-bi-li. Hold the double 's', and raise your tone at the end.

Example

I turni sono flessibili?

Are the shifts flexible?

Words in this phrase

sono

[SO-noh]

They are

Used as a plural form of 'to be', indicating existence or identity of multiple entities.

Example

Sono 10 euro, grazie.

They are 10 euros, thank you.

flessibili

[fles-SEE-bee-lee]

flexible

Plural of 'flessibile', adaptable or not fixed.

Example

Ho un lavoro con turni flessibili.

I have a job with flexible shifts.

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