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How to Say ‘Does Thursday at ten work for you?’ in Italian

Giovedì alle dieci le va bene?

joh-veh-DEE AHL-leh DYAY-chee LAY vah BEH-neh

[joh-veh-DEE AHL-leh DYAY-chee LAY vah BEH-neh]

💬 Usage Tip: alle is a + le, used for clock times: alle dieci "at ten". The one exception is all'una "at one".

Phrase Breakdown

Giovedì alle dieci

joh-veh-DEE AHL-leh DYAY-chee

Thursday at ten

Giovedì has its stress on the last syllable (jo-ve-DEE). 'Alle' is used with clock times.

Example

Ci vediamo giovedì alle dieci.

See you Thursday at ten.

Words in this phrase

Giovedì

[joh-veh-DEE]

Thursday

Day of the week; not capitalized mid-sentence in Italian.

Example

Giovedì vado dal dentista.

On Thursday I'm going to the dentist.

alle

[AHL-leh]

at the

Used in time expressions before clock times.

Example

Ci vediamo alle otto per la cena speciale.

We'll see each other at eight for the special dinner.

dieci

[DYAY-chee]

Ten

The number equivalent to the sum of nine and one.

Example

Ho dieci libri.

I have ten books.

le va bene?

LAY vah BEH-neh

is that OK for you?

This is a polite formal question. Let your intonation rise at the end.

Example

Alle tre le va bene?

Is three o'clock OK for you?

Words in this phrase

[LAY]

To her

Used to refer to the recipient of an action (female).

Example

Le ho prestato il mio libro.

I lent her my book.

[vah]

it goes / that's

Part of the phrase va benissimo, meaning that's perfectly fine.

Example

Sì, va benissimo, grazie.

Yes, that’s perfectly fine, thank you.

bene

[BEH-neh]

well / fine

In va bene, it means fine or okay.

Example

Per me bene così, grazie.

For me, that’s fine like this, thanks.

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