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How to Say ‘At nine in the evening’ in Italian

Alle nove di sera

AHL-leh NOH-veh dee SEH-rah

[AHL-leh NOH-veh dee SEH-rah]

💬 Usage Tip: a + le merges into alle, and the plural is used because hours count up: alle tre "at three". One o'clock is the exception: all'una.

Phrase Breakdown

Alle nove

AHL-leh NOH-veh

At nine

'Alle' plus a number tells the time something happens. 'Alle' is 'a' + 'le'.

Example

Ci vediamo alle nove.

See you at nine.

Words in this phrase

Alle

[AHL-leh]

Used with time to mean at a certain hour.

Example

Alle otto va benissimo per la nostra cena.

At eight o'clock works perfectly for our dinner.

nove

[NOH-veh]

Nine

The number that comes after eight and before ten.

Example

Ci sono nove studenti in classe.

There are nine students in the class.

di sera

dee SEH-rah

in the evening

'Di sera' means p.m. in the evening. 'Di mattina' means a.m.

Example

Lavoro di sera.

I work in the evening.

Words in this phrase

[dee]

of / in

Preposition linking amount and type, like 'two euros in change'.

Example

Un chilo di mele.

A kilo of apples.

sera

[SEH-rah]

evening

The evening time of day; useful for restaurant bookings and meeting times.

Example

Preferiamo mangiare di sera, quindi scegliamo sera come orario.

We prefer to eat in the evening, so we choose evening as the time.

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