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How to Say ‘Please call me back by noon on Friday’ in Italian

Mi richiami entro venerdì a mezzogiorno

mee ree-KYAH-mee EHN-troh veh-nehr-DEE ah med-dzoh-JOR-noh

[mee ree-KYAH-mee EHN-troh veh-nehr-DEE ah med-dzoh-JOR-noh]

Phrase Breakdown

Mi richiami

mee ree-KYAH-mee

Call me back

A polite command from 'richiamare'. 'Chi' sounds like 'kee': ree-KYAH-mee.

Example

Mi richiami più tardi.

Call me back later.

Words in this phrase

[mee]

to me / me

An indirect object pronoun meaning 'to me' or 'me' depending on the structure.

Example

Mi ha colpito molto la tua presentazione.

Your presentation impressed me a lot.

richiami

[ree-KYAH-mee]

call back

Formal command of richiamare, to call again.

Example

Mi richiami più tardi, per favore.

Call me back later, please.

entro venerdì

EHN-troh veh-nehr-DEE

by Friday

Sets the deadline. Stress the end of 'venerdì'.

Example

Risponda entro venerdì.

Reply by Friday.

Words in this phrase

entro

[EHN-troh]

by, within

Preposition setting a deadline.

Example

Paghi entro lunedì.

Pay by Monday.

venerdì

[veh-nehr-DEE]

Friday

Fifth day of the week, named after Venus.

Example

Venerdì sera esco con gli amici.

Friday evening I go out with friends.

a mezzogiorno

ah med-dzoh-JOR-noh

at noon

'A' plus a time means 'at'. Use the strong 'dz' sound for the double Z.

Example

Chiudiamo a mezzogiorno.

We close at noon.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

Used with time expressions.

Example

Ci vediamo a quest'ora domani.

See you at this time tomorrow.

mezzogiorno

[med-dzoh-JOR-noh]

noon / midday

Twelve o'clock in the daytime; literally 'half day'.

Example

Pranziamo a mezzogiorno.

We have lunch at noon.

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