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How to Say ‘For Saturday at eight’ in Italian

Per sabato alle otto

pehr SAH-bah-toh AH-leh OT-toh

[pehr SAH-bah-toh AH-leh OT-toh]

💬 Usage Tip: Clock times take le "the", because "hours" is understood. a + le merges into alle, so you say alle otto and alle nove. The one exception is one o'clock: all'una.

Phrase Breakdown

Per sabato

pehr SAH-bah-toh

For Saturday

'Sabato' is stressed on the first syllable: SA-ba-to.

Example

Un tavolo per sabato.

A table for Saturday.

Words in this phrase

Per

[pehr]

for

A preposition used to explain purpose or reason.

Example

Sono qui per conoscere nuove aziende.

I am here to get to know new companies.

sabato

[SAH-bah-toh]

Saturday

The day of the week after Friday.

Example

Ci vediamo sabato sera.

See you Saturday evening.

alle otto

AH-leh OT-toh

at eight o'clock

'Alle' + number gives the time. Double both the 'll' and the 'tt': AL-le OT-to.

Example

Ci vediamo alle otto.

See you at eight.

Words in this phrase

alle

[AH-leh]

Used to specify time occurrence.

Example

Alla festa arrivo alle otto.

I arrive at the party at eight.

otto

[OT-toh]

Eight

The numeric representation of the number 8.

Example

Il film inizia alle otto.

The movie starts at eight.

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