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How to Say ‘From half past seven’ in Italian

Dalle sette e mezza

DAHL-leh SEH-teh eh MED-dzah

[DAHL-leh SEH-teh eh MED-dzah]

💬 Usage Tip: da + le merges into dalle, meaning "from" a time. You can pair it with alle for a range: dalle sette alle undici "from seven to eleven".

Phrase Breakdown

Dalle sette

DAHL-leh SEH-teh

From seven

'Dalle' = 'da' + 'le' (from the). Times use 'le' because 'ore' (hours) is feminine plural. Hold the double 'll' and 'tt'.

Example

Aperto dalle sette.

Open from seven.

Words in this phrase

Dalle

[DAHL-leh]

from the (with hours) / since

'Da' plus 'le'; indicates a starting time.

Example

Siamo aperti dalle otto.

We are open from eight.

sette

[SEH-teh]

seven

The number 7.

Example

Sette gatti.

Seven cats.

e mezza

eh MED-dzah

thirty (half past)

'E mezza' means 'and a half'. 'Zz' sounds like 'dz': MED-dza.

Example

Sono le otto e mezza.

It's half past eight.

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.

mezza

[MED-dzah]

half

Feminine of 'mezzo'; used for half past the hour.

Example

Sono le due e mezza.

It's half past two.

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