How to Say ‘The small room holds fourteen people at most.’ in Italian
La saletta tiene al massimo quattordici persone.
lah sah-LET-tah TYEH-neh ahl MAHS-see-moh kwaht-TOR-dee-chee pehr-SOH-neh
[lah sah-LET-tah TYEH-neh ahl MAHS-see-moh kwaht-TOR-dee-chee pehr-SOH-neh]
💬 Usage Tip: tenere literally means "to hold" or "to keep", but here it means a room's capacity. The same use works for other spaces: La sala tiene cinquanta persone "The room holds fifty people".
Phrase Breakdown
La saletta tiene
lah sah-LET-tah TYEH-neh
The small room holds
'saletta' means a small room ('sala' + '-etta'). Hold the double 't'. 'tiene' here means 'holds/fits'.
La saletta tiene dieci posti.
The small room holds ten seats.
Words in this phrase
La
[lah]
the
The feminine singular definite article, used before nouns like 'cultura.'
"La" cultura di questa impresa mi interessa molto.
"The" culture of this company interests me a lot.
saletta
[sah-LET-tah]
small room
Diminutive of 'sala'; small dining room.
Prenotiamo la saletta.
Let's book the small room.
tiene
[TYEH-neh]
holds / seats
From 'tenere'; here means has capacity for.
Il tavolo tiene sei persone.
The table seats six people.
al massimo
ahl MAHS-see-moh
at most
A fixed expression for a maximum. Stress 'MAS-si-mo' and hold the double 's'.
Arrivo al massimo alle otto.
I'll arrive by eight at the latest.
Words in this phrase
al
[ahl]
at the
'a' + 'il', at the.
Ci vediamo al bar.
See you at the bar.
massimo
[MAHS-see-moh]
maximum
'Al massimo' means at most.
Aspetto al massimo dieci minuti.
I'll wait ten minutes at most.
quattordici persone.
kwaht-TOR-dee-chee pehr-SOH-neh
fourteen people
'quattordici' is stressed on 'TOR': quat-TOR-di-ci. 'persone' is stressed on 'SO'.
Siamo quattordici persone.
We are fourteen people.
Words in this phrase
quattordici
[kwaht-TOR-dee-chee]
fourteen
The number 14.
Mia figlia ha quattordici anni.
My daughter is fourteen years old.
persone
[pehr-SOH-neh]
people
Refers to people in general; in company culture, often coworkers or employees.
Dire Le persone si aiutano mostra che le persone nell'azienda collaborano.
Saying 'Le persone si aiutano' shows that people in the company cooperate.
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