'a' Contractions — Clock Times and Time Expressions — Articulated Prepositions (A1)

Articulated Prepositions·'a' Contractions — Clock Times and Time Expressions

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Rule reminder

Clock times in Italian are feminine plural (le ore). So: alle due, alle tre, alle dieci. Exception: all'una (one o'clock, feminine singular). Noon/midnight use 'a': a mezzogiorno, a mezzanotte.

'a' Contractions — Clock Times and Time Expressions1 / 10

Il film inizia ___ due e mezza. (The film starts at two-thirty.)