Pratica di Shadowing: TIME IN ENGLISH | What time is it? - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Welcome to today's lesson!
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It's all about telling time.
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Two o'clock, half past four, 6.30, quarter to nine, 2100, noon.
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What?!
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I'm Arnel from Arnel's Everyday English and today you will become super confident in telling time in English.
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Here I have a clock.
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Remember this is a clock and this is a watch.
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Remember there's a difference.
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What time is it?
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It's one o'clock.
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What time is it?
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It's two o'clock.
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What time is it?
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It's three o'clock.
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What time is it?
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It's four o'clock.
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You get the idea.
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In English when we speak about the time we always say it is.
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Contracted it's.
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It's five o'clock, it's six o'clock,
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it's seven o'clock, it's twelve o'clock.
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If you need to be very specific, we can say a.m and p.m.
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But normally when you're speaking, it's obvious.
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Okay, Arnel, I need you here tomorrow at 6.
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6?
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Perfect!
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See you tomorrow!
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6 a.m.
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A.m?
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12 o'clock.
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It's time for lunch.
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Maybe not in your country,
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but in the USA and in the UK 12 o'clock is lunchtime.
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We can also say noon.
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12 o'clock in the afternoon is noon.
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I'll see you tomorrow at noon.
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What time is it?
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12 o'clock.
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It's midnight.
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I went to bed at midnight.
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Let's get more specific.
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We have a very simple way, there's also a more confusing way,
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but actually this is very easy.
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Let's go through both step by step.
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I have my clock.
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I'm going to use a digital clock here.
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Now it's 1 0 5.
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We pronounce the zero oh now it's 110
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now it's 115 it's 120 it's 145 you can always read the time from left to right with every time.
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It's 820.
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It's 730.
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It's 422.
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It's 1010.
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It's 355.
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But of course, there's another way.
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Let's take a look.
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I have my clock.
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This part is past.
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This part is two.
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Now let's have the hour hand at one.
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It's five past one.
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Ten past one.
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It's quarter past one.
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15 is always quarter past.
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It's 20 past one.
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It's 25 past one.
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It's half past one.
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30 is always half past.
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Let's continue.
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It's 25 to 2.
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It's 20 to 2.
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It's quarter to 2.
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45 is always quarter 2.
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It's 10 to 2.
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It's 5 to 2.
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Now it's 2.
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Always remember quarter past, half past, quarter 2.
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Now it's 2.28.
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Is it really necessary to be so specific?
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Usually no. It's around 2.30.
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It's around half past two.
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Whenever we're telling time you could always use around to give a general period.
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I'll see you tomorrow around nine.
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This could mean ten to nine.
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This could mean 10 past 9.
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Around 9. At.
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Of course, when we tell the time we say it is,
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now it is 2, now it is 4,
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but we use at when we want to say when an activity starts or ends.
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My English lesson starts at 9 in the morning.
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It finishes at 11 in the morning.
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Many of our phones, computers,
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schedules etc. use the 24-hour clock.
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But in English, for example, we would only say 3 o'clock.
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We wouldn't say 15 o'clock, 16 o'clock.
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3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, that's normal.
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Really only in a military type situation would you read out the numbers.
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2100. Oh 100.
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What time is it?
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Do you have the time?
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These are two different ways to ask for the time.
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We do not say, how late is it?
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Arnel, How late is it?
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You have been fantastic!
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In the comments below, tell me what time it is!
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I want to know when you watch this video.
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Please subscribe and I'll see you very soon for another video.
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Thank you.

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Lo scenario: Come dire l'ora in inglese nella vita quotidiana

Immagina di dover organizzare un appuntamento con un amico inglese, chiedere l'ora a un passante o capire quando inizia un meeting. In queste situazioni, saper esprimere l'ora in modo chiaro e naturale è fondamentale. Il video spiega due modi principali per farlo: il formato "digitale" (es. "one ten", "seven thirty") e il formato con "past" e "to" (es. "five past one", "quarter to two"). Inoltre, ci insegna a usare espressioni come "around" per indicare un orario approssimativo e "at" per specificare quando inizia un'attività. Tutto questo è essenziale per comunicare in contesti reali, dove la precisione o l'approssimazione possono fare la differenza.

Frasi utili e collocazioni da memorizzare

  • "It's around [ora]": Per indicare un orario approssimativo (es. "I'll see you around nine").
  • "Quarter past", "half past", "quarter to": Espressioni fisse per 15, 30 e 45 minuti (es. "quarter past one", "half past two", "quarter to three").
  • "What time is it?" / "Do you have the time?": I due modi più comuni per chiedere l'ora.
  • "At [ora]": Per specificare l'inizio o la fine di un'attività (es. "My lesson starts at nine").
  • "Past" e "to": Per indicare i minuti dopo o prima dell'ora (es. "ten past three", "five to four").

La tua sfida di shadowing: Impara a parlare come un madrelingua

Per migliorare la pronuncia inglese e la fluidità, prova questo esercizio di shadowing: riproduci il video e ripeti ad alta voce le frasi subito dopo l'insegnante, cercando di imitare la sua intonazione e il ritmo. Concentrati in particolare sulle espressioni come "quarter past" e "half past", che hanno una pronuncia specifica. Usa un shadowing site o semplicemente il tuo telefono per registrare te stesso e confrontare la tua versione con il video. Ricorda: il shadow speech è un metodo efficace per acquisire una pronuncia naturale e superare la paura di parlare in inglese. Ripeti l'esercizio per 10 minuti al giorno, e in poche settimane noterai un miglioramento! Prova anche a creare delle frasi originali con gli orari della tua giornata (es. "I wake up at seven thirty" o "Lunch is around twelve").

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

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Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewill become · I'll see
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoyou're speaking · we're telling

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