Italian Practice

Second and Third Conjugation Verbs and Adverbs

Time Expressions by Ronald Glenn Wrigley, M.A.

We will now take a look at some useful words that will help us to express events that happen(ed) rarely, often, now, later, or at some point in the past.

<tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>puntuale</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>punctual</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>in anticipo</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>early</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>in ritardo</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>late</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>ogni volta</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>each (every) time</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>una volta…</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>once…</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>…al giorno</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>…a day</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>…alla settimana</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>…a week</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>…al mese</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>…a month</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>…all'anno</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>…a year</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>due volte…</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>twice…</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>ogni tanto</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>every now and then</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>ogni giorno, settimana, mese, anno</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>every day, week, month, year</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>a volte</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>sometimes</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>qualche volta</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>sometimes</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>di quando in quando</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>every now and then</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>di rado</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>rarely</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>di solito</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>usually</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>di tanto in tanto</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>every now and then</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>tutti i giorni</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>every day</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>tutte le sere</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>every evening</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 11: Time Expressions</h2> <p>Rewrite the sentences incorporating the time expression in parentheses.</p> <ul> <li><p><emphasis>Gli aeroplani partono dall'aeroporto di Boston.</emphasis> (late)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Mangio fuori in un ristorante con la mia famiglia.</emphasis> (often)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Telefono a mia madre.</emphasis> (once a week)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Leggo un libro.</emphasis> (every now and then)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Guardo la televisione.</emphasis> (every evening)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Vado al cinema.</emphasis> (rarely)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Vado in vacanza in Europa.</emphasis> (every year)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>I politici dicono la verità.</emphasis> (every now and then)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Esco con i miei amici.</emphasis> (often)</p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Vado a teatro.</emphasis> (every evening)</p> 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