Telling the time in Italian

How to tell the time in Italian, a Romance language spoken mainly in Italy and Switzerland.

English Italian (italiano)
What time is it? Che ora è?
Che ore sono?
It's one o'clock È l'una
It's quarter past one È l'una e un quarto
It's half past one È l'una e mezzo
It's quarter to two Sono le due meno un quarto
It's two o'clock Sono le due
It's quarter past two Sono le due e un quarto
It's half past two Sono le due e mezzo
It's quarter to three Sono le tre meno un quarto
It's three o'clock Sono le tre
It's quarter past three Sono le tre e un quarto
It's half past three Sono le tre e mezzo
It's quarter to four Sono le quattro meno un quarto
It's four o'clock Sono le quattro
It's quarter past four Sono le quattro e un quarto
It's half past four Sono le quattro e mezzo
It's quarter to five Sono le cinque meno un quarto
It's five o'clock Sono le cinque
It's quarter past five Sono le cinque e un quarto
It's half past five Sono le cinque e mezzo
It's quarter to six Sono le sei meno un quarto
It's six o'clock Sono le sei
It's quarter past six Sono le sei e un quarto
It's half past six Sono le sei e mezzo
It's quarter to seven Sono le sette meno un quarto
It's seven o'clock Sono le sette
It's quarter past seven Sono le sette e un quarto
It's half past seven Sono le sette e mezzo
It's quarter to eight Sono le otto meno un quarto
It's eight o'clock Sono le otto
It's quarter past eight Sono le otto e un quarto
It's half past eight Sono le otto e mezzo
It's quarter to nine Sono le nove meno un quarto
It's nine o'clock Sono le nove
It's quarter past nine Sono le nove e un quarto
It's half past nine Sono le nove e mezzo
It's quarter to ten Sono le dieci meno un quarto
It's ten o'clock Sono le dieci
It's quarter past ten Sono le dieci e un quarto
It's half past ten Sono le dieci e mezzo
It's quarter to eleven Sono le undici meno un quarto
It's eleven o'clock Sono le undici
It's quarter past eleven Sono le undici e un quarto
It's half past eleven Sono le undici e mezzo
It's quarter to twelve Sono le dodici meno un quarto
It's twelve o'clock Sono le dodici
It's quarter past twelve Sono le dodici e un quarto
It's half past twelve Sono le dodici e mezzo
It's quarter to one È l'una meno un quarto
It's midnight È mezzanotte
It's midday È mezzogiorno
in the morning di mattina
in the afternoon del pomeriggio
in the evening di sera

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