Lesson 15 of 18 · Hotel
Hear, Say and Confirm Room Numbers (101, 102, 201)
Hear, say, and verify a small set of hotel room identifiers (101, 102, and 201), and combine them with basic supply or room-status messages.
Learn these expressions
Camera centouno
Room 101
Use reviewed audio for centouno (101)
Camera centodue
Room 102
Use reviewed audio for centodue (102)
Camera duecentouno
Room 201
Use reviewed audio for duecentouno (201)
La camera centouno è pronta.
Room 101 is ready.
Status message with room number.
Servono due asciugamani nella 102.
Two towels are needed in room 102.
Supply request with room number.
Confermo: camera [numero].
I confirm: room [number].
Explicit confirmation formula.
New words
- cento
- one hundred (100)
- duecento
- two hundred (200)
- centouno (101)
- one hundred and one (spoken as single connected compound: cento + uno)
- centodue (102)
- one hundred and two (cento + due)
- duecentouno (201)
- two hundred and one (duecento + uno)
- nella camera...
- in room... (preposition in + feminine la camera)
- nella 102
- in 102 (colloquial shortening: nella refers to the room)
- confermo
- I confirm (essential verification verb)
- Dove servono gli asciugamani?
- Where are the towels needed?
- Quale camera è pronta?
- Which room is ready?
- non entrare
- do not enter
You may hear
- Per quale camera? = For which room?
- Ripeti il numero, per favore. = Repeat the number, please.
- Ricevuto. = Understood / Rogered.
Grammar tipsShow
Compound Italian Room Numbers:
Read room numbers as whole numbers:
101 = centouno.
102 = centodue.
201 = duecentouno.
Preposition with Rooms (nella):
To say "in room 102", use nella camera centodue or simply nella centodue.
Confirming Before Action: To prevent entering the wrong room, always confirm by repeating: Confermo: camera centodue.
Listen to the conversation
Listen once without reading. Then step through the lines below, one turn at a time.
Listening practice
Listen, pick an answer, then reveal the spoken words to check. Practice only, not an exam.
Question 1
To which room should the worker bring the towels?
Question 2
Which room is occupied according to the speaker?