Lesson 14 of 18 · Hotel
Report Room Status to a Colleague
Report whether a room is being cleaned, ready for the supervisor’s check, or listed as occupied, using specified door locations.
Learn these expressions
Questa camera è pronta.
This room is ready.
Reporting room ready for check.
Questa camera è occupata.
This room is occupied.
Reporting room currently occupied.
Sto pulendo questa camera.
I am cleaning this room.
Reporting cleaning in progress.
Non posso entrare: è occupata.
I cannot enter: it is occupied.
Explaining why room is not serviced.
Serve il controllo.
Inspection is needed.
Stating supervisor check needed.
Avviso la responsabile.
I will notify the supervisor.
Escalating status to team leader.
New words
- la camera
- the guest room / hotel bedroom (feminine singular)
- questa camera
- this room (demonstrative questa + feminine noun)
- è pronta
- is ready (feminine agreement with la camera)
- è occupata
- is occupied / assigned to a current guest; it does not necessarily mean the guest is physically inside
- sto pulendo
- I am cleaning (action currently in progress)
- non posso entrare
- I cannot enter
- il controllo
- the inspection / check
- la responsabile
- the female supervisor / team leader (or il responsabile for a male supervisor)
- qui di fronte
- avviso
- I will notify; più tardi = later.
You may hear
- A che punto siamo? = Where are we up to? / What is the progress?
- Possiamo controllare? = Can we check?
- Ricevuto: non entrare. = Understood: do not enter.
Grammar tipsShow
Feminine Word Agreement: Because la camera is a feminine noun in Italian, descriptive status words end in -a:
La camera è pronta. (The room is ready.)
La camera è occupata. (The room is occupied.)
Do not say "la camera è pronto" or "la camera è occupato".
Actions in Progress: Use sto pulendo (I am cleaning) when you are currently in the middle of tidying a room.
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
What does the worker report about the room on the right?
Question 2
What is the status of the room directly opposite?