Lesson 7 of 18
Understand Your First-Shift Schedule
Understand your shift start time, break time, and finish time on your first shift, and repeat them back to check.
Learn these expressions
Inizi alle otto.
You start at eight (8:00).
Supervisor states your start time.
Inizio alle otto.
I start at eight (8:00).
You confirm your start time.
La pausa è alle dodici.
The break is at twelve (12:00).
Stating the break time.
Finisci alle sedici.
You finish at sixteen (16:00 / 4:00 PM).
Supervisor states your finish time.
Finisco alle sedici.
I finish at sixteen (16:00 / 4:00 PM).
You confirm your finish time.
A che ora è la pausa?
What time is the break?
Inquiring about break timing.
New words
- oggi
- today
- la pausa
- the break
- dodici
- twelve (12 / 12:00)
- sedici
- sixteen (16 / 16:00, or 4:00 PM in the 24-hour clock)
- quindi
- so / therefore (used when repeating back information)
- Ho capito bene?
- Did I understand correctly?
- Perfetto
- perfect / all right (acknowledgment).
- tuo / tua
- your (informal forms heard from Anna).
You may hear
- Ecco il tuo orario per oggi. = Here is your schedule for today.
- Esatto, proprio così. = Exactly, just like that.
Grammar tipsShow
You vs. I on shift verbs:
When supervisor Anna tells you: Oggi inizi alle otto (You start at eight); Oggi finisci alle sedici (You finish at sixteen).
When you repeat back: Oggi inizio alle otto (I start at eight); Oggi finisco alle sedici (I finish at sixteen).
24-hour clock: Italian rosters usually use it, so alle sedici means 16:00 (4:00 PM).
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 time does the worker have their break?
Question 2
What time does the worker finish their shift?