3.1. La mia giornata: my day

Ciao! Let’s talk about our everyday life today. What does your day usually look like? We learn a lot of useful words and verbs to describe our everyday life.

La giornata di Bruno

Bruno talks about his everyday life. Watch the video and do the quiz. Below you will find the text and the translation. But don’t read them until afterwards! You can even click on the blue words to read an in-depth article about them. We have also prepared a vocabulary list in PDF format for you to download.

La mattina mi sveglio presto, alle cinque. Faccio colazione, faccio la doccia e mi lavo i denti. Infine mi vesto. Poi inizio a lavorare. Controllo le e-mail e poi esco. Sono un contadino e ho una piccola fattoria. Lavoro tutta la mattina.
Di solito pranzo verso mezzogiorno e mezza.
Il pomeriggio continuo a lavorare. Finisco di lavorare verso le quattro e mezza. Dopo il lavoro faccio la spesa e faccio le pulizie. La sera preparo la cena, poi ceno e sparecchio la tavola.
Dopo cena finalmente mi rilasso. Di solito guardo un film.
Alle dieci vado a letto. Leggo un po’ e poi mi addormento.

TRADUZIONE

In the morning I get up early, at five o’clock. I have breakfast, shower and brush my teeth. Finally I get dressed. Then I start working. I check my e-mails and then I go out. I’m a farmer and I have a small farm. I work all morning.
Usually lunch around noon and a half.
I keep working in the afternoon. I finish work around half past four. After work I do the shopping and cleaning. In the evening I make dinner, then I have dinner and clear the table.
After dinner I finally relax. I usually watch a movie.
I go to bed at ten. I read a little and then I fall asleep.

VOCABULARY LISTPDF

Regularity

To express a regularity or habit, you need the article or the preposition di.

A che ora?

La mattina mi alzo sempre alle cinque.
Di solito pranzo verso mezzogiorno e mezza.

You usually tell the time with alle. If the time is not precise, for example ‘around half past twelve’, you can use verso (or per le).

Learn more about time

Reflexive verbs

Mi alzo
Mi rilasso

Reflexive verbs are verbs such as lavarsi to wash yourself, which consist of a reflexive pronoun and the verb
(io) mi lavo I wash myself

These verbs are conjugated normally. You can recognize the conjugation class (-are, -ere or -ire) by the ending:
lavarsi = lavare + si

In Italian there are many reflexive verbs which are not reflexive in English
(io) mi alzo I get up
(io) mi rilasso I relax

Learn more about reflexive verbs.

Esercizi

Tocca a te!

Bruno told you what his typical day is like. Now we want to get to know you better! Tell us about your day. Che cosa fai di solito? Write your answer in the comments!

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Prossima lezione: the reflexive verbs