ItalianA2Lesson 3.2
🇮🇹 Italian A2 · Lesson 3.2

Alla stazione — At the station

Read schedules, find your platform and deal with delays.

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A passenger checks a delayed Trenitalia departure with the information desk.

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il binariothe platform/track 🔊
l'orariothe timetable 🔊
il ritardothe delay 🔊
prenotareto book 🔊
in orarioon time 🔊
partireto depart/leave 🔊

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« Scusi, il treno per Napoli è in orario o in ritardo? » 🔊
Excuse me, is the train to Naples on time or delayed?
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Pronunciation

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Scusi, da quale binario parte il treno per Bologna? 🔊Excuse me, which platform does the train to Bologna leave from?
Dal binario sette, ma c'è un ritardo di dieci minuti. 🔊From platform seven, but there's a ten-minute delay.
Capisco. Ho prenotato il posto cinquantadue in carrozza tre. 🔊I see. I've booked seat fifty-two in carriage three.
Perfetto, la carrozza tre si ferma all'inizio del binario. 🔊Perfect, carriage three stops at the start of the platform.
Grazie mille. Allora aspetto qui. 🔊Thank you very much. I'll wait here then.
Grammar in focus · da + article (origin)

To ask where a train leaves from, use da + the platform: « Da quale binario parte? » Remember da + article contracts: da + il = dal (dal binario sette), da + la = dalla, da + l' = dall'. The verb partire (to leave) uses essere in the past: il treno è partito in ritardo. Use c'è / ci sono to report conditions: c'è un ritardo, ci sono molti viaggiatori.

Write it yourself

Write a short message telling a friend your train is delayed and when it now leaves.

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Tip for this task
Ottimo! Mention the platform and delay, e.g. « C'è un ritardo: il treno parte dal binario 4 alle 15:20. »

Quick check

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1. “The platform” in Italian is…
2. “There's a delay” is…
3. Which means “to book (a seat)”?
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