Weather and hours
Rain, wind and summer heat: when work stops and how hours are made up.
Key words
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la pioggiathe rain
Con la pioggia non si sale sul tetto.
Feminine. The verb is piovere: piove, it's raining. Danno pioggia per domani is how people say rain is forecast.
il ventothe wind
C'è troppo vento, la gru si ferma.
Masculine. Say c'è vento or tira vento for it's windy; una giacca a vento is a windcheater.
il maltempobad weather
Per il maltempo oggi il cantiere è chiuso.
Masculine and singular only. It is the word you hear in the news and in work notices; in conversation people just say fa brutto.
recuperareto make up (for) / recover
Le ore perse le recuperiamo sabato mattina.
A regular -are verb. At work recuperare le ore is to make up lost hours; it also means to get something back: recuperare i soldi.
l'ombrathe shade / shadow
Fa troppo caldo, fermati un po' all'ombra.
Feminine. All'ombra is in the shade; in parts of north-east Italy un'ombra is also a small glass of wine.
impermeabilewaterproof / raincoat
Domani piove: porta una giacca impermeabile.
Same form for masculine and feminine. As a noun, l'impermeabile is a raincoat.
la pausathe break
Facciamo una pausa di dieci minuti.
Feminine. Fare una pausa is to take a break; la pausa pranzo is the lunch break.
Listen: Pioggia, vento e orari
Two builders talk about bad weather, lost hours and the summer timetable. 5 questions; finishing them completes this step.
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