How to say TOMORROW or TONIGHT in Italian
Marie from the UK asks if there are other similar expressions to “stasera” (tonight) and “domattina” (tomorrow morning).
STASERA means “tonight” or “this evening“, and we'll use this word whenever we need to talk about these times of the day.
CAREFUL….
There is a substantial cultural difference between Italian and English speaking countries. What you'd refer to as “tonight” will in most cases be rendered in Italian with STASERA and almost never with STANOTTE (which literally means “tonight“).
CI VEDIAMO STASERA ALLE 7.
I'll see you tonight at 7.
In Italian STASERA is good for anything that takes place before midnight.
▷ SOME EXAMPLES
CI VEDIAMO STASERA!
I'll see you tonight / We'll see each other tonight!
CHE FAI STASERA?
What are you doing tonight?
STASERA PIOVE…
Tonight it's raining… / Tonight it's going to rain...
STASERA ALLE 10 ANDIAMO AL CINEMA
Tonight at 10 we're going to the movies.
DOMATTINA means “tomorrow morning“, and we'll use this word whenever we need to talk about this time of the day.
▷ SOME EXAMPLES
DOMATTINA VADO AL MARE. VIENI ANCHE TU?
Tomorrow morning I'm going to the beach. Wanna come?
(Are you coming too?)
MARCO PARTE DOMATTINA
Marco is leaving tomorrow.
DOMATTINA NON CI SONO
I'm not there/here tomorrow morning.
And what about DOPODOMANI? Dopodomani means “the day after tomorrow“, and we'll use this word whenever we need to talk about this time of the week.
▷ SOME EXAMPLES
LA CENA È DOPODOMANI
Dinner is the day after tomorrow.
DOPODOMANI C'È IL SOLE
The day after tomorrow is going to be sunny.
SAM ARRIVA DOPODOMANI
Sam gets here the day after tomorrow.
And now some Cool Expressions!
GROUP 1:
– Giorni della settimana (days of the week)
– Domani (tomorrow)
– Dopodomani (the day after tomorrow)
– Ieri (yesterday)
– L'altroieri (the day before yesterday)
GROUP 2:
– Mattina (morning)
– Pomeriggio (afternoon)
– Sera (evening)
▷ SOME EXAMPLES
MARTEDÌ SERA
Tuesday evening/night.
GIOVEDÌ MATTINA
Thursday morning.
DOMANI POMERIGGIO
Tomorrow afternoon.
DOPODOMANI SERA
The day after tomorrow in the evening.
IERI POMERIGGIO
Yesterday afternoon.
L'ALTROIERI MATTINA
The day before yesterday in the morning.
As pointed out earlier, we rarely use the word NOTTE to refer to the night, unless that is exactly what we mean (after midnight kind of night!):
SIAMO PARTITI IERI NOTTE ALLE 3
We left last night at 3am.
IERI NOTTE MI HANNO RUBATO A CASA
My place got robbed last night (as in, in the middle of the night.
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