# First steps: What time, what day

**Language:** Italian  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Join Franca and Ivan for opening times and an appointment, one short conversation at a time. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** The doorway of a small hairdresser in the Quadrilatero in Bologna in the late afternoon. Ivan walks past every day and finally stops to ask; Franca is tidying up between customers. Both hold Lei throughout.

## Lessons

### 1. Asking what time a shop opens

Ivan stops at the hairdresser and asks Franca what time she opens.

### 2. Asking what time it closes

Ivan asks Franca what time the shop closes.

### 3. Checking which days are open

Ivan checks with Franca which days the shop is open.

### 4. Finding out which days are closed

Franca tells Ivan the shop is closed on Sunday and on Monday.

### 5. Asking for an appointment tomorrow

Ivan asks Franca for an appointment tomorrow afternoon.

### 6. Agreeing on a time

Three is busy, so Franca offers two later slots and Ivan picks one.

### 7. Giving your name for a booking

Franca takes Ivan's name and reads the appointment back.