"Aspetto fino alle sei."

Translation: I wait until six.

[jeslam42]

why "alle"?

[marziotta]

"Fino a" means "until" or "till", both in sense of space and time.

"le sei" with the article, because you need the article before the hour.

Therefore, ALLE... A+LE

[undomielle]

Is it "le" because of "le ore"? Hence:
fino
+ a + le (alle)
+sei ore? (l'ora = the hour. It's feminine in Italian)
+ then you skip the word "ore" because it's obvious

so: fino alle sei?

Is that how it works please?

[confusedbeetle]

time telling, all plural numbers alle sei, alle due
for one o'clock a l'uno I think

[lefoxx]

fino all'una

[JocaMan]

You're totally right! Bravissimo!

[pnpo]

Numbers, before their lesson??

[Gewittermiez]

has been confusing me, too, I reported it...

[Fjompeji]

What do you mean?

[dmmaus]

Yes, that caught me too.

[TheGandalf]

Anch'io. :)

[Seattle_USA]

I wait until six, gave an error. I wait till six, works. Both should work.

[confusedbeetle]

A more colloquial translation but less literal would be I'll wait until six

[russodd]

This sentence doesn't belong in the "abstract objects" lesson. "Aspetto" here is being used under a completely different (and misleading) sense (i.e. it's a verb here, not a noun).

[dmmaus]

This happens with several other words which have more than one meaning. I think they do it to keep you on your toes and not just rote remember which meaning is relevant for a given unit. Which is good - they should be challenging us.

[Michael430965]

How about "aspetto finche le sei" ?

[cab_codespring]

I'll just think of it as "I wait until [The hour hand is] at the six".

[deactivated user]

Awkward English

[UmbraNemesis0011]

Why not ALLA ? "Sei" is not plural...

[confusedbeetle]

It refers to the time= alle sei ore
So the plural is ore

[Kate3010]

Sei and sei.... Six and you are....!!! Sei sei. You are six?

[confusedbeetle]

You are six would be "Hai sei anni"

[RobertBruc14]

So confusing. But I guess "I am waiting til six" in the MORNING, right? As six PM a different word.

[confusedbeetle]

No, its the same word. Fino alle sei, until six ( morning or evening)