"È quasi mezzogiorno."

Translation: It is almost noon.

[deactivated user]

mezzogiorno?! said it a thousand times, never recognized Oo

[eliane23]

Does quasi have a temporal sense? I knew it can be "almost" but i thought that meant in the sense of "practically" or "about." I said "around noon" which has the same sense as about, but not the slightly before sense of "almost"

[f.formica]

No, the temporal meaning of quasi is truly close to "almost", i.e. it can't be used to refer to "shortly after noon". The "about" meaning is usually covered by "circa" or "intorno", i.e. "è circa mezzogiorno" (it's around noon) and "vediamoci intorno a mezzogiorno" (let's meet around noon).

[maddyis7]

Thanks. I'd written 'about' and got it wrong. But can it mean 'nearly' ?

[f.formica]

Yes, I think "nearly" has the same nuance here.

[Marjunepogi]

Buon Giorno Ferdinand. Sei un nativo Italiano?

[Marjunepogi]

Thank You for your explanations.

[palleml]

My Italian girlfriend can not pronounce it satisfactorily for the app either!??

[aseame]

I put midday, which is exactly the same as noon.

[DukeNukem3]

Mezzogiorno do not recognize!!!!! Fix it

[SergioEdua519541]

Grazie mille per all the explanations,

[Geronimo1900]

Why is " about" offered as an optional meaning for quasi?

[Matthias430164]

You have to say "è quasi mezzanotte" and it will understand... not the first time, duo