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PhrasesAt the Theatre and OperaIl mio posto è in terza fila.
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Il mio posto è in terza fila.

My seat is in the third row.

Pronunciation

eel MEE-oh POS-toh eh een TEHR-tsah FEE-lah.

When to use it

When looking for your seat inside the theatre and explaining to an usher or fellow theatre-goer where you are supposed to sit.

What it means

Il mio posto is my seat or my place. In terza fila means in the third row. Fila is row. The ordinal numbers are used: prima, seconda, terza, quarta (first, second, third, fourth). Posto can also mean place in general.

Variations

Qual è il mio numero di posto?

What is my seat number?

When checking the ticket for the exact seat.

Scusi, occupo questo posto.

Excuse me, I believe I have this seat.

When someone is in your assigned seat.

Posso sedermi qui?

Can I sit here?

When asking permission for an unnumbered seat.

Mini Dialogue

— Mi scusi, il mio posto è in terza fila, ma non trovo il numero. — Che numero ha sul biglietto? — Terza fila, posto quattordici. — Guardi, la terza fila è quella là. Posto quattordici è a metà fila, a destra. — Ah, grazie!

— Excuse me, my seat is in the third row, but I can't find the number. — What number is on your ticket? — Third row, seat fourteen. — Look, the third row is that one there. Seat fourteen is in the middle of the row, on the right. — Ah, thank you!

Cultural Note

Italian theatres typically number seats from left to right facing the stage, with odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right in some houses, or consecutively in others. Ushers (maschere) will always help you find your seat.