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How to Say ‘On Saturday I'm going to the mountains with some friends.’ in Italian

Sabato vado in montagna con degli amici.

SAH-bah-toh VAH-doh een mohn-TAHN-yah kohn DEH-lyee ah-MEE-chee

[SAH-bah-toh VAH-doh een mohn-TAHN-yah kohn DEH-lyee ah-MEE-chee]

Phrase Breakdown

Sabato

[SAH-bah-toh]

Saturday

The day of the week after Friday.

Example

Sabato vado al mare.

On Saturday I go to the sea.

vado in montagna

VAH-doh een mohn-TAHN-yah

I'm going to the mountains

'Gn' sounds like 'ny': 'mon-TA-nya'.

Example

Domani vado in montagna.

Tomorrow I'm going to the mountains.

Words in this phrase

vado

[VAH-doh]

I go

First person singular form of the verb to go.

Example

Vado a casa.

I am going home.

in

[een]

in

Preposition used to indicate being inside or part of a place or organization.

Example

Uso "in" quando parlo del lavoro in un'organizzazione.

I use "in" when I talk about working in an organization.

montagna

[mohn-TAHN-yah]

mountains

Feminine noun; 'in montagna' means to/in the mountains.

Example

D'estate andiamo in montagna.

In summer we go to the mountains.

con degli amici.

kohn DEH-lyee ah-MEE-chee

with some friends.

'Amici' sounds like 'a-MI-chi'.

Example

Ceno con degli amici.

I'm having dinner with some friends.

Words in this phrase

con

[kohn]

with

A preposition meaning with, often used to describe manner or attitude.

Example

Nell'espressione Con sincerità, Con spiega il modo in cui le persone si comportano.

In the expression 'Con sincerità,' 'Con' explains the way people behave.

degli

[DEH-lyee]

some

Partitive article for masculine plural nouns starting with a vowel, s+consonant or z; often like 'some' or left untranslated.

Example

Ho degli amici a Roma.

I have some friends in Rome.

amici

[ah-MEE-chee]

friends

Plural of amico, friend.

Example

Esco con gli amici.

I'm going out with friends.

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