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How to Say ‘I went to the seaside’ in Italian

Io sono andata al mare

ee-o SOH-noh ahn-DAH-tah ahl MAH-reh

[ee-o SOH-noh ahn-DAH-tah ahl MAH-reh]

💬 Usage Tip: With sono for the past tense, the ending matches the speaker: a woman says andata, a man says andato.

Phrase Breakdown

Io sono andata

ee-o SOH-noh ahn-DAH-tah

I went

'Andare' takes 'essere' in the past. 'Andata' is feminine because the speaker is a woman.

Example

Io sono andata a Roma.

I went to Rome.

Words in this phrase

[ee-o]

Referring to oneself as a subject.

Example

Io voglio migliorare il mio punteggio.

I want to improve my score.

sono

[SOH-noh]

I have (auxiliary)

Form of 'essere' used as helper verb in the past tense with 'andare'.

Example

Sono arrivata ieri.

I arrived yesterday.

andata

[ahn-DAH-tah]

gone (feminine)

Past participle of 'andare'; ends in -a because the subject is female.

Example

Maria è andata a casa.

Maria went home.

al mare

ahl MAH-reh

to the seaside

'Al' = 'a' + 'il'. Stress MA-re.

Example

Andiamo al mare!

Let's go to the seaside!

Words in this phrase

[ahl]

to the

'Al' is a contraction of 'a' (to) and 'il' (the), often used to indicate flavor or type.

Example

Abbiamo ordinato il gelato al cioccolato.

We ordered the chocolate ice cream.

mare

[MAH-reh]

sea

Masculine noun; 'al mare' means at the seaside.

Example

D'estate vado al mare.

In summer I go to the seaside.

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