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How to Say ‘My father retired in March.’ in Italian

Mio padre è andato in pensione a marzo.

MEE-oh PAH-dreh eh ahn-DAH-toh een pen-SYOH-neh ah MAHR-tsoh

[MEE-oh PAH-dreh eh ahn-DAH-toh een pen-SYOH-neh ah MAHR-tsoh]

Phrase Breakdown

Mio padre è andato

MEE-oh PAH-dreh eh ahn-DAH-toh

My father went

There is no article before singular family members with 'mio': say 'mio padre', not 'il mio padre'.

Example

Mio padre è andato al lavoro.

My father went to work.

Words in this phrase

Mio

[MEE-oh]

Possessive adjective used with masculine singular nouns.

Example

Mio fratello prende un caffè lungo.

My brother has a long coffee.

padre

[PAH-dreh]

father

Formal-neutral word for dad ('papà' is informal).

Example

Mio padre lavora molto.

My father works a lot.

[eh]

it was / has been

Form of 'essere' used to say 'it was' in polite follow-up expressions.

Example

È stato davvero utile parlare con te ieri.

It was really useful talking with you yesterday.

andato

[ahn-DAH-toh]

gone

Past participle of 'andare', used with 'essere'.

Example

Lui è andato a Roma.

He went to Rome.

in pensione a marzo.

een pen-SYOH-neh ah MAHR-tsoh

into retirement in March.

Use 'a' before months: 'a marzo' means 'in March'. Months are not capitalized in Italian.

Example

Parto a marzo.

I'm leaving in March.

Words in this phrase

[een]

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.

pensione

[pen-SYOH-neh]

retirement

In 'andare in pensione', to retire.

Example

Vado in pensione l'anno prossimo.

I'm retiring next year.

[ah]

Used before months to say when something happened.

Example

Sono nato a maggio.

I was born in May.

marzo

[MAHR-tsoh]

March

The third month of the year; months are not capitalized in Italian.

Example

A marzo arriva la primavera.

Spring arrives in March.

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