How to Say ‘A few months ago’ in Italian
Qualche mese fa
KWALL-keh MEH-zay fah
[KWALL-keh MEH-zay fah]
💬 Usage Tip: Indicates a past event, 'qualche' used with singular noun.
🇮🇹 In Italy: Time expressions are often specific to narrate stories in conversations.
Phrase Breakdown
Qualche
[KWALL-keh]
Some
Used to indicate an unspecified amount or number.
Ci sono voluti qualche minuti.
It took some minutes.
mese
[MEH-zay]
Month
A period of about four weeks or 30 days.
Un mese di vacanza.
A month of vacation.
fa
[fah]
Ago
Back in the past from the present time.
È successo anni fa.
It happened years ago.
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