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How to Say ‘I often go to the mountains’ in Italian

Vado spesso in montagna

VAH-doh SPES-soh een mohn-TAHN-nyah

[VAH-doh SPES-soh een mohn-TAHN-nyah]

💬 Usage Tip: spesso sits right after the verb, not before it as in English: vado spesso, not spesso vado. Same with sempre "always": vado sempre.

Phrase Breakdown

Vado spesso

VAH-doh SPES-soh

I often go

Hold the double 's' in 'spesso' a little longer.

Example

Vado spesso al cinema.

I often go to the cinema.

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.

spesso

[SPES-soh]

often

Adverb indicating frequency, meaning many times or regularly.

Example

Spesso il team pranza insieme dopo le riunioni.

The team often has lunch together after meetings.

in montagna

een mohn-TAHN-nyah

to the mountains

'Gn' sounds like the 'ny' in 'canyon'. Italian uses 'in' with no article here.

Example

D'estate andiamo in montagna.

In summer we go to the mountains.

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.

montagna

[mohn-TAHN-nyah]

mountains

Feminine noun; 'in montagna' means to or in the mountains in general.

Example

D'estate andiamo in montagna.

In summer we go to the mountains.

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