Durante i saldi, il camerino è quasi sempre occupato.

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Breakdown of Durante i saldi, il camerino è quasi sempre occupato.

• sempre: always
• durante: during
• quasi: almost

Questions & Answers about Durante i saldi, il camerino è quasi sempre occupato.

What does durante mean, and how is it used here?

Durante means during. It is a preposition, so it introduces a time expression: durante i saldi = during the sales.

A useful point: durante does not change form and does not combine with the article. So Italian says:

• durante i saldi
• not duranti
• not a contracted form

Why is it i saldi and not just saldi?

In Italian, i saldi is the normal way to refer to the sales, especially seasonal store sales. The plural article i is used because saldi is a masculine plural noun.

• singular: il saldo
• plural: i saldi

In everyday Italian, i saldi often means sale season in general, not just individual discounts.

What exactly does camerino mean here?

Here, il camerino means the fitting room or changing room in a shop.

Depending on context, camerino can also mean dressing room, such as for actors or performers. But with saldi, the shop meaning is the natural one.