Word
Faccio ginnastica tre volte alla settimana.
Meaning
I exercise three times a week.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Faccio ginnastica tre volte alla settimana.
tre
three
alla
to the / at the (feminine singular)
la settimana
the week
la volta
the time (occasion)
Questions & Answers about Faccio ginnastica tre volte alla settimana.
Why use faccio ginnastica instead of a direct translation for "exercise"?
Why is "times" translated as volte and not tempi?
Why does it say alla settimana instead of just una settimana for "a week"?
When talking about frequency, Italian uses the preposition a plus a definite article, which here combine into alla (a + la). So, instead of saying "three times a week", Italians literally say "three times to the week". You do the same thing with al giorno (a day) and al mese (a month).